XDF-网络课堂视频-第二题

石婵雪

原文部分内容：

In this approach, large corporations

participate in the development of successful and stable

(20) minority businesses by making use of government-

sponsored venture capital. The capital is used by a

participating company to establish a Minority Enterprise

Small Business Investment Company or MESBIC. The

MESBIC then provides capital and guidance to minority

(25) businesses that have potential to become future suppliers

or customers of the sponsoring company.

MESBIC’s are the result of the belief that providing

established firms with easier access to relevant manage-

ment techniques and more job-specific experience, as

(30) well as substantial amounts of capital, gives those firms

a greater opportunity to develop sound business founda-

tions than does simply making general management

experience and small amounts of capital available.

Further, since potential markets for the minority busi-

(35) nesses already exist through the sponsoring companies,

the minority businesses face considerably less risk in

terms of location and market fluctuation. Following

early financial and operating problems, sponsoring

corporations began to capitalize MESBIC’s far above

(40) the legal minimum of $500,000 in order to generate

sufficient income and to sustain the quality of manage-

ment needed. MESBIC’c are now emerging as increas-

ingly important financing sources for minority enter-

prises.
问题：

17. The author refers to the “financial and operating problems”(line 38 ) encountered by MESBIC’s primarily in order to

(A) broaden the scope of the discussion to include the legal considerations of funding MESBIC’S through sponsoring companies

(B) call attention to the fact that MESBIC’s must receive adequate funding in order to function effectively

(C) show that sponsoring companies were willing to invest only $500,000 of government-sponsored venture capital in the original MESBIC’s

(D) compare SBA and MESBIC limits on minimum funding

(E) refute suggestions that MESBIC’s have been only marginally successful

个人疑问：
      文章中原句的主语应该是sponsoring corporations，那么为什么“financial and operating problems”是encountered by MESBIC的呢？在这文章中我用红色标出的这句话之前，文章一直都是在谈MESBIC的发挥了怎样的作用；在这句话之后，文章点出对MESBIC的正评价；那么按逻辑来讲，中间的这句话也应该继续对MESBIC的作用的肯定。但是按照正确答案的角度分析，这句话讲的是怎样保证MESBIC能够避免困难且正常运行？我做题的时候选择的是答案E，我觉得是sponsoring corporations后来开始给更多的钱到MESBIC，正是因为MESBIC的成功性比最初预想得大，说明它不只是 have been only marginally successful。我很困惑，希望得到版主或其他高人的指点。小女子坐等解答，十分感谢！

(A) broaden the scope of the discussion to include the legal considerations of funding MESBIC’S through sponsoring companies

(B) call attention to the fact that MESBIC’s must receive adequate funding in order to function effectively

(C) show that sponsoring companies were willing to invest only $500,000 of government-sponsored venture capital in the original MESBIC’s

(D) compare SBA and MESBIC limits on minimum funding

(E) refute suggestions that MESBIC’s have been only marginally successful

个人疑问：
      文章中原句的主语应该是sponsoring corporations，那么为什么“financial and operating problems”是encountered by MESBIC的呢？在这文章中我用红色标出的这句话之前，文章一直都是在谈MESBIC的发挥了怎样的作用；在这句话之后，文章点出对MESBIC的正评价；那么按逻辑来讲，中间的这句话也应该继续对MESBIC的作用的肯定。但是按照正确答案的角度分析，这句话讲的是怎样保证MESBIC能够避免困难且正常运行？我做题的时候选择的是答案E，我觉得是sponsoring corporations后来开始给更多的钱到MESBIC，正是因为MESBIC的成功性比最初预想得大，说明它不只是 have been only marginally successful。我很困惑，希望得到版主或其他高人的指点。小女子坐等解答，十分感谢！

cc621josh

是选B吗？

E的话，refute suggestions...也要之前有提到这样的suggestions才行啊，原文开头没有提到MESBIC仅仅有一点点成功，何来的反驳。不存在你说的逻辑关系，这文章没有明显的两种对立意见，仅仅是在介绍MESBIC是什么玩意儿，怎么运作的，有嘛作用啊！换句话说，refute更像是议论文的选项，而这更像是篇说明文。