● A management information system __(71)__the business managers the information that they need to make decisions. Early business computers were used for simple operations such__(72)__tracking inventory， billing， sales， or payroll data， with little detail or structure. Over time， these computer applications became more complex， hardware storage capacities grew， and technologies improved for connecting previously__(73)__applications. As more data was stored and linked，managers sought greater abstraction as well as greater detail with the aim of creating significant management reports from the stored __(74)__. Originally，the term "MIS” described applications providing managers with information about sales， inventories，and other data that would help in __(75)__the  enterprise. Over time ，the term broadened to include: decision support systems， resource management and human resource management，enterprise resource planning (ERP)，enterprise performance management (EPM)， supply chain management (SCM)，customer relationship management (CRM)， project management and database retrieval applications.

（71）A．brings

B．gives

C．takes

D．provides 

（72）A．as

B．to

C．as to

D．that

（73）A．special

B．obvious

C．isolated

D．individual

（74）A．data

B．number

C．word

D．detail

（75）A．setting up

B．founding

C．improving

D．managing