【单选题】
How to Start a SmallBusiness in the US
People from other countries often takeAmerica as the "land of opportunity".Americans, too, believe that the country gives no end of chances to those who want to open their own businesses. Today, manyAmericans are still trying hard to become small business people, although only one out of two remains in operation after the first two years.
Many people start their small businesses for the wrong reasons. They want to get away from the paper work of their present jobs or to exchange the responsibility of their present jobs for free life styles.But more, not less, paper work and responsibility come with ownership of a small business.
Thomas is the owner of the news magazine MotherEarth, which is now quite successful. He says that he had to work sixty hours without stopping when he was trying to bring out the first issue.
Thomas had waited for years after he came up with the idea for MotherEarth.During that time, he collected as much information as he could about his business. He borrowed books from the library, talked to successful people in the field, and began planning carefully the amount of money and the kinds and numbers of supplies he would neeD、When he finally opened with a capital of $1,500, he set up his office in the kitchen and his printing press in the garage. Owing to his devotion to business, his talent, and his skill in management, MotherEarth now has a circulation of 300,000.
Not all small businesses are doing as fine as MotherEarth. 50% of the 450,000 that start inAmerica every year fail. Still, 95% businesses in the US can be called "small".Altogether these businesses amount to 40% ofAmerica’s gross national product.
How many businesses in the US can be called "small"A．5%
B．40%
C．50%
D．95%
网考网参考答案：D
网考网解析：
[解析] 由选项中的数字定位到文章最后一段，第一个数字50%对应的信息是“每年创立的小企业失败”的比例，第二个数字95%指的是“美国现在能被称作小企业的数量”，故D为正确选项。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
People from other countries often takeAmerica as the "land of opportunity".Americans, too, believe that the country gives no end of chances to those who want to open their own businesses. Today, manyAmericans are still trying hard to become small business people, although only one out of two remains in operation after the first two years.
Many people start their small businesses for the wrong reasons. They want to get away from the paper work of their present jobs or to exchange the responsibility of their present jobs for free life styles.But more, not less, paper work and responsibility come with ownership of a small business.
Thomas is the owner of the news magazine MotherEarth, which is now quite successful. He says that he had to work sixty hours without stopping when he was trying to bring out the first issue.
Thomas had waited for years after he came up with the idea for MotherEarth.During that time, he collected as much information as he could about his business. He borrowed books from the library, talked to successful people in the field, and began planning carefully the amount of money and the kinds and numbers of supplies he would neeD、When he finally opened with a capital of $1,500, he set up his office in the kitchen and his printing press in the garage. Owing to his devotion to business, his talent, and his skill in management, MotherEarth now has a circulation of 300,000.
Not all small businesses are doing as fine as MotherEarth. 50% of the 450,000 that start inAmerica every year fail. Still, 95% businesses in the US can be called "small".Altogether these businesses amount to 40% ofAmerica’s gross national product.
How many businesses in the US can be called "small"A．5%
B．40%
C．50%
D．95%
网考网参考答案：D
网考网解析：
[解析] 由选项中的数字定位到文章最后一段，第一个数字50%对应的信息是“每年创立的小企业失败”的比例，第二个数字95%指的是“美国现在能被称作小企业的数量”，故D为正确选项。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
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