A、melancholy
B、anger
C、ecstasy
D、None of the above
A、melancholy
B、anger
C、ecstasy
D、None of the above
A、the soul
B、the God
C、the ghost
D、the Buddha
A、-12 percent.
B、-2 percent.
C、2 percent.
D、12 percent.
People who live on a fixed income are hurt the 【C6】______ . Retired people, for instance, can not 【C7】______ on an increase in income as prices rise. Elderly people who do not work face serious problems in stretching their incomes to 【C8】______ their needs in time of inflation. Retirement income 【C9】______ any fixed income usually does not rise as fast as prices. Many retired people must cut their spending to 【C10】______ rising prices. In many cases they must stop 【C11】______ some necessary items, such as food and clothing. Even 【C12】______ working people whose incomes are going up, inflation can be a problem. The 【C13】______ 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 【C14】______ with rising prices, the standard of living goes down. People may be earning the same amount of money, but they are not living 【C15】______ because 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 【C16】______ the rate of change can be determined. A price index measures changes in prices using the price for a 【C17】______ year as the base. The base price is set 【C18】______ 100, and the other prices are reported as a 【C19】______ of the base price. A price index makes 【C20】______ possible to compare current prices of typical consumer goods, for example, with prices of the same goods in previous years.
【C1】
A.spending
B.demanding
C.consuming
D.saving
1. Complete the diagram below by replacing the numbered explanations with words and expressions.Example: 1. The art on the stage is ___performing art\ stage art______. 2. The art work painted on canvas with a brush is __________________. 3. The painting of people is __________________. 4. A sculpture of people or animals is a __________________. 5. A drama set to music is __________________. 6. A dance in which performers stand on their toes is __________________. 7. A drama with no lines but funny is __________________. 8. Performance by orchestra is __________________. 2. Find out the equivalents of these Chinese expressions related to art from your textbook page 28 to page 35. 1) 刻画\描画 (v.) 11) 壁画 (n.) 2) 栩栩如生 (adj.) 12) 颜料\色素 (n.) 3) 构图 (n.) 4) 图像\人物 (n.) 5) 视角\透视 (n.) 6) 观赏者(n.) 7) 柔和的色彩(adj+n.) 8) 轮廓(n.) 9) 乱涂乱画(v.\n.) 10) 壁画
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