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 globalisation 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 (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 m 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.

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A:regardless of B:even though C:although D:despite

Text 1
The long year of food shortage in this country have suddenly given way to apparent abundance. Stores and shops are choked with food. Rationing (定量供应 ) is virtually suspended, and overseas suppliers have been asked to hold back deliveries. Yet, instead of joy, there is widespread uneasiness arid confusion. Why do food prices keep on rising, when there seems to be so much more food about Is the abundance only temporary, or has it come to stay Does it mean that we need to think less now about producing more food at home No one knows what to expect.
The recent growth of export-surpluses on the world food market has certainly been unexpectedly great, partly because a strange sequence of two successful grain harvests in North America is now being followed by a third. Most of Britain’s overseas suppliers of meat, too, are offering more this and home production has also risen.
But the effect of all this on the food situation in this country has been made worse by a simultaneous rise in food prices, due chiefly to the gradual cutting down of government support for food. The shop are overstocked with food not only because there is more food available, but also because people, frightened by high prices, are buying less of it.
Moreover, the rise in domestic prices has come at a time when world prices have begun to fall, with the result that imported food, with the exception of grain, is often cheaper than the home -produced variety. And now grain prices, too are falling. Consumers are beginning to ask why they should not be enabled to benefit from this trend.
The significance of these developments is not lost on farmers. The older generation have seen it all happen before. Despite the present price and market guarantees, farmers fear they are about to be squeezed between cheap food imports and a shrinking home market. Present production is running at 51 per cent above pre-war levels, and the government has called for an expansion to 60 per cent by 1956; but repeated ministerial advice is carrying little weight and the expansion program is not working very well.

The future for Britain's food production at that time looked like that（）

A:the fall in world food prices would benefit British food producers B:an expansion of food production was at hand C:British food producers would receive more government financial support D:it looks depressing despite government guarantees

Text 1
The long year of food shortage in this country have suddenly given way to apparent abundance. Stores and shops are choked with food. Rationing (定量供应 ) is virtually suspended, and overseas suppliers have been asked to hold back deliveries. Yet, instead of joy, there is widespread uneasiness arid confusion. Why do food prices keep on rising, when there seems to be so much more food about Is the abundance only temporary, or has it come to stay Does it mean that we need to think less now about producing more food at home No one knows what to expect.
The recent growth of export-surpluses on the world food market has certainly been unexpectedly great, partly because a strange sequence of two successful grain harvests in North America is now being followed by a third. Most of Britain’s overseas suppliers of meat, too, are offering more this and home production has also risen.
But the effect of all this on the food situation in this country has been made worse by a simultaneous rise in food prices, due chiefly to the gradual cutting down of government support for food. The shop are overstocked with food not only because there is more food available, but also because people, frightened by high prices, are buying less of it.
Moreover, the rise in domestic prices has come at a time when world prices have begun to fall, with the result that imported food, with the exception of grain, is often cheaper than the home -produced variety. And now grain prices, too are falling. Consumers are beginning to ask why they should not be enabled to benefit from this trend.
The significance of these developments is not lost on farmers. The older generation have seen it all happen before. Despite the present price and market guarantees, farmers fear they are about to be squeezed between cheap food imports and a shrinking home market. Present production is running at 51 per cent above pre-war levels, and the government has called for an expansion to 60 per cent by 1956; but repeated ministerial advice is carrying little weight and the expansion program is not working very well.

Why does the author mention "there is wide-spread uneasiness and confusion" (Line 4, ParA．1 ) （）

A:The abundant food supply is not expected to last B:Britain is importing less food C:Despite the abundance, food prices keep rising D:Britain will cut back on its production of food

A:regardless of B:even though C:although D:despite

(Despite) much research, there are still certain elements (in) the life cycle of the insect that (is) not fully (Understood) .

A:Despite B:in C:is D:Understood

(Despite) the time of (the year), the temperature was (enough hot) to (turn on) the air-conditioner.

A:Despite B:the year C:enough hot D:turn on

(Despite) the time of (the year), the temperature was (enough hot) to (turn on) the air-conditioner.

A:Despite B:the year C:enough hot D:turn on

Muhammad Ali is probably the most famous sports figure on earth: he is recognized on every continent and by all generations. The diagnosis of his illness (51) Parlonson’s disease after his retirement fuelled the debate about the dangers of boxing and criticism (52) the sport. That, plus his outspoken opposition (53) women’s boxing, made people wonder how he would react when one of his daughters decided to take (54) the sport. His presence at Laila’s first professional fight, (55) _, seemed to broadcast her father’s support. Of course Muhammnad Ali wanted to watch his daughter fight. The ring announcer introduced him as the "the greatest" and as he sat down at the ringside the crowd chanted.
Twenty-one-year-old Laila’s debut fight was a huge success and there was as much publicity for the fight (56) her father’s fights once attracted. (57) , Laila’s opponent was much weaker than she was and the fight lasted just 31 seconds. Since then, Laila has won most of her fights by knocking out her opponent. "She knows (58) she’s doing, all fight, "said one referee about her. "She knows about moving well. You can see some of her dad’s moves."
Laila Ali would rather not compare herself (59) her father. She prefers to make her own (60) . Her father supports her decision to enter the sport but he has not spared her the details of what can happen. Laila realizes that her father wants her to understand the (61) possible scenario to see (62) she still wants to go forward with it. She knows she’s going to get hit hard at times, that she may get a broken nose or a swollen face, but at least she is prepared for it.
Laila’s decision to start boxing (63) her father’s struggle with the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease has of course sparked a mixture of debate and (64) . But Laila is a feisty and determined individual and it is that as much as her famous last name that has made her a magnet for worldwide media attention. Of course, the (65) on the boxing scene of a woman
with her family history attracts even more questions about whether women’s boxing is sport or spectacle．

A:inspite B:spite C:despite D:despite of