Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered...
Đề bài
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 5.
The proliferation of counterfeit goods in emerging markets like Vietnam has evolved into a sophisticated shadow economy. This illicit trade relies on a complex infrastructure that includes the exploitation of porous borders, the anonymity provided by social commerce platforms, where transactions often occur via direct messaging, and (1) ________, creating a regulatory nightmare that outpaces traditional enforcement capabilities. While authorities have intensified market surveillance, seizing thousands of tons of infringing products annually, the counterfeiters display remarkable resilience, (2) ________. When one warehouse is raided, two more often spring up in different locations, leveraging decentralized logistics to evade detection.
For local enterprises and consumers alike, this unfair competition constitutes an existential crisis. (3) ________. Beyond the immediate financial loss to legitimate businesses, the prevalence of fake pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and substandard electronics poses a severe, direct threat to public health and safety. To combat this, the strategy must move beyond simple raids. (4) ________. Technologies such as blockchain serialization allow for the immutable tracking of a product’s journey from factory to consumer, theoretically making the insertion of fake goods impossible.
However, cleansing the market is not solely the duty of law enforcement or technology. A sustainable solution demands the rigorous modernization of intellectual property laws, which currently lag behind digital trends, no less than (5) ________ that ultimately renders the purchase of fake goods socially unacceptable.
(Adapted from Vietnam News.vn)
Question 1:
A. via obscure cross-border payment gateways, financial trails become manipulated
B. financial trails obscure the manipulation of cross-border payment gateways
C. manipulate the obscurity of financial trails in cross-border payment gateways
D. the manipulation of cross-border payment gateways to obscure financial trails
