Choose the word or phrase that best completes the blank in each sentence. Chọn từ hoặc cụm từ đúng nhất cho mỗi câu.
1-
This paper by Derek Miers received critical ....... when it was published in 1996, and the issues highlighted are just as relevant today.
A -
acclaim
B -
applause
C -
attention
D -
awareness
2-
Over recent years information technology has experienced an unprecedented degree of change, enabling the transformation of the basic ....... of business.
A -
machinations
B -
machines
C -
mechanics
D -
mechanisms
3-
Within the next years we will see the emergence of secure, cost-effective electronic payment systems to ....... these technologies.
A -
accent
B -
accept
C -
augment
D -
augur
4-
Those waiting for clear signs of this new age before acting will forever be destined to observe from the ........
A -
back seat
B -
bleachers
C -
caboose
D -
sidelines
5-
The fundamental opportunity offered by the Internet is for suppliers to gain direct access to consumers without the attendant costs associated with the maintenance of physical distribution channels-- people, bricks and ........
A -
bats
B -
concrete
C -
mortar
D -
sticks
6-
Markets and marketing concepts will change radically, driven by those companies who successfully ....... the challenge.
A -
forge through
B -
rise to
C -
set up
D -
take in
7-
11th-century Europe saw the emergence of credit-based banking systems and financial instruments such as bills of exchange, and these concepts remain with us, in their modified form, ........
A -
day after day
B -
nowadays
C -
to this day
D -
up until today
8-
These basic concepts ....... all modern forms of commerce.
A -
overhaul
B -
overspread
C -
underpin
D -
underscore
9-
The rise of the Internet since the ....... of the World Wide Web has provided an easy-to-use communication channel for businesses to contact current and potential customers.
A -
advent
B -
convention
C -
event
D -
provenance
10-
The emergence of the Internet as a general communication channel has also given ....... to the possibility of widespread electronic commerce.