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  3. After yuppies and dinkies, a new creature from a land stalks the block. The NYLON, an acronym linking New York and London, is a

After yuppies and dinkies, a new creature from a land stalks the block. The NYLON, an acronym linking New York and London, is a

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问题     After yuppies and dinkies, a new creature from a 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【51】the demise of Concorde, a new class of high-earner increasingly 【52】his or her time shuttling【53】the twin capitals of globalization. And NYLONS prefer their home comforts【54】tap in both cities. Despite the impressive【55】of air miles, they are not adventurous people.
    As【56】from Tom Wolfe’s Masters of the Universe of the 1980s, NYLONS have done more than well【57】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)【58】band of journalists and writers. They are self-consciously trendy and some are even able to【59】houses in both cities. Others will put up【60】a house in one, and a view with a room in the other. Of course, their horizons do extend beyond just New York and London. For many, Los Angeles is an important shopping mall.
选项 A、uses
B、spends
C、expends
D、costs
答案B
解析 本题考核的知识点是动词。A表示“使用，利用”；B表示“花费(时间)"；C表示“花费(金钱)”；D的主语一般是物，表示“某件事情花费(时间)”。spend one’s time doing sth．是固定用法，故选B“收人人群把时间更多地花费在两个国际大都市之间的穿梭上”。
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