業精於勤，事立於豫

      More than any other region, Asia is the place where the family-business model reigns supreme. In 2004, the magazine FinanceAsia calculated that __41__ controlled 40 of the region’s 100 largest listed companies, while states controlled 38, and just 22 were widely held corporations per the norm in New York or London. Yet while this __42__ has underpinnings both culturally and historically, Asia isn’t that different from the rest of the world—just __43__ in its economic takeoff. The 19th- century empires built by. U.S. industrialists like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller were largely dissolved in the 20th, and the same fate appears to __44__ many of Asia’s postwar tycoons in the 21st. __45__ a Chinese axiom holds, “Wealth does not span three generations.” This pattern will hold because of all the pressure on family rule.

文意解析：

More than any other region, Asia is the place where the family-business model reigns supreme. (相較於其它地區，亞洲是一個以家族企業為主的地區。)

In 2004, the magazine FinanceAsia calculated that __41__ controlled 40 of the region’s 100 largest listed companies, while states controlled 38, and just 22 were widely held corporations per the norm in New York or London. (在2004年，亞洲財經雜誌統計，家族企業佔了名列前百大企業的百分之四十，而國營企業佔百分之三十八，另外百分之二十二是屬於股份有限公司型的企業。)

41.
(A) families 家族
(B) governors 政府
(C) manufacturers 工廠
(D) officials 官方

Yet while this __42__ has underpinnings both culturally and historically, Asia isn’t that different from the rest of the world—just __43__ in its economic takeoff. (雖然這樣的趨勢是源自文化和歷史，但是亞洲和世界其他地區並無不同，尤其是在經濟起飛之後。)

42.
(A) momentum 氣勢，動力，契機
(B) preference 偏好
(C) standardization 標準化 
(D) temperament 氣質

43.
(A) late (adj.) 遲到的
(B) lately (adj.) 最近的
(C) later (adj.) 之後
(D) latest (adj.) 最新的 

The 19th- century empires built by. U.S. industrialists like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller were largely dissolved in the 20th, and the same fate appears to __44__ many of Asia’s postwar tycoons in the 21st. (十九世紀時，美國所建立的大企業像是AndrewCarnegie以及JohnD.Rockefeller都在二十世紀崩解，如此的命運也降臨在二十一世紀亞洲戰後的企業巨頭身上。)

44.
(A) await 等待，將降臨到...身上
(B) console 安慰
(C) postpone 延遲
(D) suggest 建議 

__45__ a Chinese axiom holds, “Wealth does not span three generations.” This pattern will hold because of all the pressure on family rule. (就如一句中國格言所説:「富不過三代。」這樣的典型會因為家庭倫理的壓力而持續存在。)

45.
(A) As 如同
(B) By 藉著
(C) There’s 有 
(D) What 什麼

[考片語] as a saying that = as a axiom holds　有句話說...、有句格言...

holds 為動詞，所以可直接先刪除(C)