2013年12月英语四级考试完形填空练习（19）

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2013年12月英语四级考试完形填空练习（19）
　　Business and government leaders also consider the inflation rate to be an important general 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 serous 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 buying 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.
　　1. A. discovery B. invention C. restoration D. creation
　　2. A. make use of B. make usage of C. make the use of D. make the usage of
　　3. A. Esperanto B. English C. world D. language
　　4. A. take root B. develop root C. have root D. get root
　　5. A. worth of B. worthwhile C. worthy of D. worth
　　6. A. moreover B. unfortunately C. therefore D. further more
　　7. A. historic B. historian C. historical D. history
　　8. A. on hand B. on other hand C. on the hand D. on one hand
　　9. A. reasoned B. received C. acknowledged D. expressed
　　10. A. on B. in C. to D. with
　　11. A. Neither B. Either C. No D. Not
　　12. A. quite B. very C. too D. rather
　　13. A. read B. study C. refer D. consult
　　14. A. with B. of C. by D. as
　　15. A. For an instanceB. Such as C. For instance D. For an example
　　16. A. mine B. my C. me D. I
　　17. A. went B. took C. studied D. attended
　　18. A. In addition B. In brief C. As a result D. In short
　　19. A. understandingB. mastery C. learning D. remembering
　　20. A. form B. track C. follow D. catch
　　答案解析：
　　1-5.  AADAC
　　6-10. BCDCA
　　11-15.ACDBA
　　16-20.ADCBC
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