GMAT考试阅读理解练习题1(3)

　　(B) more specific

　　(C) less controversial (D) less expensive to enforce

　　(E) easier to comply with

　　7. Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the author’s assertion that, in the 1970’s, corporate response to federal requirements (lines 18-19) was substantial

　　(A) Corporate contracts with minority-owned

　　businesses totaled $2 billion in 1979.

　　(B) Between 1970 and 1972, corporate contracts with

　　minority-owned businesses declined by 25 percent.

　　(C) The figures collected in 1977 underrepresented

　　the extent of corporate contracts with minority- owned businesses.

　　(D) The estimate of corporate spending with minority-owned businesses in 1980 is approximately $10 million too high.

　　(E) The $1.1 billion represented the same percentage of total corporate spending in 1977 as did $77 million in 1972.

　　8. The author would most likely a美国GREe with which of the following statements about corporate response to working with minority subcontractors?

　　(A) Annoyed by the proliferation of “front” organizations, corporations are likely to reduce their efforts to work with minority-owned subcontractors in the near future.

　　(B) Although corporations showed considerable interest in working with minority businesses in the 1970’s, their aversion to government paperwork made them reluctant to pursue many government contracts.

　　(C) The significant response of corporations in the 1970’s is likely to be sustained and conceivably be increased throughout the 1980’s.

　　(D) Although corporations are eager to cooperate with minority-owned businesses, a shortage of capital in the 1970’s made substantial response impossible.

　　(E) The enormous corporate response has all but eliminated the dangers of overexpansion that used to plague small minority-owned businesses.

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