Inflation Business and government leaders also consider the inflation rate to be an important general indicator. Inflation i

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问题                                                 Inflation
    Business and government leaders also consider the inflation rate to be an important general indicator. Inflation is a period of increased spending that causes rapid rises in prices. 【C16】________your money buys fewer goods so that you get【C17】________for the same amount of money as before, inflation is the problem. There is a general rise【C18】________the price of goods and services. Your money buys less. Sometimes people describe inflation as a time when "a dollar is not worth a dollar anymore".
    Inflation is a problem for all consumers. People who live on a fixed income are hurt the 【C19】________. Retired people, for instance, cannot count on an increase in income as prices rise. Elderly people who do not work face serious problems in stretching their incomes to【C20】________their needs in time of inflation. Retirement income【C21】________any fixed income usually does not rise as fast as prices. Many retired people must cut their spending to 【C22】________rising prices. In many cases they must stop【C23】________some necessary items, such as food and clothing. Even【C24】________working people whose incomes are going up, inflation can be a problem. The【C25】________of living goes up, too. People who work must have even more money to keep up their standard of living. Just buying the things they need costs more. When incomes do not keep【C26】________with rising prices, the standard of living goes down. People may be earning the same amount of money, but they are not living as well because they are not able to buy as many goods and services.
    Government units gather information about prices in our economy and publish it as price indexes【C27】________the rate of change can be determined. A price index measures changes in prices using the price for a【C28】________year as the base. The base price is set at 100, and the other prices are reported as a【C29】________of the base price. A price index makes 【C30】________possible to compare current prices of typical consumer goods, for example, with prices of the same goods in previous years.
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选项 A、live up to
B、catch up on
C、put up with
D、keep up with

答案D

解析 根据上下文含义和句子逻辑,本句需要填一个表示“跟上”的词,因此要选“keep up with”。本句话的意思是“很多退休的人必须削减一些开支来跟上上涨的物价”,因此选D。
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