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The expression "keep tabs on" in paragraph 2 is closest...

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.
The expression "keep tabs on" in paragraph 2 is closest meaning to___________
A. recognize the appearance of
B. keep records of
C. provide transportation for
D. pay the salaries of
Đáp án B: keep records of
Kỹ năng đọc hiểu: Câu hỏi tham chiếu/quy chiếu
Giải thích chi tiết:
Cụm từ "keep tabs on" trong đoạn 2 gần nghĩa nhất với ____________
A. nhận ra sự hiện diện của
B. theo dõi thông tin về
C. cung cấp phương tiện cho
D. trả lương cho
Cụm thành ngữ "keep tabs on" nghĩa là "theo dõi ai/cái gì một cách cẩn thận". Trong bài, cụm từ này xuất hiện trong câu: "When Kurtzig founded the business, her first prod uct was software that let weekly newspapers keep tabs on their newspaper carriersand ..." (Khi Kurtzid thành lập công ty, sản phẩm đầu tay của cô ấy là một phần mềm giúp cho các tờ báo hàng tuần theo dõi những đầu mối giao báo của mình và ...)
Trong 4 phương án đưa ra, chỉ có phương án B phù hợp về nghĩa với ngữ cảnh.
Đáp án B.
 

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