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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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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.
【C16】
选项
A、dropped
B、declined
C、lifted
D、climbed
答案
D
解析
上下文语义。根据上文(wholesale prices were up 4.6 percenf)和下文(its fastest pacesince 1995),可以确定the core rate是上升的。A项dropped和B项declined都表示“下降”的意思,可以排除。C项lifted“提高,举起”为及物动词,可以排除。D项climbed作不及物动词时意为“攀升”,符合题意,为正确答案。
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