首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Read the article below about online exchanges, a type of internet business. Choose the best word or phrase to fill each gap from
Read the article below about online exchanges, a type of internet business. Choose the best word or phrase to fill each gap from
admin
2013-01-13
102
问题
Read the article below about online exchanges, a type of internet business.
Choose the best word or phrase to fill each gap from A, B, C or D on the opposite page.
Online exchanges?
Online exchanges have emerged as some of the internet’s best businesses-but also as some of the worst
So the internet hasn’t revolutionised the most of us buy petrol, or watch movies. But there is one thing the internet does very well. It can bring together (19) dispersed buyers and sellers to create active, efficient markets where none (20) before. This facility has (21) to the emergence of online exchanges: retail businesses with none of the usual traders’ risks-no merchandise, no storefronts-and with nothing to do but take a (22) of each transaction that takes place on the site.
This may sound straightforward, but some high-profile online exchanges have (23) out to be major embarrassments. One company, which tried to establish a central marketplace on the internet for auto parts, has invested, in (24) a massive $250m and is (25) to stay in business. Another businessman, who facilitated online trading in business equipment and supplies, (26) after he had lost $280m.
So what does a company need in order to be successful? You could call it good ’market architecture’ -a structure that (27) the right business plan and top technology with good timing and the (28) of both buyers and sellers.
Mike Pham’s company, eStream, is an excellent example of one business that met these (29) Back in 1996, when Pham was looking for a loan, he didn’t like filling in the same form every time he (30) to a new lender. That got him thinking. Why not (31) prospective borrowers to complete a standard form and circulate that to a number of lenders, who would then make an offer to the borrower, in (32) with each other? Pham’s company is doing well. Last year, eStream (33) more than 1.5 million loans on behalf of 170 lenders.
选项
A、largely
B、deeply
C、mainly
D、widely
答案
D
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/uCoO777K
本试题收录于:
BEC中级阅读题库BEC商务英语分类
0
BEC中级阅读
BEC商务英语
相关试题推荐
Readthearticlebelowabouthumanresourcesmanagement.Foreachquestion(31-40),writeonewordinCAPITALLETTERSonyour
Readthearticlebelowabouthumanresourcesmanagement.Foreachquestion(31-40),writeonewordinCAPITALLETTERSonyour
Readthearticlebelowaboutcompanystructure.ChoosethecorrectwordorwordstofilleachgapfromA,B,CorDontheo
Readthearticlebelowaboutcompanystructure.ChoosethecorrectwordorwordstofilleachgapfromA,B,CorDontheo
Readthearticlebelowaboutcompanystructure.ChoosethecorrectwordorwordstofilleachgapfromA,B,CorDontheo
Readthistextabouteffectivebankingsupervision.Choosethebestsentencefromtheoppositepagetofilleachofthegaps
Readthearticlebelowaboutlanguagelearningforsmallbusinesses.Foreachquestion(31-40),writeonewordinCAPITALLET
Readthearticlebelowaboutlanguagelearningforsmallbusinesses.Foreachquestion(31-40),writeonewordinCAPITALLET
Youwillheartwopeopletalkingaboutcorporatecultureofcompany.Nameofprogramme:(5)______EricFinucaneworksa
•YouwillhearanewsstoryonthelatestdevelopmentintheU.S.government’slegalbattleagainstMicrosoft.•Foreachquest
随机试题
测定乳制品中霉菌和酵母菌时也可使用马铃薯-葡萄糖琼脂培养基。
A、孕24周后B、孕36周起C、孕24~36周D、孕30周后E、孕16~20周产前检查应常规每周1次()
工程定额计价制度改革第二阶段的核心问题是()。
(2016年)下列各项中,属于企业一般不应把风险承担作为风险管理策略的情况是()。
下列关于维生素功能的描述,错误的选项是()。
单机无穷大系统中,假设励磁电流为常数,则隐极发电机的电磁功率极限为()。
在一个具有n个顶点的有向图中,若所有顶点的出度数之和为S,则所有顶点的人度数之和为()。
李某与合伙企业“大木采石场”各出资50万元组建了一家有独立法人资格的大木贸易有限责任公司,经营建筑材料,聘请营销专家陈某担任经理。这里谁负“有限责任”?
HowtoapproachReadingTestPartSix•ThispartoftheReadingTesttestsyourabilitytoidentifyadditionalorunnecessaryw
It_____lastnight.ButIamnotsure.
最新回复
(
0
)