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  3. Inflation is a period of rapid rises in prices. When your money buys fewer goods so that you get 【C1】______ for the same amount

Inflation is a period of rapid rises in prices. When your money buys fewer goods so that you get 【C1】______ for the same amount

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问题    Inflation is a period of rapid rises in prices. When your money buys fewer goods so that you get 【C1】______  for the same amount of money as before, inflation is the problem. Sometimes people describe inflation as a time when "a dollar is not 【C2】______  a dollar anymore".
   Inflation is a problem for all consumers, especially people who live on a fixed income. Retired people, for instance, cannot 【C3】______  on an increase in income as prices rise. They face serious problems in stretching their incomes to 【C4】______  their needs in time of inflation. Many retired people must cut their spending to 【C5】______  rising prices. In many cases they must stop 【C6】______  some necessary items, such as food and clothing. Even 【C7】______  working people whose incomes are going up, inflation can also be a problem. The 【C8】______  of living goes up, and they must have even more money to maintain their standard of living. When incomes do not keep 【C9】______  with rising prices, living standard goes down. People may be earning the same amount of money, but they are not living 【C10】______  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 【C11】______  the rate of price change can be determined. A price index measures changes in prices using the price for a 【C12】______  year as the base. The base price is set 【C13】______  100, and the other prices are reported as a 【C14】______  of the base price. A price index makes 【C15】______  possible to compare current price with that in previous years.
【C13】______
选项 A、on
B、by
C、at
D、against
答案C
解析 set后是数值，前面用at。类似说法有at 60 miles per hour；at high price等等。
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