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【单选题】
A、scientist who does research in economic psychology and who wants to predict the way in which consumers will spend their money must study consumer behavior. He must obtain (1) both on resources of consumers and on the motives that (2) to encourage or discourage money spending.
If an (3) were asked which of three groups borrow most -- people with rising incomes, (4) incomes, or declining incomes -- he would (5) answer: those with declining incomes.Actually, in the years 1997 -2000, the answer was: people with rising incomes. People with declining incomes were next and people with stable incomes borrowed the (6) . This shows us that tradition- al (7) about earning and spending are not always (8) Another traditional assumption is that if people who have money expect prices to go up, they will (9) to buy. If they expect prices to go down, they will postpone buying. (10) research surveys have shown that this is not always (11) The expectations of price increases may not stimulate buying. One (12) attitude was ex- pressed by the wife of a mechanic in an interview at a time of rising prices. Her family had been planning to buy a new car but they postponed this purchase. (13) , the rise in prices that has al- ready taken place may be resented and buyer’s resistance may be evokeD、
The (14) mentioned above was carried out inAmeric
A、Investigations (15) at the same time in GreatBritain, however, yielded results that were more (16) traditional assumptions about saving and spending patterns. The condition most contributive to spending (17) to be price stability. If prices have been stable and people consider that they are (18) , they are likely to buy. Thus, it appears that the common (19) policy of maintaining stable prices is based on a correct understanding of (20) psychology.

A、assumptions B、ideasC、thoughts D、concepts
网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
[解析] 语义衔接题。本句中出现了两处出题点，从第7题选项可以看出这里表示“传统的关于收入和消费的假定或观点”。单从本句来看，四个选项似乎都可以填入空白处，但紧接着下一句中就出现了An- other traditional assumption，是本句中内容的同义复现，由此可以判断这里填入assumptions正确。 [避错指导] idea、thought和concept都有“想法”的意思。其中，idea的使用范围最广；thought一词指明显的智力活动，特别是指经过思考和推理后得出的结论，与单纯的观察、感觉或愿望不同；concept用于大范围内的成形的思想。这三个词放在句中，与下一句的traditional assumption不能构成复现关系，故排除。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>