READING COMPREHENSION Ex. 3

Which of the following best states the central idea of the passage?

• The use of MESBIC’s for aiding minority entrepreneurs seems to have greater potential for success

  than does the original SBA approach.

• There is a crucial difference in point of view between the staff and directors of some MESBIC’s.

• After initial problems with management and marketing, minority businesses have begun to expand at

  a steady rate.

• Minority entrepreneurs wishing to form new businesses now have several equally successful federal

  programs on which to rely.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

According to the passage, the MESBIC approach differs from the SBA approach in that MESBIC’s

• seek federal contracts to provide markets for minority businesses

• rely on the participation of large corporations to finance minority businesses

• encourage minority businesses to provide markets for other minority businesses

• attempt to maintain a specified rate of growth in the minority business sector

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Which of the following does the author cite to support the conclusion that the results of the

SBA programs were disappointing?

• The small number of new minority enterprises formed as a result of the program

• The small number of minority enterprises that took advantage of the management and technical

  assistance offered under the program

• The small percentage of the nation’s business receipts earned by minority enterprises following the

  programs, implementation.

• The small percentage of recipient minority enterprises that were able to repay federally guaranteed

  loans made under the program

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which of the following statements about the SBA program can be inferred from the passage?

• The anticipated failure rate for recipient businesses was significantly lower than the rate that actually

  resulted.

• The maximum term for loans made to recipient businesses was 15 years.

• Business loans were considered to be more useful to recipient businesses than was management and

  technical assistance.

• Recipient businesses were encouraged to relocate to areas more favorable for business development.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The author’s primary objective in the passage is to

• disprove the view that federal efforts to aid minority businesses have been ineffective

• explain how federal efforts to aid minority businesses have changed since the 1960’s

• establish a direct link between the federal efforts to aid minority businesses made before the 1960’s

  and those made in the 1980’s

• analyze the basis for the belief that job-specific experience is more useful to minority businesses than

  is general management experience

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6