2013年GMAT考试阅读模拟试题及答案1
<p> <span word="Recent">Recent</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="minority">minority</span>-<span word="owned">owned</span> <span word="businesses">businesses</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="unprecedented">unprecedented</span> <span word="opportunities">opportunities</span>—<span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="significant">significant</span> <span word="risks">risks</span>. <span word="Civil">Civil</span> <span word="rights">rights</span> <span word="activists">activists</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="argued">argued</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="principal">principal</span> <span word="reasons">reasons</span> <span word="why">why</span> <span word="Blacks">Blacks</span>, <span word="Hispanics">Hispanics</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="minority">minority</span> <span word="groups">groups</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="difficulty">difficulty</span> <span word="establishing">establishing</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="lack">lack</span> <span word="access">access</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sizable">sizable</span> <span word="orders">orders</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="subcontracts">subcontracts</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="generated">generated</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="companies">companies</span>. <span word="Now">Now</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="apparent">apparent</span> <span word="agreement">agreement</span>, <span word="has">has</span> <span word="required">required</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="law">law</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="businesses">businesses</span> <span word="awarded">awarded</span> <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="contracts">contracts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> $500,000 <span word="do">do</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="minority">minority</span> <span word="subcontractors">subcontractors</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="record">record</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="forms">forms</span> <span word="filed">filed</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span>. <span word="Indeed">Indeed</span>, <span word="some">some</span> <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="agencies">agencies</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="gone">gone</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="specific">specific</span> <span word="percentage">percentage</span> <span word="goals">goals</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="apportioning">apportioning</span> <span word="parts">parts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="works">works</span> <span word="contracts">contracts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="minority">minority</span> <span word="enterprises">enterprises</span>.</p><p> <span word="Corporate">Corporate</span> <span word="response">response</span> <span word="appears">appears</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="substantial">substantial</span>. <span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="figures">figures</span> <span word="collected">collected</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1977, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="corporate">corporate</span> <span word="contracts">contracts</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="minority">minority</span> <span word="businesses">businesses</span> <span word="rose">rose</span> <span word="from">from</span> $77 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1972 <span word="to">to</span> $1.1 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1977. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="projected">projected</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="corporate">corporate</span> <span word="contracts">contracts</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="minority">minority</span> <span word="businesses">businesses</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="early">early</span> 1980’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="estimated">estimated</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="over">over</span> 53 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="per">per</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="letup">letup</span> <span word="anticipated">anticipated</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="decade">decade</span>. <span word="Promising">Promising</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="minority">minority</span> <span word="businesses">businesses</span>, <span word="this">this</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="patronage">patronage</span> <span word="poses">poses</span> <span word="dangers">dangers</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="them">them</span>, <span word="too">too</span>. <span word="First">First</span>, <span word="minority">minority</span> <span word="firms">firms</span> <span word="risk">risk</span> <span word="expanding">expanding</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="fast">fast</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="overextending">overextending</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span> <span word="financially">financially</span>, <span word="since">since</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="concerns">concerns</span> <span word="and">and</span>, <span word="unlike">unlike</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="businesses">businesses</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="substantial">substantial</span> <span word="investments">investments</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="plants">plants</span>, <span word="staff">staff</span>, <span word="equipment">equipment</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="order">order</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="perform">perform</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="subcontracted">subcontracted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="them">them</span>. <span word="If">If</span>, <span word="thereafter">thereafter</span>, <span word="their">their</span> <span word="subcontracts">subcontracts</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="reason">reason</span> <span word="reduced">reduced</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="firms">firms</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="potentially">potentially</span> <span word="crippling">crippling</span> <span word="fixed">fixed</span> <span word="expenses">expenses</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="corporate">corporate</span> <span word="purchasing">purchasing</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="frustrating">frustrating</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="entrepreneurs">entrepreneurs</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="requests">requests</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="elaborate">elaborate</span> <span word="formal">formal</span> <span word="estimates">estimates</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bids">bids</span>. <span word="Both">Both</span> <span word="consume">consume</span> <span word="valuable">valuable</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="resources">resources</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="company">company</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="soon">soon</span> <span word="result">result</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="orders">orders</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="morale">morale</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="suffer">suffer</span>.</p>
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