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If there was any time for American consumers to feel good, it would be this
moment. Job growth is brisk. Paychecks are finally nudging up. And a surprise
drop in gas prices has given the average (1) _______ an extra $700 a year.
But six years after the end of the Great Recession, Americans are
startlingly anxious about their economic (2) _______. They are sitting on their
money in a way that suggests that the consumer psychology may have (3) _______
changed, with people less willing to spend than they were during other periods
of economic prosperity.
Government data released Friday showed that the economy (4) _______ at a
0.7 percent annual rate between January and March, in part because consumers
pulled back on (5) _______. The disappointing numbers (6) _______ a steady clip
of positive economic news that many analysts had used to suggest that the nation
was on the verge of liftoff.
Although the United States faces other headwinds (不利因素), the newfound
prudence of American consumers has turned into the country's core economic
dilemma. Some economists say that the recession caused a psychological (7)
_______ deeper than initially appreciated, leaving Americans of all ages less
willing to (8) _______ their money back into the economy in the form of
vacations, clothing and nights out.
It's a sharp contrast to the 1990s, when consumers spent (9) _______ as
their wages rose robustly, and the 2000s, when Americans funded more lavish
(浪费的) lifestyles with easy (10) _______ to credit cards and home-equity
loans.
A) illustrated B) access C) spending D) outstanding
E) shrank F) prospects G) occupying H) household
I) covered J) interrupted K) fundamentally L) freely
M) trauma N) inject O) identical
答案：
1. H) household
2. F) prospects
3. K) fundamentally
4. E) shrank
5. C) spending
6. J) interrupted
7. M) trauma
8. N) inject
9. L) freely
10. B) access |
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发表于 2017-3-24 18:52:01