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  3. Inflation Business and government leaders also consider the inflation rate to be an important general indicator．Inflation is a p

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

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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．________(1)your money buysfewer goods so that you get______(2)for the same amount of money as before，inflation is the problem．There is a general rise_______(3)the price of goods and services．Your money buys less．Sometimes peopie 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________ (4)．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________(5)theirneeds in time of inflation．Retirement income________(6)any fixed income usually does not rise as fast as prices．Many retired people must cut their spending to________(7)rising prices．In many cases they must stop________(8)some necessary items，such as food and clothing．Even_________(9)working people whose incomes are going up，inflation can be a problem．The______(10)of livinggoes 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______(11)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______(2)the rate of change can be determined.A price index measures changes in prices using the price for a______(3)year as the base．The base price is set at 100，and the other prices are reported as a______(4)of the base price．A price index makes______(5)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、portion
B、fraction
C、proportion
D、percentage
答案D
解析 根据词语搭配和上下文线索选“百分比(percentage)"。本句话的意思是“其他物价按照这个基数成为一个百分比数字”。
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