The passage suggests that modern multinationals differ from early chartered trading companies in that__
A．the top managers of modern multinationals own stock in their own companies rather than simply receiving a salary
B．modern multinationals depend on a system of capitalist international trade rather than on less modern trading systmes
C．modern multinationals have operations in a number of different foreign counties rather than merely in one or two
D．the operations of modern multinationals are highly profitable despite the more stringent environmental and safety regulations of modern governments
E．the overseas operations of modern multinationals are not governed by the national interests of their home countries
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The knee is the joint______the thigh bone meets the large bone of the lower leg.
A．when
B．where
C．that
D．which -
PRODIGIOUS:
A．unnecessary
B．unimportant
C．invariable
D．precocious
E．understood -
According to the passage, early chartered trading companies are usually described as__
A．irrelevant to a discussion of the origins of the modern multinational corporation
B．interesting but ultimately too unusually to be good subjects for economic study
C．analogues of nineteenth-century British trading firms
D．rudimentary and very early forms of the modern multinational corporation
E．important national institutions because they existed to further the political aims of the governments of their home countries -
It can be inferred from the passage that Anderson would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements regarding the persistence of imperial authority in French Canada？
A．The persistence of imperial authority most likely would have failed to offer as much protection to native Americans as it did to European settlers.
B．The persistence of imperial authority would have likely resulted in less profit for England in terms of revenue and territory than the actual withdrawal that occurred.
C．The persistence of imperial authority would likely have limited in an enduring fashion the sovereignty and self-rule of the European colonists.
D．George the III minister's were not sufficiently interested in retaining control over French Canada to effect any changes in their colonial policy.
E．The "American" character of Britain's North American empire and British metropolitan authority would not have been affected even if British imperial authority had withdrawn more quickly. -
CONVOKE:
A．adjourn
B．eliminate
C．shorten
D．pardon
E．leave out