[originaltext] Zimbabwe’ s inflation rate has increased sharply in the past

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问题  
Zimbabwe’ s inflation rate has increased sharply in the past three months and is now at 11.2 million percent, the highest in the world, according to the country’ s central statistical office. Official figures dated Monday show inflation has increased from the rate of 2.2 million percent recorded in May, despite the government’ s price controls. The country ’ s finance minister believed the new figure in an interview but said the rising inflation rate was not confined in Zimbabwe alone. In February, the price of a loaf of bread in the country was less than 200,000 in Zimbabwe dollars. On Monday, that same loaf of bread cost 1.6 trillion Zimbabwe dollars. Analysts have said that this Zimbabwean government official inflation rate figures are conservative. Last week, one of Zimbabwe’ s leading banks, Kingdom Bank, said the country’ s inflation rate was now more than 20 million percent. The locally-owned bank predicted tougher times ahead for Zimbabwe in the absence of donor support in falling investment in an economy that has been in free fall for almost a decade.
5. Which of the following is mentioned as the government’s measure to control inflation?
6. According to Kingdom Bank, what is the current inflation rate in Zimbabwe?
7. What will Zimbabwe experience according to the locally-owned bank’s predication?

选项 A、Tougher times will wait for Zimbabwe.
B、The inflation situation will be eased.
C、The future of the inflation is not clear.
D、It was not mentioned in the news.

答案 A

解析 信息明示题。由The locally-owned bank predicted tougher times ahead for Zimbabwe.可知,一些当地银行预测,津巴布韦还要经历一段艰苦时光,也就是说,津巴布韦的未来还是很艰难的,故选A。
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