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[研究生入学考试题库]考研英语(一)英语知识运用分类模拟题74 Use of English The China boom is by now a well-documented phenomenon. Who hasnt 1 the Middle Kingdoms astounding economic growth (8 percent annually), its mesmerizing (令人目瞪口呆的) 2 market (1.2 billion people), the investment ardor of foreign suitors ($40 billion in foreign direct investment last year 3 )? China is an economic juggernaut (主宰). 4 Nicholas Lardy of the Brookings Institution, a Washington D. C. -based think tank, No country 5 its foreign trade as fast as China over the last 20 years. Japan doubled its foreign trade over 6 period; 7 foreign trade as quintupled. Theyre become the preeminent producer of labor-intensive manufacturing goods in the world. But theres been 8 from the dazzling China growth story—namely, the Chinese multinational. No major Chinese companies have 9 established themselves, or their brands, 10 the global stage. But as Haler shows, that is starting to change. 11 100 years of poverty and chaos, of being overshadowed by foreign countries and multinationals, Chinese industrial companies are starting to 12 on the world.  A new generation of large and credible firms 13 in China in the electronics, appliance and even high-tech sectors. Some have reached critical mass on the main land and 14 new outlets for their production—through exports and by building Chinese factories abroad, chiefly in Southeast Asia. One example: Chinas investment in Malaysia 15 from $8 miilion in 2000 to $766 million in the first half of this year. 16 Chinas export prowess (杰出的才能), it will be years 17 Chinese firms achieve the managerial and operational expertise of Western and Japanese multinationals. For one thing, many of its best companies are still at least partially state-owned. 18 , China has a shortage of managerial talent and little notion of marketing and brand-building. Its compa