[单项选择]During periods of rising prices : （）
A. LIFO Gross Profit Margin ＞ FIFO Gross Profit Margin. 
B. LIFO Current ratio ＞ FIFO Current Ratio. 
C. LIFO Debt to Equity Ratio ＞ FIFO Debt to Equity Ratio.

[单项选择]With increased taxation and rising prices, Erie is going to ______ on quite a lot of things, such as clothes, records and so on.
A. cut off
B. cut down
C. cut in
D. cut across

[单项选择]With increased taxation and rising prices, I am going to have to ______ on quite a lot of things -clothes, records and so on.
A. cut off
B. cut in
C. cut out
D. cut down

[单项选择]Cocoa prices are rising for several reasons, but not because of

[单项选择]With the oil prices ever rising，she tried to talk him into stopping buying a car．
A. 随着油价的上涨，她试图说服他不要买车。
B. 由于油价不断上涨，她努力说服他不要买车。
C. 随着油价的不断上涨，她努力与他讨论不要买车。
D. 由于油价不断上涨，她努力与他讨论不要买车。

[单项选择]During REM periods, people ______.
A. dream less
B. wake up more easily
C. remember their dreams more clearly
D. experience discomfort

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As prices and building costs keep rising, the "do—it—yourself" (DIY) trend (趋势) in the U.S. continues to grow.
"We needed furniture(家具) for our living room," says John Ross, "and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs. "(76) John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a two-week course for $ 280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and iris wife died. He has a full—time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for ＄ 420. "I was deeply upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself."
John and Jim are not unusual people. In o
A. makes shoes in his home
B. does his extra work at night
C. does his own car and home repairs
D. keeps house and looks after his children

[单项选择]As stock prices plunged during the banking crisis, some investors were beginning to lose hope.
A. tumbled
B. dispersed
C. collapsed
D. dripped

[单项选择]Your prices exceed world prices by 7%.
A. 你的价格是市场价格的7%。
B. 贵方价格优于世界市场价格7%。
C. 你方价格已在世界市场价格上增加了7%。
D. 贵方价格超过世界市场价格7%。

[单项选择]Your prices exceed world prices by 5%.
A. 你的价格是市场价格的5%。
B. 贵方价格超过世界市场价格的5%。
C. 你方价格已在世界市场价格上增加了5%。
D. 贵方价格远远地超过世界市场价格的5%。

[单项选择]Your prices exceed the prices of this kind of equipment on the world market.
A. 贵方的价格超过了世界市场同类设备的价格。
B. 贵方的价格优于世界市场同类设备的价格。
C. 你方的价格比世界市场同类设备的价格都要高。
D. 在世界市场中，你方的价格远远地高于同类设备的价格。