3. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about rotating credit associations*3?信息题（有定位）
(A) They were developed exclusively还有其他民族 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*3C此时还是第一代 would have been unlikely to rely on them.
(D) They were frequently joint endeavors by members of two or three不只这么多 different ethnic groups.（B）
(E) Recent immigrants still frequently*3E现在不经常turn to rotating credit associations instead of banks for investment capital.
4. The passage best supports which of the following statements?信息题（无定位）
(A) A minority entrepreneur who had no assistance from family members would not be able to start a business.除了家庭还有民族、同胞
(B) Self-help networks have been effective in helping entrepreneurs primarily in the last 50 years文中没有说过最近50年才有.
(C) Minority groups have developed a range of alternatives to standard financing of business ventures.最后一段讲的都是非标准的融资方式
(D) The financial institutions founded by various ethnic groups owe their success to their unique formal organization没提到过.（C）
(E) Successful minority-owned businesses succeed primarily because of the personal strengths文中没有这个因果关系 of their founders.
5. Which of the following best describes the organization of the second paragraph?
(A) An argument is delineated, followed by a counter-argument.
(B) An assertion is made and several examples are provided to illustrate it.结论解释型
(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.（B）
(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?（第一段）
(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（D）
(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?（第一段开头，取非）
(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（A）
(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*8 building and loan associations mentioned in the last paragraph?信息题（有定位）
(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.（D）
(E) They provided assistance for construction businesses owned by members of other ethnic groups.
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