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What can help to change the situation of agriculture market to work for the poor?

A. Digital technology
Banks
C. Extension workers
D. Local cooperative

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Which of the following statements about Africa is not true?

A. Hundreds of millions of African people live on farming.
B. Half of the labor in Africa produces food.
C. Africa imports $40 billion worth of food this year.
D. African smallholders failed to grow as much food as they could.

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Why aren’t African smallholders take advantage of the %40 billion food market?

A. Farmers and markets can’t communicate effectively.
B. There are no rails and roads to take crops to the market.
C. They grow mostly what they can eat or trade locally.
D. They lack of farm-management practices.

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Which of the following is not true according to the text ?

A. Producers and consumers in Africa market can be linked via digital technology.
B. Innovation and investment are needed to build a digital agriculture system.
C. A smallholder farmer can contact an extension worker to meet the buyers’volume needs.
Digital financial transactions can lower the cost of doing business.

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What is the main idea of the text?

A. Digital technology enables the poor people in the world to have a better future in agriculture and their life.
B. The marketplace is going to be revolutionized by technological innovations.
C. Information communication is the way to improve the efficiency of business in the market.
D. The goals of agriculture development can be accomplished by building a digital agriculture system.

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Who is the founder of Airbnb?

A. Elon Musk
B. Thales Teixeira.
C. Travis Kalanick
D. Brian Chesky and Joe Gabbia

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Who was Uber’s main competitor according to the text ?

A. Car owners
B. Taxi companies
C. Public transportation
D. Ride-sharing apps

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Which of the following statement about Airbnb is NOT right?

A. It is an apartment sharing website.
B. Property owners are willing to list their homes online for the reason that it offers more chances of finding a potential renter.
Craigslist is the main competitor of Airbnb.
D. Photographers were once hired to take inviting pictures to make its site more appealing.

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What is the effective marketing strategy used by a company to expand their customer base from one thousand to a million ?

A. Digital marketing
B. Traditional media marketing
C. Mass marketing
D. Word-of-mouth marketing

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The following statements are all correct about the commonalities of Uber and Airbnb EXCEPT ______.

A. They are smart about how they chose to expand, picking the right cities at the right time to maximize their success.
B. They both focused on giving priority to customers rather than services.
C. Tools are used to expand their customer base at differnet stages.
D. They provide services during the times when the demand is likely to be the highest.

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