GMAT机考模拟阅读理解12(2)
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4. Which of the following statements about the SBA program can be inferred from the passage?
(A) The maximum term for loans made to recipient businesses was 15 years.
(B) Business loans were considered to be more useful to recipient businesses than was management and technical assistance.
(C) The anticipated failure rate for recipient businesses was significantly lower than the rate that actually resulted.
(D) Recipient businesses were encouraged to relocate to areas more favorable for business development.
(E) The capitalization needs of recipient businesses were assessed and then provided for adequately.
5. Based on information in the passage, which of the following would be
a indicative of the pragmatism of MESBIC staff members?
Ⅰ.A reluctance to invest in minority businesses that show marginal expectations of return on the investments
Ⅱ. A desire to invest in minority businesses that produce goods and services likely to be of use to the sponsoring company
Ⅲ. A belief that the minority business sector is best served by investing primarily in newly established businesses
(A)Ⅰonly
(B) Ⅲ only
(C)Ⅰand Ⅱ only
(D)Ⅱ and Ⅲ only
(E)Ⅰ,Ⅱ and Ⅲ
6. The author refers to the "financial and operating problems"(line 38 ) encountered by MESBIC s primarily in order to
(A) broaden the scope of the discussion to include the legal considerations of funding MESBIC S through sponsoring companies
(B) call attention to the fact that MESBIC s must receive adequate funding in order to function effectively
(C) show that sponsoring companies were willing to invest only $500,000 of government-sponsored venture capital in the original MESBIC s
(D) compare SBA and MESBIC limits on minimum funding
(E) refute suggestions that MESBIC s have been only marginally successful
7. The author s primary objective in the passage is to
(A) disprove the view that federal efforts to aid minority businesses have been ineffective
(B) explain how federal efforts to aid minority businesses have changed since the 1960 s
(C) establish a direct link between the federal efforts to aid minority businesses made before the 1960 s and those made in the 1980 s
(D) analyze the basis for the belief that job-specific experience is more useful to minority businesses than is general management experience
(E) argue that the "social responsibility approach" to aiding minority businesses is superior to any other approach
8. It can be inferred from the passage that the attitude of some MESBIC staff members toward the investments preferred by so
a me MESBIC directors can best be described as
(A) defensive
(B) resigned
(C) indifferent
(D) shocked
(E) disapproving
9. The passage provides information that would answer which of the following questions?
(A) What was the average annual amount, in dollars, of minority business receipts before the SBA strategy was implemented?
(B) What locations are considered to be unfavorable for minority businesses?
(C) What is the current success rate for minority businesses that are capitalized by MESBIC s?
(D) How has the use of federal funding for minority businesses changed since the 1960 s?
(E) How do minority businesses apply to participate in a MESBIC program?
