Rising China The China boom is by now a well-documented phenomenon. Who hasn’t heard of the Middle Kingdom’s astounding ec

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问题                              Rising China
      The China boom is by now a well-documented phenomenon. Who hasn’t heard of the Middle Kingdom’s astounding economic growth (8 percent annually), its mesmerizing(令人目瞪口呆的)  (51)  market (1.2 billion people), the investment ardor of foreign suitors( $ 40 billion in foreign direct investment last year  (52)  )? China is an economic juggernaut(主宰).  (53)  Nicholas Lardy of the Brookings Institution, a Washington D. C.-based think tank, "No country has expanded its foreign trade as fast as China over the last 20 years. Japan doubled its foreign trade over  (54)  ;  (55)  foreign trade as quintupled. They’re become the preeminent producer of labor-intensive manufacturing goods in the world". But there’s been  (56)  from the dazzling China growth story—namely, the Chinese multinational. No major Chinese companies have  (57)  established themselves, or their brands, on the global stage. But as Haler shows, that is starting to change.  (58)  100 years of poverty and chaos, of being overshadowed by foreign countries and multinationals, Chinese industrial companies are starting to  (59)  on the world.
      A new generation of large and credible firms  (60)  in China in the electronics, appliance and even high-tech sectors. Some have reached critical mass on the main land and  (61)  new outlets for their production—through exports and by building Chinese factories abroad, chiefly in Southeast Asia. One example: China’s investment in Malaysia soared from $ 8 million in 2000 to $ 766 million in the first half of this year.  (62)  China’s export prowess(杰出的才能 ), it will be years  (63)  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.  (64)  , China has a shortage of managerial talent and little notion of marketing and brand-building. Its companies are also  (65)  by the country’s tong tradition of central planning, inefficient use of capital and antiquated distribution system, which makes building national companies a challenge.  

选项 A、What’s more
B、What’s new
C、What’s worse
D、What’s surprise

答案A

解析 此题属于语篇衔接题。what’s more意为“此外”,根据上下文,前面提到阻碍中国公司发展的原因:For one thing…,下文又出现also一词,故此处需一个表示递进的短语,故选项A what’s more符合逻辑。其他选项:B what’s new;C what’s worse意为“更糟的是”;D  what’s surprise意为“令人吃惊的是……”;均不符合题意。
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