单选题
阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。
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【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。consumer意为“消费者”，与句中market连用，意为“消费市场”。选项A consume是动词，意为“消费；消耗”；选项C consuming是形容词，意为“消耗的，强烈的”；选项D consumed是过去分词，意为“消耗掉的”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此题属于语义辨析题。alone意为“单独的”，修饰句中的last year，意思是“单单去年一年”。B only (只有)，位置常与alone不同，例如：Only he was in the secret＝He alone was in the secret只有他一人知道内情。注意区别：(1)They alone sell cotton clothing．他们独一家卖棉布衣服。(2)They only sell cotton clothing．他们只卖棉布衣服。C along意为“沿着”；选项D lonely意为“孤独的”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】此题属于语篇衔接题。according to意为“根据某人的观点/看法”，原句意为：根据尼古拉斯·拉代的观点，故选项D According to正确。选项A As意为“因为”；选项B As to意为“至于”，例如：As to (doing)that，we haven't decided yet．(至于是否做那件事，我尚未决定。)选项C Judging by意为“通过……判断”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】此题属于语法题，a 20-year period意为“一个20年的时期”，故选项B a 20-year正确。其他选项：A 20-year缺少冠词；C 20-years和D a 20 years单复数形式错误；均不符合题意。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】此题属于语法题。此处需要一个名词所有格修饰foreign trade，意为“中国的外贸”，故选项B china's正确。选项A China意为“中国”；选项C Chinese意为“中国人的，中文”；选项D Sino意为“作前缀，中国的”，如：Sino-Japanese trade(中日贸易)。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此题属于语法题，此处缺一个名词短语，意为“缺少的某物”，故选项A something missing符合题意，意指中国非凡的经济成就中欠缺的东西。选项B missing something词序不当；选项C something lost意为“丢掉的某物”；D lost something词序不当，与句意不符。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此题属于语法题，yet是时间副词，意为“现在之前”，常用于否定句或疑问句，与现在完成时连用时，指的是过去的动作对现在仍有影响，例如：I haven't yet finished my homework_根据原文的意思，中国的大公司没有在世界经济舞台上为他们本身或他们的品牌确立地位。这是中国经济比较薄弱的、欠缺的东西。故选择表示“尚有待于(完善的)”意思的副词，即选项A yet正确。其他选项：B to搭配不当；C still established意思不符；D been established语态及句意均不符。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此题属于语篇连接题。After意为“在……之后”，根据句意，中国公司终于走出外国大公司的阴影，开始令世人瞩目应该是在遭受了百年的贫穷和动乱之后，根据逻辑推理，此处应选择A After。其他选项： B Before，C Since和D Behind均与原文意思不符。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。make a mark意为“给人留下深刻印象”，根据句意，中国公司现在已有所改变，开始给人们留下深刻印象，故选项C make a mark正确。其他选项：A make a call，B make a cry和D make a voice均不符合题意。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。has emerged意为“已经出现”，根据句子意思，此处需填一个不及物动词，意为在中国电子、电器以及高科技领域已经出现了一批可靠的大公司，故选项C has emerged正确。其他选项：A has set up和B has established语态不符；D is emerged的错误在于emerge为不及物动词，没有被动语态。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此题属于语法题。are now seeking意为“正在寻找”，文中提到许多大公司在中国内地的市场已趋饱和，故他们着手为他们的产品找出路，因此选项A are now seeking符合题意。选项B is now seeking与主语some(复数)不一致；选项C now are seeking词序不当；选项D now is seeking词序及语法均不符。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此题属于语篇连接题。For all意为“尽管”，例如：The country，for all the crises it had，remained strong．尽管经历了重重危机，这个国家还是强大的。根据原文，尽管中国的外贸出口成就令人瞩目，但要达到西方先进的管理和经营水平尚需时日，故选项A For all正确，表示让步关系。其他选项：B All for，C All of词序、意思不符；D after all意为“毕竟”，意思不符。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】此题属于语法题。it will be years before意为“在……之前需要若干年”，根据句意，中国要取得和西方先进的管理和经营相当的水平之前要若干年，故选项B before符合题意。其他选项：A after，C since和D till均与原文意思不符。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】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。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。handicap意为“妨碍，使不利”，例如：Ignorance can handicap the progress of city .愚昧无知会妨碍城市的进步。原文中提到的长期的计划经济的传统，资本利用率低，过时的分配体系等都应该是妨碍了中国公司的进步和发展的，故选项C handicapped意为“受到妨碍”正确。选项A making it意为“成功”；选项B prevented常与介词from连用，意为“避免”；选项D protected意为“防卫，保护”。