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      Consumption patterns will change in 2010. America will remain the biggest economy by far. Butover-stretched American consumers will no longer drive global growth as strongly. Firms bent on expansionwill increasingly look towards emerging markets such as China, India and Brazil. Chinese productivityactually___26___ between 2008 and 2009, to a startling 9%. Russia will seem less inviting, ___27___ hydrocarbon wealth, because se of fears about the rule of law. Most consumers will still be short of cash, so firmsthat make cheap stuff well will___28___. Luxury-goods firms will not regain its growth soon.___29___ of basicnecessities, such as Wal-Mart and Procter & Gamble, will do well. People don't stop brushing their teeth justbecause there is a ___30___, notes John Quelch of Harvard Business School. Asian firms that make cheap carsand washing machines for Asia's emerging middle class, such as Tata, Hyundai and Haier, will make inroadsinto Westem markets.
【題組】26.
(A) destroyed
(B) accelerated
(C) plummeted
(D) overwhelmed