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Globalization-is it holy crap?
Globalization can somehow be defined（1）____harmonization, homogenization or integration of the countries and（2）____. Functionally, it can be seen as a process of gradually（3）____ interaction and integration of economies and societies around the world. The growing economic interdependence is the most crucial （4）____ force of globalization. In the first（5）____, it is the economic dimension of globalization which（6）____both scholars' and（7）____attention. Transnational corporations (TNCs) and large financial institutions in the mature and developed industrial economies （8）____a proactive role（9）____ devising and creating global networks in economic and financial areas. However, sociologist, anthropologist and historian state that the non-economic dimension is（10）____equally important. For example, Alexander the Great did not only militarily conquer Persia（11）____introduced western （12）____, philosophy and scientific technology（13）____ the east.（14）____he noticed that what he thought the barbarian east had a more complex governing system even than his own. Today, though most popular definitions of globalization are still focusing more（15）____ the economic dimension; the non-economic dimension gets more and more attention in almost every society of the world. There are tons of studies（16）____ this topic. Yet, globalization as a phenomenon, in reality, is still in its （17）____.
According to Giddens, another scholar argues that "Globalization is the intensification of worldwide social relations which link distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many miles away and vice versa." 1.[A]as [B]to be [C]like [D]of 2. [A]economy [B]economics [C]economic [D]economies 3. [A]revolving [B]evolving [C]resolving [D]solving 4. [A]enhancing [B]moving [C]driving [D]motivating 5. [A]case [B]place [C]area [D]space 6. [A]catches [B]influences [C]has [D]draws 7. [A]practitioners' [B]practicers' [C]practists' [D]practicalists' 8. [A]took [B]had [C]played [D]occupied 9. [A]in [B]on [C]within [D]into 10. [A]to be [B]as [C]/ [D]being 11. [A]but also [B]also [C]and [D]and also 12. [A]thinking [B]thoughts [C]ideology [D]theories 13. [A]to [B]into [C]for [D]towards 14. [A]Surprisedly [B]Surprised [C]Surprisingly [D]Surprising 15. [A]on [B]in [C]at [D]of 16. [A]about [B]of [C]in [D]at 17. [A]childhood [B]teenage [C]teens [D]infancy 18. [A]speeding [B]speedy [C]speedy up [D]speeding up 19. [A]shrank [B]shrunk [C]shrinked [D]been shrunk 20. [A]as [B]being [C]to be [D]as to be