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根据下列内容，回答题。TheDailyInquirer
October8
BookReviewofAnneNarazaki's
NewCentury,NewBusiness
ReviewedbyJohnGilliam
AnneNarazaki'srecentbook,NewCentury,NewBusiness,seekstoexaminethenewtechnologiesthatarecriticalforglobalbusinessandhowtheyaffecttoday'scorporatetransactions.Ms. Narazakiarguesthatwhileeconomictransactionsofonekindoranotherhavetakenplaceforthousandsofyears,theimpactofchangingtechnologyonbusinesshasbecomeobviousonlyrecently.Infact,asnewtechnologieshavegrownmoreprevalent,Ms.Narazakiobserves,internationalbusi-nesseshaveincreasedinsizeandnumber.Atthesametime,thetimerequiredtoconducteachbusinesstransactionhasdecreased.
Mr.Narazakiillustratesherobservationswithdetailedexamplesofrecentbusinesstransac-tions.CitingthemergerofPoynterTechnologiesandCarceCompany,whichcreatedthelargestfi-nancialservicescompanyintheworld,Ms.Narazakiexplainstheeffecttechnologyhasontheval-uationofa.company,oncommunicationbetweenthemanagementsofdifferentcompanies,andonstockandfundstrading.
ThoseofuswhotakeaninterestintheinteractionbetweenbusinessandtechnologywillfindMs.Narazaki'sideaspersuasive.Theviewthatbusinesscannotsurvivewithoutkeepingupwithnewtechnologyhasbecometoday'scorporatereality.
nthearticle,theword"critical"inparagraph1isclosestinmeaningto___________. A．growing
B．sensitive
C．disapproving
D．important
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