The China boom is by now a well-documented phenomenon. Who hasn’t (1) the Middle Kingdom’s astounding economic growth (8 percent annually), its mesmerizing (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. (4) Nicholas Lardy of the Brookings Institution, a Washington D. C.-based think tank,
" No country has (5) its foreign trade as fast as China over the last 20 years. Japan (6) its foreign trade over a 20-year period; China’s foreign trade as quintupled. They’ve become the pre-eminent producer of labor-intensive (7) goods in the world " . But there’s 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 Haier 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 has (13) in China in the electronics, appliance and even high-tech sectors. Some have reached critical mass on the mainland and are now (14) new outlets for their production—through exports and by building Chinese factories abroad, chiefly in Southeast Asia. One example: China’s investment in Malaysia (15) from $8 million in 2000 to $766 million in the first half of this year. (16) China’s export prowess, 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 companies are also (19) by the country’s long tradition of central planning, inefficient use of capital and antiquated distribution system, (20) makes building national companies a challenge.
（20）处填（）
A.that
B.which
C.this
D.what
参考答案：B
解析：
语法题。which引导非限定性定语从句，指主句提及的所有不利因素使得建立国有企业成为一种挑战，故选[B]。其他选项：[A]that、[C]this和[D]what均不符合语法。全句可译为：国家长期以来以计划经济为中心的传统、资本利用率低以及过时的分配体制都阻碍着中国公司的发展，这使得经营国有企业成为一种挑战。