After yuppies and dinkies, a new creature from adland stalks the block. The

游客2025-05-04 15

问题 After yuppies and dinkies, a new creature from adland stalks the block. The NYLON, an acronym linking New York and London, is a refinement of those more familiar categories such as jet- setters and cosmocrats (cosmopolitan aristocrats...do keep up). Marketing professionals have noted that【1】the demise of Concorde, a new class of high-earner increasingly【2】his or her time shuttling【3】the twin capitals of globalization. And NYLONS prefer their home comforts【4】tap in both cities. Despite the impressive【5】of air miles, they are not adventurous people.
As【6】from Tom Wolfe’s Masters of the Universe of the 1980s, NYLONS have done more than well【7】the long boom and new economy of the last ten years. They are DJs, chefs, games designers, Internet entrepreneurs, fashionistas, publishers and even a(n)【8】band of journalists and writers. They are self-consciously trendy and some are even able to【9】houses in both cities. Others will put up【10】a house in one, and a view【11】a room in the【12】. of course, their horizons do【13】beyond just New York and London. For many, Los Angeles is an important shopping mall.
More significantly for adland, NYLONS provide some useful marketing savings. Campaigns no longer have to differ very much in the two cities,【14】NYLONS bring them ever closer together. The restaurants are the same, with Nobu now in London and Conran in New York. Many plays【15】in both cities at the same time, and DJs shuttle between the two,【16】the same garage to the same people in【17】clubs. Time Out and Wallpaper are the magazines of【18】. All this is fine for NYLONS. But not so much【19】for everybody else watching Notting Hill turn【20】a pale imitation of Greenwich Village. [br]

选项 A、within
B、outside
C、beyond
D、out of

答案 D

解析本题考核的知识点是介词辨析。A表示“在……之内”；B表示“在……外”；C表示“在…之外”； D表示“由于……”；由句意可知，D是答案。由于过去十年的经济繁荣和新经济的崛起，NYLON们过得更好了。

转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/4062140.html

相关试题推荐

随机试题

最新回复(0)

After yuppies and dinkies, a new creature from adland stalks the block. The

Therearenosolitary,free-livingcreatures;everyformoflifeis______other

Considertheuniversalcannibalismofthesea,allofwhosecreatures______one

Considertheuniversalcannibalismofthesea,allofwhosecreatures______one