Paris Hotel WarsFor nearly a hundred years, the Hotel le Bristol and five other so-called Parisian palace hotels—the Crillon, George V. Meurice, Plaza Athénée and Rita—have seen themselves as the guardians of French tradition and grand service, (1) They’re also very expensive. Five-star properties in Paris have average room rates of $350 to $700 per night, but rooms at the palaces start at $1,000 and climb all the way to $31.000. (2) The luxury oligopoly, however, is facing its first significant challenge. (3) In October, the Singapore-based Raffles Group reopened Le Royal Monceau, which dates from 1928, after spending more than $140 million to gut and refurbish it. In December, Hong Kong-based Shangri-La unveiled its offering inside the former residence of Napoleon’s grandnephew. (4) The hotel will blend "French services with Oriental flair," meaning yoga mats in the rooms, massage parlors in the suites and dim sum on the room-service menu. In early 2013 the Peninsula Group will debut its first European hotel on the swanky Avenue Kléber. (5) The target clientele is a growing emerging-market elite. The number of millionaire households rose 14% worldwide in 2009 to include 11.2 million people, according to the Boston Consulting Group, and China alone saw a spike of 31%. (6) The Asian chains will feature top-notch plumbing and state-of-the-art technology, which have often been missing from the palace hotels in the past.The new competition has prompted the old guard to renovate its properties and dust off their history. (7) At the Bristol, managers recount how during World War Ⅱ.their predecessors erased a suite from the floor plan and harbored a Jewish architect, who later thanked them by building the elegant wrought-iron elevator at the hotel’s center. (8) But what’s clear is this: for luxury travelers headed to Paris this spring and summer, the choice of accommodations just got a whole lot better. (3) should choose ()
A. In June, Mandarin Oriental will welcome guests to its 130-room property near the Louvre, built at a cost of more than $16 million per room.
B. Their flagship restaurants serve only French haute cuisine, and their historic buildings remain as iconic today as they were in the 18th and 19th centuries.
C. Together these openings will boost the number of luxury rooms in the city by 40%.
D. Asian hotel groups are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in lavish new properties in historic buildings throughout Paris—all with rooms at the palaces’ price point.
E. Luxury today needs to have a story, so the Crillon emphasizes that Marie Antoinette took piano lessons in its drawing rooms, and the Ritz honors Coco Chanel’s 30-year residency there.
F. Whether or not historical tales can preserve the allure of Parisian tourism is still unknown.
G. But the new properties will appeal to any traveler who simply wants to stay in a less fusty yet still luxurious environment.
H. Their iconic status kept their rooms filled through most of the recession, even at those prices.
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Nuclear AgeThe Oyster Creek nuclear plant in New Jersey opened when the Beatles were still together, and since 1969 its single 645-MW boiling-water reactor has provided enough energy to power 600,000 homes annually. But the oldest nuclear plant in the U.S. will be retired a little (26) Last year its owner, Exelon, announced that it would (27) Oyster Creek in 2019, 10 years ahead of schedule. The reason: the (28) plant costs too much to keep running (29) .The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has focused new attention on the (30) future of the American atomic sector. But the U.S. nuclear industry was already facing a very (31) problem: its aging fleet of reactors. Nuclear plants were built with 40-year licenses that can theoretically be (32) to 60 or even 80 years. Half the country’s 104 reactors are more than 30 years old and (33) middle age. So far, 62 plants have been (34) 20-year extensions, and 20 more have applications pending. (35) like the one in Fukushima, the oldest plants in the U.S. (36) to have fewer safety measures. If regulators crack down, operators could (37) -as Exelon did with Oyster Creek—that upgrading is not worth the 38 and shut down the plants If no new nuclear plants are built to (39) them, nuclear could fade into obsolescence. Ironically, that could have (40) environmental effects. A report by the Breakthrough Institute, an energy think tank, found that replacing all U.S. nuclear (41) a mix of coal and gas would raise carbon (42) 9% by 2030. "We need to understand that there would be (43) to pulling back on nuclear," says Michael Levi, a senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations. (44) a great athlete, nuclear power may be (45) after it retires. (27) should choose ()
A. close
B. change
C. sell
D. return
截至2010年5月底,北京市朝阳区规模以上文化创意产业单位共有1777家。总资产达到1534.6亿元,同比增长19.6%;1~5月累计实现收入521.6亿元,同比增长20.4%;从业人员平均人数为16.4万人,同比增长0.8%;单位数量、资产总计、收入合计、从业人员平均数在全市规模以上文化创意产业中的比重分别达到23.6%、19.9%、23.9%和20.3%。 2010年1~5月朝阳区规模以上文化创意产业主要指标分行业分组数据 产业类别 单位数(个) 资产(亿元) 同比(%) 收入(亿元) 同比(%) 从业人员平均数(人) 同比(%) 文化艺术 68 43.7 8.6 7.6 11.8 6223 -1.5 新闻出版 193 134.8 11.6 27.0 7.6 17203 -2.1 广播、电视、电影 47 69.2 45.1 13.3 43.4 3351 -4.6 软件、网络及计算机服务 299 262.1 -0.4 103.5 11.7 41946 2.0 广告会展 538 233.0 20.4 115.5 33.0 21626 2.0 艺术品交易 38 29.5 24.1 13.8 32.3 2818 6.4 设计服务 106 27.4 32.3 9.5 19.8 14152 4.6 旅游、休闲娱乐 263 194.4 8.9 68.7 23.6 17992 -1.2 其他辅助服务 225 540.5 37.0 162.9 17.3 38419 0.4 下列说法中,正确的一项是( )。
