The Chinese Online Writing Lab

1. When Real-Sun Information Technology Company entered the medical services sector in Taiwan eight years ago, less than 10% of all hospitals outsourced their information system needs. 

I A. vacated

B. penetrated

C. retreated from

2. However, the establishment of the National Health Insurance scheme in 1995 impelled Taiwanese hospitals to computerize their operations.   

A. contravened

B. repressed

C. induced

3. Moreover, governmental policy aimed at upgrading the computerized capabilities of hospitals attracted many information technology firms to this    newly emerging market.   

A. emanating 

B.  reverting

C. recoiled

4. Consequently, nearly 80 information technology companies invested in the medical information sector, and Internet companies followed them into the market, representing an initial investment of nearly $NT 20,000,000.     

A. rudimentary

B. conclusive

C. terminating 

5. Following several company mergers and considerable investment, Taiwan has around 20 domestic information technology firms involved in the medical sector.

A. scissions  

B. fragmentations 

C. conglomerations

6. The customer base for this sector comprises 2600 clinics and 47 hospitals island-wide.

A. precludes  

B. consists of  

C. disallows  

7. Real-Sun Information Technology Company has recently merged its personnel and resources with another medical software firm to increase its market share.

A. demarcated  

B. severed

C. amalgamated

8. As domestic medical health networks continue to evolve in this newly emerging market, 40 local firms have been established, while globally there are over 10,000 medical information-oriented websites.

A. wind up  

B. unfold  

C. terminate  

9. Several websites provide online research capabilities, providing access to electronic journals, disease-related information for diagnostic purposes, on-line queries, examinations, automatic registration functions, personal health tips and online ordering capabilities.

A. ingress

B. impediment

C. obstruction

10. Meanwhile, all Internet-based medical information companies can handle kinesiology and medicine classification-related queries.

A. submissions

B. propositions

C. inquiries 

11. Concerns regarding how to protect client information in an IC card format make extracting information from IC card contents for commercial purposes extremely difficult. 

A. disclose   

B. safeguard   

C. unmask  

12. Real-Sun has therefore designed IC-based duplicate cards for medical treatment.

A. facsimile  

B. bona fide   

C. authentic       

13. As credit cards have become a standard payment method, these duplicate IC cards can be used for medical payments, enabling thousands of clinics to adopt a uniform method of payment processing.

A. averting

B. precluding

C. facilitating 

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