There can be no ______ that online shopping is of huge benefit to the consumer.
examination
proposal
query
question
15
Far from becoming ______ online shoppers are very demanding.
dissatisfied
competent
compassionate
complacent
25
Smarter consumers know which products have a good _______ and which do not.
opinion
reputation
distinction
resolution
20
Online shoppers now read not only the sales _______ but also reviews from previous purchasers.
blare
blurb
message
bubble
20
If customers are disappointed, a few _____ of the mouse will take them to places where they can let the world know.
prods
clucks
clicks
taps
10
The stores run by Sony and Apple, for instance, are there for people to try out _______ and to ask questions to knowledgeable staff.
devices
schemes
tools
emblems
15
Online traders must also adjust. Amazon, for one, is ______ turning from being primarily a bookseller to the go to shop for everything.
mistakenly
secretly
rapidly
unreasonably
15
Amazon is swiftly becoming a ______ retailer by letting other companies sell products on its site.
lump
mass
chunk
block
20
During America's last Thanksgiving weekend, Amazon's sales of consumer electronics in the United States ________ its book sales for the first time in its history.
receded
repressed
excluded
exceeded
25
Other transformations in the retail business are ______ to follow the trend of Amazon.
bound
secured
fastened
tied
20
Greenhouse gases are being released into the atmosphere 30 times faster than the time when the Earth experienced a ______ episode of global warming.
previous
prearranged
premier
fundamental
15
A study comparing the rate at which carbon dioxide and methane are being _______ now, 55 has found dramatic differences in the speed of release.
emitted
exhaled
incorporated
digested
20
James Zachos, a professor in Santa Cruz California, said the speed of the present buildup of greenhouse gases is far greater than during the global warming after the ______ of the dinosaurs.
demolition
dementia
detachment
demise
25
Zachos warned that studies of global warming events in the geological past _______ we are reaching dangerous new levels.
comment
mark
compliment
indicate
15
It seems the Earth's climate passes a _______ beyond which climate change accelerates with the help of positive feedbacks - vicious circles of warming.
verge
perimeter
threshold
barricade
20
Zachos is a leading ______ on the episode of global warming known as the palaeocene-eocene thermal maximum.
