With the development of the global economy, many companies state their basic objective of engaging in a worldwide manufacturing

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问题     With the development of the global economy, many companies state their basic objective of engaging in a worldwide manufacturing business and claim that they are or are becoming a multinational company.
    Some economists (1)_____ between the international firm and the multinational company in the following way: the "international firm" is a term that (2)_____ enterprises with various degrees of world orientation in their business; (3)_____, the "multinational company" is one type of international firm. The international firm engages in any activity or (4)_____ of activities from exporting, importing and licensing to full scale manufacturing in a number of countries. The international (5)_____ of such a company varies from the point at which overseas sales and profits take on importance and top management begins to (6)_____ some attention to them to the stage (7)_____ the company is globally oriented in its marketing, production, (8)_____, and other decisions and considers alternative opportunities around the world.
    When a company reaches the latter stage, it becomes (9)_____. Thus, the multinational company is one type of international company. It is a (10)_____ developed international company with a deep worldwide involvement and a global (11)_____ in its management and decision making. More (12)_____, the multinational company in manufacturing does business in a number of countries; it has a substantial commitment of its resources in international business; it (13)_____ international production in a number of countries; and it has a (14)_____ perspective in its management. Significant (15)_____ exist among multinational companies. First, such a company may not (16)_____ do business in every region and country in the world, (17)_____ it considers opportunities throughout the world. Second, it has a (18)_____ portion of its assets invested in international business; (19)_____ it makes a substantial part of its sales and earns a considerable part of its (20)_____ overseas.

选项 A、recognize
B、distinguish
C、discover
D、detect

答案B

解析 词汇辨析题。文章开篇首句提到:随着全球经济的发展,许多公司宣布他们投身全球制造业的基本目标,宣称他们已是或正成为一家跨国公司。根据英文篇章结构可知,文章首段通常点明主题,由此判断出本文与跨国公司有关。从本空格所在句后半部分内容可以判断出本句大意:一些经济学家用以下方法区分国际化公司和跨国公司…。distinguish意为"区分,区别",放回句中符合上下文语境。recognize意为"承认,认出",discover意为"发现,发觉",detect意为"发现,察觉",均是及物动词,而句中需要填入一个不及物动词,故这三个词不符合句子语法要求。
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