Inflation 【2015招商银行】Business and government leaders also consider the inflation rateto be an important general indicator.Infla

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问题 Inflation
  【2015招商银行】Business and government leaders also consider the inflation rateto be an important general indicator.Inflation is a period of increased spending that causes rapid rises in prices.【C1】_______ your money buys fewer goods so that you get【C2】_______for the same amount of money as before,inflation is the problem.There is a generalrise【C3】_______the price of goods and  services.Your money buvs less.Sometimes people 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【C4】_______.Retired people,for instance,cannot count on an increase m mcome as prices rise Elderly people who do not work face serious problems in stretching their incomes to 【C5】_______their needs in time of inflation.Retirement income【C6】_______any fixed income usually does not rise as fast as prices.Many retired people must cut their spending to【C7】_______rising Prices.In many cases they must stop【C8】_______some necessary items,such as food and clothing.Even【C9】_______working people whose incomes are going up,inflation can be a problem.The【C10】_______of living goes 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【C11】_______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.
  Govemment units gather information about prices in our economy and publish it as Price indexes【C12】_______the rate of change can be determined.A price index measures changes in Prices using the Drice for a【C13】_______year as the base.The base price is set at 100,and the other prices are reported asa【C14】_______of the base price.A price index makes【C15】_______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、live up to
B、catch up on
C、put up with
D、keep up with

答案D

解析 根据上下文含义和句子逻辑,本句需要填一个表示“跟上”的词,因此要选“keep up with”。本句话的意思是“很多退休的人必须削减一些开支来跟上上涨的物价”,因此选D。
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