2017年考博英语模拟试题及答案1
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After yuppies and dinkies, a new creature from ad land 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)
- A.regardless of
- B.even though
- C.although
- D.despite