2017年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试
英语试卷(英语二)
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考生编号 考生姓名 Section I Use of English
Directions：
Read the following text．Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A，B，C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1．(10 points)
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 serious 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__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 it possible to compare current prices of typical consumer goods, __20__, with prices of the same goods in previous years.
1. [A]spending 2. [A]Before 3. [A]much 4. [A]in
[B]demanding [C]consuming [D]saving [B]Unless [B]little [B]on
[C]Since [C]more [C]at
[D]When [D]less [D]to [D]occasion [D]worst [D]count [D]acquire
5. [A]chance [B]time 6. [A]best 7. [A]rely
[B]lest [B]rest
[C]moment [C]most [C]depend [C]care
8. [A]meet [B]obtain
2017考研英语二最后一套卷
