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2006年1月份MBA联考英语真题 Section II Cloze (10 points) Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a pencil. Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices, __21__ that businesses were still protecting consumers __22__ the full brunt (冲击) of higher energy costs. The Producer Price Index, __23__ measures what producers receive for goods and services, __24__ 1 percent in July, the Labor Department reported yesterday, double __25__ economists had been expecting and a sharp turnaround from flat prices in June. Excluding __26__ and energy, the core index of producer prices rose 0.4 percent, __27__ than the 0.1 percent that economists had __28__. Much of that increase was a result of an __29__ increase in car and truck prices. On Tuesday, the Labor Department said the __30__ that consumers paid for goods and services in July were __31__ 0.5 percent over all, and up 0.1 percent, excluding food and energy. __32__ the overall rise in both consumer and producer prices __33__ caused by energy costs, which increased 4.4 percent in the month. (Wholesale food prices __34__ 0.3 percent in July.) __35__ July 2004, wholesale prices were up 4.6 percent; the core rate __36__ 2.8 percent, its fastest pace since 1995. Typically, increases in the Producer Price Index indicate similar changes in the consumer index __37__ businesses recoup (补偿) higher costs from customers. __38__ for much of this expansion, which started __39__ the end of 2001, that has not been the __40__. In fact, many businesses like automakers have been aggressively discounting their products. 21. A. indicate B. to indicate C. indicating D. indicated 22. A. of B. to C. by D. from 23. A. that B. which C. it D. this 24. A. rise B. rises C. rose D. raised 25. A. that B. what C. which D. this 26. A. food B. g