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 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 word "that" in paragraph 1 refers to ___________
A. a woman becomes chairman of the board.
B. women working hard.
C. women achieving advanced degrees.
D. women believing that business is a place for them.
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
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 word "that" in paragraph 1 refers to ___________
A. a woman becomes chairman of the board.
B. women working hard.
C. women achieving advanced degrees.
D. women believing that business is a place for them.
Đáp án A: a woman becomes chairman of the board.
Kỹ năng đọc hiểu: Câu hỏi tham chiếu/quy chiếu
Giải thích chi tiết:
Từ "that" trong đoạn 1 ám chỉ____________
• việc phụ nữ trở thành chủ tịch hội đồng quản trị
• việc phụ nữ làm việc chăm chỉ
• việc phụ nữ có bằng cấp cao
• việc phụ nữ tin rằng kinh doanh là lĩnh vực phù hợp với họ.
Để xác định được đại từ "that" ám chỉ điều gì, trong bài đọc này ta cần đọc câu chứa nó: "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." (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, "điều đó" chính là "woman becoming chairman of the board" (việc phụ nữa trở thành chủ tịch hội đồng quản trị).
Kỹ năng đọc hiểu: Câu hỏi tham chiếu/quy chiếu
Giải thích chi tiết:
Từ "that" trong đoạn 1 ám chỉ____________
• việc phụ nữ trở thành chủ tịch hội đồng quản trị
• việc phụ nữ làm việc chăm chỉ
• việc phụ nữ có bằng cấp cao
• việc phụ nữ tin rằng kinh doanh là lĩnh vực phù hợp với họ.
Để xác định được đại từ "that" ám chỉ điều gì, trong bài đọc này ta cần đọc câu chứa nó: "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." (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, "điều đó" chính là "woman becoming chairman of the board" (việc phụ nữa trở thành chủ tịch hội đồng quản trị).
Đáp án A.