The world 【小题1】 (turn upside down) since the invention of the Internet and the introduction of personal computers into nearly every home. The twin inventions of the personal computer and the Internet 【小题2】 (consider) to be among the two most important events of the last century. Shopping 【小题3】 (completely change). Rather than going out to stores weekly or even daily, more and more people order things from clothes to toys to foods online and have them delivered directly to their homes. Social communication 【小题4】 (take over) by the Internet. In the past, letters, phone calls, and face-to-face meetings were necessary to build up relationships, but now online communication is often the only social interaction that some people have all day! Games, music, movies and so on 【小题5】 (heavily influence) by the Internet. New kinds of crimes are happening on the Internet, too, so cyber security has to be constantly updated.

Undoubtedly, we are entering a brand-new era-the digital age, so for the business executives, the advice to better the commercial mode is quite clear. Managers need to equip themselves with a digital mindset; the organisations they 【小题1】 (run) must keep pace with the digital transformation. Among all the changes that we are going to go through, what is noteworthy must be the transition in the medium 【小题2】 people record basic information-- 【小题3】 the trend to replace the traditional paper with the smooth Ipad should be reversed or not.

Not surprisingly, at least for some people, recent research underscores the enduring value of the legendary ancient technology in decision making, productivity enhancing or customer winning. The researchers also indicated the difference in behavior change 【小题4】 they displayed American college students an ad for a bookseller and then asked them to selected some of the books that were being promoted. Those 【小题5】 (use) paper to fill out the questionnaire chose their answers 【小题6】 (deliberate), while those who made decisions using the tablets seemed more casual. Hence, they speculated that the people tend to make more virtuous decisions on the medium of paper 【小题7】 it feels more consequential. When 【小题8】 (ask), paper-and-pen subjects confessed that they did feel they ere more indicative of their personalities.

Lastly, in the right situation, paper does play a part in boosting productivity. A study from Fetroit Business School, finds that paper calendars may provoke different behaviors. Users of old fashioned calendars made more complete and thorough plans than 【小题9】 looking at an app. There was also greater possibility 【小题10】 they stuck to their plans.

Beyond 【小题1】 (anticipate), in the past few months, A. I-based image generators like DALL-E 2, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion have made it possible for anyone 【小题2】 (create) unique, hyper-realistic images just by typing a few words into a text box. These apps, though new, are already 【小题3】 (surprise) popular. It’s still too early to tell 【小题4】 this new wave of apps will be influential enough to rob 【小题5】 (art) of their jobs. What seems clear, regardless 【小题6】 this, is that these tools are already being put to use in creative industries. Sarah Drummond, a service designer in London, started 【小题7】 (use) A.I.-generated images a few months ago to take the place of 【小题8】 black-and-white sketches she did for her job. She acknowledged that A.I. image generators had limitations. They aren’t good at more complex sketches, for example, or 【小题9】 (make) multiple images with the same character. And like the other creative professionals, she said she didn’t think A.I. designers 【小题10】 (replace) human illustrators outright.