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32. B. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context. In the next line, `is nowhere to be seen' suggests `sth is missing'.

33. A. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context, and the use of two commas. `Familiar in the rest of the world' is the explanation of `the sign of nationhood'. Words between two punctuation explain the meaning of the nouns which goes before the punctuation.

34. C. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context. Similar to Q33, `no corporation like IBM or Sony' is the illustration of `no nation-wide companies'.

35. D. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context. China is supposed to have centrally-planned economy.

36. B. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context, and the tone. `With the word `there are' suggests there are nation-wide companies. Therefore, the absence of such companies is not absolute.

37. B. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context. Following the theme of the passage, there are a few nation-wide financial institutions and a national airline.

38. A. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context. Contrary to not having nation-wide companies, `national manufacturing company' is still lacking.

39. C. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context, and common sense. `Tradition of decentralization' is a reason of a lacking a national manufacturing company.

40. A. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context, and the discourse marker. `Nevertheless' is used to show a contrast. At the beginning of a paragraph, the writer shows sth is different from what is mentioned earlier.

41. D. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context. `Companies are not striving to extend their sales beyond local market' is `the success of reforms'.

42. A. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context, and the collocation. `Is run by a board of directors and has factories in 19 cities' refers to the running and the size of the company.

43. C. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context. `No shareholder' is the characteristic of a Chinese company, and it is different from an ordinary western company.

44. D. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context and the use of discourse marker. `It will not be the last' if the door to reform is not shut. `Unless' is a discourse marker, showing the contrastive viewpoint. One is positive, one negative.