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  3. Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices,【C1】______ that businesses we

Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices,【C1】______ that businesses we

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问题     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.
【C3】
选项 A、that
B、which
C、it
D、this
答案B
解析 语法知识。此题考查的是非限制性定语从句的引导词。it和this不能引导定语从句，所以可以排除。非限制性定语从句中只能用which而不能用that作引导词，所以B项为正确答案。
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