The Chinese Online Writing Lab

1. Medical technology recently has rapidly evolved, as evidenced by the increasing number of technologies available to radiation oncology departments, for example radiation pharmaceuticals and linear accelerators.

I A. retroacted  

B. progressed  

C. relapsed

2. Given the increasing market demand for advanced cancer therapeutic treatment strategies, according to the National Science Council of the Republic of China, Taiwan, revenues from the radiation oncology sector in Taiwan ranged between $NT 500 million to 1 billion dollars in 2004.

A. proceeds  

B. arrears

C. shortfall  

3. Given the large market potential and strong government backing, hospitals with radiation oncology departments have expressed strong interest in adopting the latest technological applications.

A. prohibition 

B. resistance   

C. support  

4. When creating a new model in this intensely competitive market, instrumentation companies strive to efficiently use available resources and identify effective market strategies.

A. aspire

B. hesitate

C. procrastinate

5. As an effective market strategy for understanding this highly competitive market, the four-point based market strategy can help clinical radiation oncology departments equip management professionals with appropriate and efficient marketing policies.

A. stagnant 

B. emulous 

C. idle

6. Comprising product, price function, accuracy and promotion, the four-point based marketing strategy focuses on technology differentiation, in which hospital administrators stress how their product lines differ from those of other hospital centers.

A. emphasize

B. discourage

C. sidetrack

7. The price strategy sets prices based on the prices of competing products.

A. disavowal

B. repudiation

C. schema 

8. Since radiation oncology strongly emphasizes accuracy, related technologies require precise instrumentation.

A. rectitude

B. fallaciousness

C. misinterpretation

9. New products face an intensely competitive market and, thus, promotion strategies must stress the unique features that differentiate them from other products.

A. poignantly  

B. trivially

C. inconsequentially

10. Finally, it is important to use the most appropriate agent for marketing purposes.

A. inequitable

B. inapt 

C. congruous

11. In sum, the four-point based marketing strategy can help prepare radiation oncology departments in Taiwan for an intensely competitive global market that emphasizes state-of-the-art medical instrumentation and professionalism.

A. venerable

B. avant-garde

C. archaic

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