Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each question from 36 to 45. Until recently, most American entrepreneurs were men. Discrimination against women in business, the demands of caring for families, and lack of business training had kept the number of women entrepreneurs small. Now, however, businesses owned by women account for more than $40 billion in annual revenues, and this figure is likely to continue rising throughout the 1990s. As Carolyn Doppelt Gray, an official of the Small Business Administration has noted. “The 1970s was the decade of women entering management, and the 1980s turned out to be the decade of the woman entrepreneur.” What are some of the factors behind this trend? For one thing, as more women earn advanced degrees in business and enter the corporate world, they are finding obstacles. Women are still excluded from most executive suites. Charlotte Taylor, a management consultant, had noted. “In the 1970s women believed if they got an MBA and worked hard they could become chairman of the board. Now they have found out that isn’t going to happen, so they go out on their own.” In the past, most women entrepreneurs worked in “women’s” fields – cosmetics and clothing, for example. But this is changing. Consider ASK Computer System, a $22 million a year computer software business. It was founded in 1973 by Sandra Kurtzig who was then a housewife with degrees in math and engineering. When Kurtzig founded the business, her first product was software that let weekly newspapers keep tabs on their newspaper carriers – and her office was a bedroom at home, with a shoebox under the bed to hold the company’s cash. After she succeeded with the newspaper software system, she hired several bright computer-science graduates to develop additional programs. When these were marketed and sold, ASK began to grow. It now has 200 employees, and Sandra Kurtzig owns $66.9 million of stock. Of course, many women who start their own businesses fail, just as men often do. They still face hurdles in the business world, especially problems in raising money; the banking and finance world is still dominated by men, an old attitudes die hard. Most businesses owned by women are still quite small. But the situation is changing; there are likely to be many more Sandra Kurtzig in the years ahead.
Câu 1: What is the main idea of the text?
A. Women today are opening more businesses of their own.
B. Women are better at small businesses than men are.
C. The computer is especially lucrative for women today.
D. Women today are better educated than in the past, making them more attractive to the business world.
Câu 2: Charlotte Taylor believes that women in the 1970s____________
A. were unable to work hard enough to succeed in business.
B. had fewer obstacles in business than they do today.
C. were still more interested in education than business opportunities.
D. were unrealistic about their opportunities in business management.
Câu 3: The author mentions the “shoebox under the bed” in order to____________
A. suggest that the company needed to expand.
B. show the frugality of women in business.
C. show the resourcefulness of Sandra Kurtzig.
D. point out that initially the financial resources of Sandra Kurtzig’s business were limited.
Câu 4: The expression “keep tabs on” is closet in meaning to___________
A. pay the salaries of
B. provide transportation for
C. keep records of
D. recognize the appearance of
Câu 5: The word “hurdles” can be best replaced by____________
A. small groups
B. fences
C. obstacles
D. questions
Câu 6: The author’s attitude about the future of women in business is___________
A. skeptical
B. optimistic
C. frustrated
D. negative
Câu 7: The word “excluded” is closet in meaning to___________
A. often invited to
B. not permitted in
C. decorators of
D. charged admissions to
Câu 8: All of the following were mentioned in the passage as detriments to women in the business world EXCEPT__________
A. women weren’t trained in business.
B. women faced discrimination in business
C. women lacked ability to work in business.
D. women were required to stay at home with their families.
Câu 9: Câu 44: The word “that” in the passage refers to______________
A. women working hard
B. women achieving advanced degrees
C. a woman becomes chairman of the board
D. women believing that business is a place for them
Câu 10: It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes that businesses operated by women are small because______________
A. women can’t deal with money
B. many women fail at large businesses
C. women prefer a small intimate setting
D. women are not able to borrow money easily
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B.
C.
D.
Câu 1: What is the main idea of the text?
A. Women today are opening more businesses of their own.
B. Women are better at small businesses than men are.
C. The computer is especially lucrative for women today.
D. Women today are better educated than in the past, making them more attractive to the business world.
Câu 2: Charlotte Taylor believes that women in the 1970s____________
A. were unable to work hard enough to succeed in business.
B. had fewer obstacles in business than they do today.
C. were still more interested in education than business opportunities.
D. were unrealistic about their opportunities in business management.
Câu 3: The author mentions the “shoebox under the bed” in order to____________
A. suggest that the company needed to expand.
B. show the frugality of women in business.
C. show the resourcefulness of Sandra Kurtzig.
D. point out that initially the financial resources of Sandra Kurtzig’s business were limited.
Câu 4: The expression “keep tabs on” is closet in meaning to___________
A. pay the salaries of
B. provide transportation for
C. keep records of
D. recognize the appearance of
Câu 5: The word “hurdles” can be best replaced by____________
A. small groups
B. fences
C. obstacles
D. questions
Câu 6: The author’s attitude about the future of women in business is___________
A. skeptical
B. optimistic
C. frustrated
D. negative
Câu 7: The word “excluded” is closet in meaning to___________
A. often invited to
B. not permitted in
C. decorators of
D. charged admissions to
Câu 8: All of the following were mentioned in the passage as detriments to women in the business world EXCEPT__________
A. women weren’t trained in business.
B. women faced discrimination in business
C. women lacked ability to work in business.
D. women were required to stay at home with their families.
Câu 9: Câu 44: The word “that” in the passage refers to______________
A. women working hard
B. women achieving advanced degrees
C. a woman becomes chairman of the board
D. women believing that business is a place for them
Câu 10: It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes that businesses operated by women are small because______________
A. women can’t deal with money
B. many women fail at large businesses
C. women prefer a small intimate setting
D. women are not able to borrow money easily
024.7300.7989
1800.6947
A.
B.
C.
D.
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