More than any other industry, the
luxury-goods business needs people to feel good about spending money. So at a
recent conference in Moscow, Bernard Arnault, the head of Moet Hennessy Louis
Vuitton (LVMH), the world’s biggest luxury-goods group, went to great lengths to
dismiss investors’ fears about the impact on the industry of America’s credit
crisis, a possible recession and the weak dollar. Indeed, Mr. Arnault said he
expects the industry’s sales almost to double in the next five years, thanks to
strong demand from emerging markets and the creation of new wealth across the
globe. After a depressing period at the beginning of the decade when the terrorist attacks in America, the outbreak of SARS and the war in Iraq reduced international travel and people’s appetite for frivolous things, the industry has had three excellent years A. The subprime mortgage and subsequent credit crisis in US. B. Possible recession of the world economy. C. Dollar will very probably be weak in the coming months. D. Luxury goods lack innovation and creativity than before. [简答题]They tend to travel more than other children, from home to home and country to country, which causes feelings of restlessness.
[单项选择]Climate, more than any other single factor, determines the distribution of life on earth. Climatic boundaries establish the limits which organisms can survive. Plants, even more than animals, must be well adapted to climate in order to survive. They cannot move about or take shelter but must be equipped to endure whatever weather conditions are likely to occur. In the harsh conditions of the tundra, for example, low growing mosses, lichens, and a few flowering plants all hug the ground for shelter from icy winds.
Animals, despite their ability to move about and find shelter, are just as much influenced by climate as plants are. Creatures such as the camel and the penguin are so highly specialized that they have an extremely limited distribution. Others, such as bears are flexible enough to adapt to a broad range of climates. Oceandwelling organisms are just as sensitive to climatic changes—in this case temperature and salinity—as land animals. Reef corals can survive only in clear A. Reef corals. B. Penguins. C. Bears. D. Camels. 我来回答: 提交
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