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根据以下材料，回答题Questions56~60refertothefollowingarticleande-mail.TheDailyInquirer
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BookReviewofAnneNarazaki'sNewCentury,NewBusinessReviewedbyJohnGilliam
AnneNarazaki'srecentbook,NewCentury,NewBusiness,seekstoexaminethenewtech-nologiesthatarecriticalforglobalbusinessandhowtheyaffecttoday'scorporatetransactions.Ms.Narazakiarguesthatwhileeconomictransactionsofonekindoranotherhavetakenplacefor
thousandsofyears,theimpactofchangingtechnologyonbusinesshasbecomeobviousonlyrecently.Infact,asnewtechnologieshavegrownmoreprevalent,Ms.Narazakiobserves,
internationalbusinesseshaveincreasedinsizeandnumber.Atthesametime,thetimerequiredtoconducteachbusinesstransactionhasdecreased.
Mr.Narazakiillustratesherobservationswithdetailedexamplesofrecentbusinesstransac-tions.CitingthemergerofPoynterTechnologiesandCarceCompany,whichcreatedthelargestfi-nancialservicescompanyintheworld,Ms.Narazakiexplainstheeffecttechnologyhasontheval-uationofacompany,oncommunicationbetweenthemanagementsofdifferentcompanies,andonstockandfundstrading.
ThoseofuswhotakeaninterestintheinteractionbetweenbusinessandtechnologywillfindMs.Narazaki'sideaspersuasive.Theviewthatbusinesscannotsurvivewithoutkeepingupwithnew
technologyhasbecometoday'scorporatereality.
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T0：AnneNarazaki<a_narazaki@wymail．con3>Date：Octoberl3 |
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From：LilyOguro<loguro@rotar0．com> |
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DearAnne， Iknowwehaven’tspokensinceourdaysworkingtogetherattheRosenceCompanyinSydney．butl’mwritingto congratulateyou011thepublicationofyourfirstbook!lhappenedtoreadtheDailyInquirerOilOctober8andWas pleasedandsurprisedtocomeacrossJohnGiHiam’Sarticle．Youmustbethrilledatgettingsuchagreatreview． ItseemslikeagesagoweworkedtogetherinSydney．Doyourememberouroffice?Nocomputers，nointernet，and threephonesfortwentyemployees．Timesandbusinessescertainlyhavechanged．JudgingbywhatIhavereadin yourbookSOfar，Ithoroughlyagreewithyourinsightfulandengagingassessmentoftechnologyandbusiness． AreyoustilllivinginLondon?1’llbemakingabusinesstriptherenextmonth．Ⅱ’mwithRomroincorporated now)．anditwouldbenicetoseeyou．Inanyevent，Iamreallylookingforwardtofinishingyourbook． iSincerelyyours， LilyOguro |
Inthearticle,theword"critical"inparagraph1isclosestinmeaningto A．growing
B．sensitive
C．disapproving
D．important
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