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2014 高考英语阅读理解巩固精品练习题（ 2）及答案 【2013高考英语辽宁省沈阳市领航试卷】 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 40分） 第一节（共 15题；每小题 2分，满分 30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（ A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A The rise of multinational corporations （跨国公司） , global marketing, new communications technologies, and shrinking cultural differences have led to an unparalleled increase in global public relations or PR ． Surprisingly, since modern PR was largely an American invention, America ’s relations is being threatened by PR efforts in other countries. Ten years ago, for example, the world ’s top five public relations agencies were American -owned ． In 1991, only one was ． The British in particular are becoming more sophisticated and creative ． A recent survey found that more than half of all British companies include PR as part of their corporate （公司的） planning activities, compared to about one-third of U.S. companies ．It may not be long before London replaces New York as the capital of PR ． Whyis America lagging behind in the global PRrace? Firstly, Americans as a whole tend to be fairly provincial and take more of an interest in local affairs ． Knowledge of world geography, for example, has never been strong in this country ． Secondly, Americans lag behind their European and Asian counterparts （相对应的人） in knowing a second language ． Less than 5 percent of Burson —Marshall ’s U ． S．employees know two languages ． Ogilvy and Mather have about the same percentage ． Conversely, some European firms have half or more of their employees fluent in a second language ． Finally, people involved in PR abroad tend to