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Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices,【C1】______that businesses wer
Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices,【C1】______that businesses wer
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2014-11-24
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Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices,【C1】______that businesses were still protecting consumers【C2】______the full brunt(冲击)of higher energy costs.
The Producer Price Index,【C3】______measures what producers receive for goods and services, 【C4】______1 percent in July, the Labor Department reported yesterday, double【C5】______economists had been expecting and a sharp turnaround from flat prices in June. Excluding【C6】______and energy, the core index of producer prices rose 0.4 percent,【C7】______than the 0. 1 percent that economists had【C8】______. Much of that increase was a result of an【C9】______increase in car and truck prices.
On Tuesday, the Labor Department said the【C10】______that consumers paid for goods and services in July were【C11】______0.5 percent over all, and up 0. 1 percent, excluding food and energy.
【C12】______the overall rise in both consumer and producer prices【C13】______caused by energy costs, which increased 4. 4 percent in the month.(Wholesale food prices【C14】______0. 3 percent in July.【C15】______July 2004, wholesale prices were up 4. 6 percent, the core rate【C16】______2. 8 percent, its fastest pace since 1995.)
Typically, increases in the Producer Price Index indicate similar changes in the consumer index【C17】______businesses recoup(补偿)higher costs from customers.【C18】______for much of this expansion, which started【C19】______the end of 2001 , that has not been the【C20】______In fact, many businesses like automakers have been aggressively discounting their products.
【C7】
选项
A、less
B、lower
C、higher
D、more
答案
C
解析
形容词辨析。本句的意思是“生产价格核心指数上升了0.4%,高于经济学家预期的0.1%”。A项less和B项lower与原文意思相反,可以排除。说明数字高低应该用higher/lower而不是more/less,所以C项为正确答案。
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