Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 35 to 42.
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've 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 Systems, 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 carriersand 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, and 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 Kurtzigs in the years ahead.
According to the passage, Charlotte Taylor believes that women in 1970s___________
A. were unrealistic about their opportunities in business management.
B. were still more interested in education than business opportunities.
C. had fewer obstacles in business than they do today.
D. were unable to work hard enough to success in business.
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've 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 Systems, 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 carriersand 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, and 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 Kurtzigs in the years ahead.
According to the passage, Charlotte Taylor believes that women in 1970s___________
A. were unrealistic about their opportunities in business management.
B. were still more interested in education than business opportunities.
C. had fewer obstacles in business than they do today.
D. were unable to work hard enough to success in business.
Đáp án A: were unrealistic about their opportunities in business man agement.
Kỹ năng đọc hiểu: Tìm thông tin chi tiết trong bài đọc
Giải thích chi tiết:
Theo thông tin trong bài đọc, Charlotte Taylor tin rằng phụ nữ trong những năm 1970___________
A. không thực tế lắm khi nói về các cơ hội của họ trong lĩnh vực quản trị kinh doanh
B. vẫn hứng thú với giáo dục hơn các cơ hội kinh doanh
C. có ít trở ngại trong kinh doanh hơn ngày nay
D. không thể làm việc đủ chăm chỉ để có thể thành công trong lĩnh vực kinh doanh
Từ khóa của câu hỏi này là "Charlotte Taylor" và "những năm 1970" (the 1970s) và ta có thể dễ dàng tìm thấy câu văn có chứa hai từ khóa này, đó là: "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've found out that isn't going to happen, so they go out on their own" (Charlotte Taylor, một nhà tư vấn về quản trị, đã ghi chú lại rằng, "Trong những năm 1970, phụ nữ tin rằng nếu họ có bằng MBA và làm việc chăm chỉ, họ có thể trở thành chủ tịch hội đồng quản trị. Giờ đây, khi họ nhận ra rằng điều đó sẽ không xảy ra, họ ra ngoài và tự thành lập công ty của mình").
→ Như vậy, phương án A là phương án đúng. Phụ nữ nhận ra họ dù có bằng cấp chính thống hay làm việc chăm chỉ đến mấy thì những định kiến và sự phân biệt đối xử sẽ khiến họ khó có thể trở thành người nắm quyền trong các công ty nên họ đã đứng ra
mở công ty của riêng mình.
Kỹ năng đọc hiểu: Tìm thông tin chi tiết trong bài đọc
Giải thích chi tiết:
Theo thông tin trong bài đọc, Charlotte Taylor tin rằng phụ nữ trong những năm 1970___________
A. không thực tế lắm khi nói về các cơ hội của họ trong lĩnh vực quản trị kinh doanh
B. vẫn hứng thú với giáo dục hơn các cơ hội kinh doanh
C. có ít trở ngại trong kinh doanh hơn ngày nay
D. không thể làm việc đủ chăm chỉ để có thể thành công trong lĩnh vực kinh doanh
Từ khóa của câu hỏi này là "Charlotte Taylor" và "những năm 1970" (the 1970s) và ta có thể dễ dàng tìm thấy câu văn có chứa hai từ khóa này, đó là: "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've found out that isn't going to happen, so they go out on their own" (Charlotte Taylor, một nhà tư vấn về quản trị, đã ghi chú lại rằng, "Trong những năm 1970, phụ nữ tin rằng nếu họ có bằng MBA và làm việc chăm chỉ, họ có thể trở thành chủ tịch hội đồng quản trị. Giờ đây, khi họ nhận ra rằng điều đó sẽ không xảy ra, họ ra ngoài và tự thành lập công ty của mình").
→ Như vậy, phương án A là phương án đúng. Phụ nữ nhận ra họ dù có bằng cấp chính thống hay làm việc chăm chỉ đến mấy thì những định kiến và sự phân biệt đối xử sẽ khiến họ khó có thể trở thành người nắm quyền trong các công ty nên họ đã đứng ra
mở công ty của riêng mình.
Đáp án A.