A. 2010年1~5月朝阳区旅游、休闲娱乐业单位数仅次于广告会展业
B. 2010年1~5月朝阳区有5个产业的从业人员平均人数比上年同期有所下降
C. 与上年同期相比,2010年1~5月朝阳区广播、电视、电影业的资产增长速度最快
D. 与上年同期相比,2010年1~5月朝阳区艺术品交易业从业人员平均人数增长量最大
Paris Hotel WarsFor nearly a hundred years, the Hotel le Bristol and five other so-called Parisian palace hotels—the Crillon, George V. Meurice, Plaza Athénée and Rita—have seen themselves as the guardians of French tradition and grand service, (1) They’re also very expensive. Five-star properties in Paris have average room rates of $350 to $700 per night, but rooms at the palaces start at $1,000 and climb all the way to $31.000. (2) The luxury oligopoly, however, is facing its first significant challenge. (3) In October, the Singapore-based Raffles Group reopened Le Royal Monceau, which dates from 1928, after spending more than $140 million to gut and refurbish it. In December, Hong Kong-based Shangri-La unveiled its offering inside the former residence of Napoleon’s grandnephew. (4) The hotel will blend "French services with Oriental flair," meaning yoga mats in the rooms, massage parlors in the suites and dim sum on the room-service menu. In early 2013 the Peninsula Group will debut its first European hotel on the swanky Avenue Kléber. (5) The target clientele is a growing emerging-market elite. The number of millionaire households rose 14% worldwide in 2009 to include 11.2 million people, according to the Boston Consulting Group, and China alone saw a spike of 31%. (6) The Asian chains will feature top-notch plumbing and state-of-the-art technology, which have often been missing from the palace hotels in the past.The new competition has prompted the old guard to renovate its properties and dust off their history. (7) At the Bristol, managers recount how during World War Ⅱ.their predecessors erased a suite from the floor plan and harbored a Jewish architect, who later thanked them by building the elegant wrought-iron elevator at the hotel’s center. (8) But what’s clear is this: for luxury travelers headed to Paris this spring and summer, the choice of accommodations just got a whole lot better. (2) should choose ()
A. In June, Mandarin Oriental will welcome guests to its 130-room property near the Louvre, built at a cost of more than $16 million per room.
B. Their flagship restaurants serve only French haute cuisine, and their historic buildings remain as iconic today as they were in the 18th and 19th centuries.
C. Together these openings will boost the number of luxury rooms in the city by 40%.
D. Asian hotel groups are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in lavish new properties in historic buildings throughout Paris—all with rooms at the palaces’ price point.
E. Luxury today needs to have a story, so the Crillon emphasizes that Marie Antoinette took piano lessons in its drawing rooms, and the Ritz honors Coco Chanel’s 30-year residency there.
F. Whether or not historical tales can preserve the allure of Parisian tourism is still unknown.
G. But the new properties will appeal to any traveler who simply wants to stay in a less fusty yet still luxurious environment.
H. Their iconic status kept their rooms filled through most of the recession, even at those prices.
Nuclear AgeThe Oyster Creek nuclear plant in New Jersey opened when the Beatles were still together, and since 1969 its single 645-MW boiling-water reactor has provided enough energy to power 600,000 homes annually. But the oldest nuclear plant in the U.S. will be retired a little (26) Last year its owner, Exelon, announced that it would (27) Oyster Creek in 2019, 10 years ahead of schedule. The reason: the (28) plant costs too much to keep running (29) .The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has focused new attention on the (30) future of the American atomic sector. But the U.S. nuclear industry was already facing a very (31) problem: its aging fleet of reactors. Nuclear plants were built with 40-year licenses that can theoretically be (32) to 60 or even 80 years. Half the country’s 104 reactors are more than 30 years old and (33) middle age. So far, 62 plants have been (34) 20-year extensions, and 20 more have applications pending. (35) like the one in Fukushima, the oldest plants in the U.S. (36) to have fewer safety measures. If regulators crack down, operators could (37) -as Exelon did with Oyster Creek—that upgrading is not worth the 38 and shut down the plants If no new nuclear plants are built to (39) them, nuclear could fade into obsolescence. Ironically, that could have (40) environmental effects. A report by the Breakthrough Institute, an energy think tank, found that replacing all U.S. nuclear (41) a mix of coal and gas would raise carbon (42) 9% by 2030. "We need to understand that there would be (43) to pulling back on nuclear," says Michael Levi, a senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations. (44) a great athlete, nuclear power may be (45) after it retires. (40) should choose ()
A. possible
B. relevant
C. favorable
D. negative