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[单项选择]When the rate of inflation exceeds the rate of return on the most profitable investment available, the difference between those two rates will be the percentage by which, at a minimum, the value of any investment will decline. If in such a circumstance the value of a particular investment declines by more than that percentage, it must be true that______.
Which one of the following logically completes the argument
A. the rate of inflation has risen
B. the investment in question is becoming less profitable
C. the investment in question is less profitable than the most profitable investment available
D. the rate of return on the most profitable investment available has declined
E. (E) there has been a chance in which particular investment happens to be the most profitable available
[填空题]In the years when inflation outpaces wage increase, many families in the U.S. hardly get by.
[单项选择]The current annual inflation rate, as measured by using the Consumer Price Index (CPI), is best defined as:（）
A. increase in the CPI from a year ago.
B. percentage change in the CPI from its base period.
C. percentage change in the CPI from a year ago.
[填空题]An increase in reading rate usually results in an increase in reading comprehension.
[单项选择]What does Joan do for a livingWho is expected to make a phone call
A. Robert Deng
B. Mr.Jones
C. Hilton
[单项选择]
Interest Rate Hike Expected This Week
Investors will pace themselves very cautiously this week with all attention focused on the U.S. Federal Reserve for guidance after seeing equity markets retreat last month with concerns over higher interest rates and the economic (150) they can cause.
This week, the U.S. central banks will meet, and the interest rates will likely be hiked. This comes (151) the Fed has raised them four percentage points over the last two years.
"The market has kind of positioned (152) for the Fed raising 25 basis points... because of these fears about inflation," said John Johnston, chief strategist at Royal Securities.
150（）
A. maim
B. malign
C. damage
D. disqualify
[单项选择]If investors’ expected future incomes increase, all else constant, interest rates will:（）
A. fall, while an increase in the demand for financial capital will cause rates to rise.
B. rise, while an increase in the demand for financial capital will cause rates to fall.
C. rise, while an increase in the demand for financial capital will also cause rates to rise.
[单项选择]When did the unemployment rate begin to increase
A. Last April.
B. last May,
C. last August.
D. Last October.
[单项选择]In addition to redistributing incomes, inflation may affect the total real income and production of the community. An increase in prices is usually associated with high employment. In moderate inflation, industries are operating efficiently and output is near capacity. There is a great deal of private investment and jobs are plentiful. Such has been the historical pattern. Thus many business persons and union leaders, in evaluating a little deflation and a little inflation, consider the latter to be the lesser of two evils. In mild inflation, the losses to fixed-income groups are usually less than gains to the rest of the community. Even workers with relatively fixed wages are often better off because of improved employment opportunities and greater take-home pay, a rise in interest rates on new securities may partly compensate for any losses to creditor, and increases in pension benefits may partly make up losses to retirees.
In deflation, on the other hand, the growing unemploym
A. people like private or public investment
B. there is usually full plant capacity
C. creditors suffer more than other people
D. everyone suffers and no one gains
