Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices,【1】that businesses were still

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问题 Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices,【1】that businesses were still protecting consumers【2】the full brunt (冲击) of higher energy costs.
The Producer Price Index,【3】measures what producers receive for goods and services,【4】1 percent in July, the Labor Department reported yesterday, double【5】economists had been expecting and a sharp turnaround from fiat prices in June. Excluding【6】and energy, the core index of producer prices rose 0.4 percent,【7】than the 0.1 percent that economists had【8】Much of that increase was a result of an【9】increase in car and truck prices.
On Tuesday, the Labor Department said the【10】that consumers paid for goods and services in July were【11】0.5 percent over all, and up 0.1 percent, excluding food and energy.
【12】the overall rise in both consumer and producer prices【13】caused by energy costs, which increased 4.4 percent in the month. (Wholesale food prices【14】0.3 percent in July. )【15】July 2004, wholesale prices were up 4.6 percent; the core rate【16】2.8 percent, its fastest pace since 1995．Typically, increases in the Producer Price Index indicate similar changes in the consumer index【17】businesses recoup (补偿) higher costs from customers.【18】for much of this expansion, which started【19】the end of 2001, that has not been the【20】. In fact,  many businesses like automakers have been aggressively discounting their products.

选项 A、And
B、But
C、Yet
D、Still

答案B

解析此处需要一个转折词来作为句子之间的过渡，But正好符合题意，其他选项 And、Yet和Still都不具备这样的转折意思。

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