2010年考试之GMAT阅读练习(9)
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 3. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage

  about rotating credit associations?

  (A) They were developed exclusively by Chinese

  immigrants.

  (B) They accounted for a significant portion of the

  investment capital used by Chinese immigrants in

  New York in the early twentieth century.

  (C) Third-generation members of an immigrant group

  who started businesses in the 1920's would have

  been unlikely to rely on them.

  (D) They were frequently joint endeavors by members

  of two or three different ethnic groups.

  (E) Recent immigrants still frequently turn to rotating

  credit associations instead of banks for investment

  capital.

  4. The passage best supports which of the following

  statements?

  (A) A minority entrepreneur who had no assistance

  from family members would not be able to start a

  business.

  (B) Self-help networks have been effective in helping

  entrepreneurs primarily in the last 50 years.

  (C) Minority groups have developed a range of

  alternatives to standard financing of business

  ventures.

  (D) The financial institutions founded by various ethnic

  groups owe their success to their unique formal

  organization.

  (E) Successful minority-owned businesses succeed

  primarily because of the personal strengths of their

  founders.

  5. Which of the following best describes the organization

  of the second paragraph?

  (A) An argument is delineated, followed by a

  counterargument.

  (B) An assertion is made and several examples are

  provided to illustrate it.

  (C) A situation is described and its historical

  background is then outlined.

  (D) An example of a phenomenon is given and is then

  used as a basis for general conclusions.

  (E) A group of parallel incidents is described and the

  distinctions among the incidents are then clarified.

  6. According to the passage, once a minority-owned

  business is established, self-help networks contribute

  which of the following to that business?

  (A) Information regarding possible expansion of the

  business into nearby communities

  (B) Encouragement of a business climate that is nearly

  free of direct competition

  (C) Opportunities for the business owner to reinvest

  profits in other minority-owned businesses

  (D) Contact with people who are likely to be customers

  of the new business

  (E) Contact with minority entrepreneurs who are

  members of other ethnic groups

  7. It can be inferred from the passage that traditional

  analyses of minority business would be LEAST likely

  to do which of the following?

  (A) Examine businesses primarily in their social

  contexts

  (B) Focus on current, rather than historical, examples

  of business enterprises

  (C) Stress common experiences of individual

  entrepreneurs in starting businesses

  (D) Focus on the maintenance of businesses, rather

  than means of starting them

  (E) Focus on the role of individual entrepreneurs in

  starting a business

  8. Which of the following can be inferred from the

  passage about the Irish building and loan

  associations mentioned in the last paragraph?

  (A) They were started by third-or fourth-generation

  immigrants.

  (B) They originated as offshoots of church-related

  groups.

  (C) They frequently helped Irish entrepreneurs to

  finance business not connected with construction.

  (D) They contributed to the employment of many Irish

  construction workers.

  (E) They provided assistance for construction

  businesses owned by members of other ethnic

  groups.

  KEYS:

  Passage 1: BECDE ADE

  Passage 2: DCAEC BCA

  Passage 3: EDBCB DAD

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