1)At Ford, the nation's No. 2 automaker, overall vehicle sales____(下降) 2.4 percent from a year earlier to 261,694.

    2)Sales of light trucks ____(上升)4.3 percent but car sales ___(下降) 13.4 percent.

    3)Sales of pickup trucks and sport/utility vehicles____(上升) 3.8 percent to 196,106, while car sales _____(快速上升) 8.6 percent to 157,011.

    4)Chrysler, the North American unit of German automaker DaimlerChrysler AG, overcame a ____(大幅度下降) in sales models.

    5)Airline stocks in general ____(下降) on Tuesday, with the American Stock Exchange airline index ____(下降) 1.24 percent to 61.12.

    6)While productivity typically leads to job growth and higher living standards ____(長期), _____(短期) it has helped to make the current labor market the most anemic since the Great Depression.

    7)The number has ______(持平) for_____(連續(xù)31個月)。

    8)The economy would need to _____(增長) 5.7 percent this year or faster.

    9)_____(持續(xù)的) high rates of increase in productivity.

    10)the percentage of employers with fully funded plans _____(急速下降) from 84 percentin 1998 to 37 percent in 2002.

    11)US dollar ____(急速下降) to new record lows against the euro and the Australian dollar.

    12)The sales in BC Tech ____（下滑）to number 3 nationwide.

    13)Gas prices are ______(急速增長/暴漲) in San Diego.