BFT（阅读）模拟试卷41.pdfVIP

BFT（阅读）模拟试卷41

一、第一部分(本题共8题，每题7.0分，共8分。)

Readthefollowingpassage.Eightsentenceshavebeenremovedfromthearticle.Choose

fromthesentencesA〜Htheonewhichfitseachgap.Foreachgap(l-8)marone

letter(A-H)ontheAnswerSheet.Mostpeopleassociateinflationwithpriceincreaseson

specificgoodsandservices.[RI]Wemustbecarefultodistinguishthe

phenomenonofinflationfrompriceincreasesforspecificgoods.[R2]Suppose

youwantedlonowtheaveragepriceoffruitinthesupermaret.[R3]You

mighthavesomesuccess,however,ifyousoughtoutthepricesofapples,oranges,

chemes,andpeaches.Knowingthepriceofeachindoffruit,youcouldthencompute

theaveragepriceoffruit.Theresultantfigurewouldnotrefertoanyparticularproduct,

butwouldconveyasenseofhowmuchatypicalbasetoffruitmightcost.[R4]

Onoccasion,youmightevennoticethatapplepricesrosewhileorangeprices

fell,leavingtheaveragepriceoffruitunchanged.Thesameindsofcalculationsarc

madetomeasureinflationintheentireeconomy.Wefirstdeterminetheaveragepriceof

alloutput—theaveragepricelevel—thenlooforchangesinthataverage.[R5]

Theaveragepricelevelmayfallaswellasrise,[R6]Thedeflation

occurswhenpricedecreasesonsomegoodsandservicesoutweighpriceincreasesonall

others.[R7]Wealreadynoted,forexample,ihatthepriceofapplescanrise

withoutincreasingtheaveragepriceoffruit,solongasthepriceofsomeotherfruit(e.g.

oranges)falls.[R8]Anincreasingintherelativepriceofapples,forexample,

simplymeansthatappleshavebecomemoreexpensiveincomparisonwithotherfruits(or

anyothergoodsorservices).A.Becauseinflation