[单项选择]When comparing a barter economy with an economy that uses money as a medium of exchange we would expect increased efficiencies due to a reduction in which of the following

[单项选择]In a barter economy, finding somebody who wanted to trade his old car ______ a sailboat might not always be an easy task.
A. in terms of
B. by auction for
C. by way of
D. in exchange for

[单项选择]According to the passage, a barter economy can lead to ______.


A. rapid speed of transactions
B. misunderstandings
C. inflation
D. difficulties for the traders

[单项选择]A barter economy is one in which _________.


A. value is decided by weight
B. value is decided by number
C. money is used and goods are not exchanged
D. goods are exchanged and money is not used

[单项选择]A period when an economy is experiencing substantial inflation and either a declining or slow rate of growth in output is called:（）
A. deflation.
B. stagflation.
C. depression.

[单项选择]President Clinton （　） power when the US economy was slow.
A. presumed
B. consumed
C. resumed
D. assumed

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When it comes to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero isn’t biting her nails just yet. But the 47-year-old manicurist isn’t cutting, filling or polishing as many nails as she’d like to, either. Most of her clients spend $12 to $50 weekly, but last month two longtime customers suddenly stopped showing up. Spero blames the softening economy. "I’m a good economic indicator," she says. "I provide a service that people can do without when they’re concerned about saving some dollars." So Spero is downscaling, shopping at middle-brow Dillard’s department store near her suburban Cleveland home, instead of Neiman Marcus. "I don’t know if other clients are going to abandon me, too," she says.
Even before Alan Greenspan’s admission that America’s red-hot economy is cooling, lots of working folks had already seen signs of the slowdown themselves. From car dealerships to Gap outlets, sales have been laggin
A. Spero can hardly maintain her business
B. Spero is too much engaged in her work
C. Spero has grown out of her bad habit
D. Spero is not in a desperate situation

[单项选择]It is said in the passage that when the economy slides, ______.


A. men would choose working women as their marriage partners
B. more women would get married to seek financial security
C. even working women would worry about their marriages
D. more people could prefer to remain single for the time being