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

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 flat 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 overall, 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.
【11】
选项 A、down
B、from
C、to
D、up
答案D
解析 词汇题(词义选择)。本空格所在句子旨在说明消费者购买的商品服务价格变动的趋势，再结合空格之后的数据0．5％，我们可以推断出空格中需要一个副词表达“上升”或“下降”之意。根据本文中心思想可知，价格是上涨的。再根据空格之后并列部分and up 0．1 percent，excluding food and energy可以确定消费价格在上升。因此D项up“上升”符合题意，为本题答案。
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