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  3. Stop worrying about recession. That is the message from America’s R-word index. For each quarter, we (1)_____ how many stones in

Stop worrying about recession. That is the message from America’s R-word index. For each quarter, we (1)_____ how many stones in

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问题     Stop worrying about recession. That is the message from America’s R-word index. For each quarter, we (1)_____ how many stones in the New York Times and the Washington Post include the word "recession". (2)_____ bells were set (3)_____ by the sharp jump in the "R-count" in the first quarter of this year. at a rate that in the past has (4)_____ the start of a recession. In the second quarter. (5)_____. the number of articles (6)_____ by more than one-third. A conspiracy theorist might suggest that newspaper editors, (7)_____ about dwindling advertising revenues, have (8)_____ the R-word.
    The Economist has found that (9)_____ the past two decades, the R-word index has been good at (10)_____ mining-points in the American economy. (11)_____ GDP figures which appear (12)_____ after a lag, the numbers are instantly available. But how does the index perform in Germany, (13)_____ there have also been (14)_____ fears of recession? Using our idea, Hypo Vereins bank has (15)_____ an R-word index for Germany, counting the number of times the word recession (16)_____ in Handelsblatt.
    Worryingly, Germany’s R-count for the first quarter of 2001 showed the second-steepest (17)_____ in the past two decades. But in the second quarter, the index dropped by one-third, (18)_____ in America (19)_____ the world economy has nothing to worry about, or journalists are more worded about a (20)_____ than a mere recession. A R-word index?

选项 A、tormented
B、harassed
C、tortured
D、worried
答案D
解析 担心广告收入减少。本题测试点为动词习惯用法。这四个动词都有"受…困扰"的意思，但后面的介词为about，所以应该用worried，其他三个动词均与by连用。
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