书后12章 Cloze Read the following passage and fill the blanks with appropriate words from the list. Note that there are more words in the list than blanks in the passage. and because by charges classifying combination companies confront corporations critics developed due from global group human imperialism made minimize minority national play portfolio rules scopes shift technology to whether Investment in one country 1 individuals and organizations 2 another is an important aspect of international business. Investment may be for 3____in the form of securities or direct capital in the form of productive facilities. Colonialism and4____have often been described in terms of powerful nations. While some exploitation 6____still remain, most developing as well as 7____nations now substantially control the types, 8____and ownership terms of investments 9____by foreigners. Much of the 10____private investment is now made by multinational 11____ ( MNCs ) . Technical distinctions in 12____such global corporations are sometimes made exclusively by an executive 15____from one nation or by a 16____of different national investment leaders. Clearly, these multinational organizations 17____a major role in world trade and investments 18____of their demonstrated management skills, 19____, financial resources, and related advantages. MNCs, nevertheless, must 20____frequently governmental and other 21____who contend that such far-flung companies are able to 22____or avoid national regulation by virtue of their ability to 23____new ( and at times old ) investments from one country to another. Some governments have adopted exacting 24____which MNCs must follow in their countries, the most common of which requires a majority or significant 25____of domestic as opposed to foreign ownership.