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Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices,(1)hat businesses were still protecting consumers (2) the full brunt (冲击) of higher energy costs.

The Producer Price Index,(3)  measures what producers receive for goods and services, (4)  1 percent in July. The Labor Department reported yesterday. Double (5)  economists had been expecting and a sharp turnaround from flat prices in June. Excluding (6)  and energy. the core index of producer prices rose 0.4 percent, (7)  than the 0.1 percent that economists had (8)  . Much of that increase was a result of an (9)  increase in car and truck prices.

On Tuesday, the Labor Department said the (10)  that consumers paid for goods and services in July were (11)  0.5 percent over all, and up 0.1 percent, excluding food and energy.

(12) the overall rise in both consumer and producer prices  (13)  caused by energy costs, which increased 4.4 percent n the month. (Wholesale food prices (14)  0.3 percent in July.  (15)  July 2004, Wholesale prices were up 4.6 percent, the core rate (16)  2.8 percent, its fastest pace since 1995.

Typically, increases in the Producer Price Index indicate similar changes in the consumer index (17)  businesses recoup (补偿) higher costs from customers. (18) for much of this expansion, which started (19)  the end of 2001, that has not been the (20) . In fact, many businesses like automakers have been aggressively discounting their products.

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A.indicate
B.to indicate
C.indicating
D.indicated 
问题2选项
A.of
B.to
C.by
D.from 
问题3选项
A.that
B.which
C.it
D.this 
问题4选项
A.rise
B.rises
C.rose
D.raised 
问题5选项
A.that
B.what
C.which
D.this 
问题6选项
A.food
B.grain
C.crop
D.diet 
问题7选项
A.less
B.lower
C.higher
D.more 
问题8选项
A.said
B.reported
C.calculated
D.forecast 
问题9选项
A.expectable
B.unexpected
C.expectation
D.expecting 
问题10选项
A.prices
B.costs
C.charges
D.values 
问题11选项
A.down
B.from
C.to
D.up 
问题12选项
A.Much
B.Most
C.Most of
D.Much of 
问题13选项
A.was
B.were
C.is
D.are 
问题14选项
A.fall
B.fell
C.falls
D.has fallen 
问题15选项
A.Comparing with
B.In comparison
C.Compared with
D.Compare to 
问题16选项
A.dropped
B.declined
C.lifted
D.climbed 
问题17选项
A.as
B.so
C.while
D.when 
问题18选项
A.And
B.But
C.Yet
D.Still 
问题19选项
A.at
B.by
C.in
D.to
问题20选项
A.condition
B.situation
C.matter
D.case
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