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Business and government leaders also consider the inflation rate to be an important indicator. Inflation is a period of increased (1) that causes rapid rises in prices. (2) your money buys fewer goods so that you get (3) for the same amount of money as before, inflation is the problem. There is a general rise (4) the price of goods and services. Your money buys less. Sometimes people describe inflation as a (n) (5) 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 (6). Retired people, for instance, cannot (7) on an increase in income as prices rise. Elderly people who do not work face serious problems in stretching their incomes to (8) their needs in time of inflation. Retirement income (9) any fixed income usually does not rise as fast as prices. Many retired people must cut their spending to (10) rising prices. In many cases they must stop (11) some necessary items, such as food and clothing.
Even (12) working people whose incomes are going up, inflation can be a problem. The (13) of living goes up, too. People who work must have even more money to keep up their standard of living. Just burying the things they need costs more. When incomes do not keep (14) with rising prices, the standard of living goes down. People may be earning the same amount of money, but they are not living (15) 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 (16) the rate of change can be determined. A price index measures changes in prices using the price for a (17) year as the base. The base price is set (18) 100, and the other prices are reported as a (19) of the base price. A price index makes (20) possible to compare current prices of typical consumer goods, for example, with prices of the same goods in previous years.

问题1选项
A.spending
B.demanding
C.consuming
D.saving
问题2选项
A.Because
B.While
C.Since
D.When
问题3选项
A.much
B.little
C.more
D.less
问题4选项
A.in
B.on
C.at
D.to
问题5选项
A.chance
B.time
C.moment
D.occasion
问题6选项
A.best
B.least
C.most
D.worst
问题7选项
A.rely
B.rest
C.depend
D.count
问题8选项
A.meet
B.obtain
C.care
D.acquire
问题9选项
A.or
B.and
C.excluding
D.including
问题10选项
A.live up
B.catch up on
C.put up with
D.keep up with
问题11选项
A.to buy
B.buying
C.having bought
D.from buying
问题12选项
A.for
B.to
C.of
D.if
问题13选项
A.price
B.level
C.cost
D.standard
问题14选项
A.race
B.pace
C.speed
D.step
问题15选项
A.as usual
B.as well
C.as before
D.by which
问题16选项
A.in which
B.from which
C.of which
D.by which
问题17选项
A.last
B.given
C.fixed
D.definite
问题18选项
A.on
B.by
C.at
D.against
问题19选项
A.portion
B.percentage
C.proportion
D.fraction
问题20选项
A.it
B.us
C.one
D.you
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