Faced with a tough job market, fresh graduates are dreaming of running their own businesses instead. But a recent survey has showed that such ambitions lack the required support and remain just that — dreams.
The Shanghai Municipal Employment Promotion Center poll of 1,276 graduates in several universities and colleges in the city, released last Friday, showed 59.78 percent of respondents considered the possibility of setting up a company or at least a small store. "But they just stop at the 'thinking' stage," it stated.
Respondents put the top reasons for not going it alone down to a shortage of investment and a lack of business opportunity. They also listed lack of business experience and social networks, the need for advanced study and objections from family members as factors that stood in their way.
More than 90 percent of the interviewees said they would rather take up a job after graduating and then consider starting their own business two or three years down the road.
Guo Bing, a senior student in Shanghai International Studies University majoring in English, decided he wanted to be his own boss last year. But he is looking for a job first. "If I fail to find a satisfying job, I would like to establish a company in exhibition services," Guo said.
The Shanghai native has some relatives working in a local printing plant. With their help, Guo hopes to produce exhibition brochures at a relatively low price. He is also confident that his English language skills can help him do well in the industry.
"Social networking is an important factor leading to business success," Guo said.
Guo said that the shortage of graduate jobs is the main reason driving more university students to set up a business right after their graduation.
Jiang said the university sets up a business guide team made of government officials and professionals. They regularly give training courses to students who show an interest in having their own business. The parents of university graduates are more willing to help their children start up alone, the survey showed" Once you win the support of your family, you have won half the battle," Guo added.
小題1:Which of the following can be the best title?
A．A Tough Job Market
B．Graduates Who Can Only Dream of Being Boss
C．The Ambitious Fresh Graduates
D．The Story of Guo Bing
小題2:Which of the following does NOT stop fresh graduates realizing their dreams of being bosses?
A．The lack of business opportunity and investment.
B．The shortage of business experience.
C．Less skilled English language.
D．Their family members’ objections.
小題3:In the view of Guo Bing, what is the key factor that makes fresh graduates dream of being boss soon after
graduation?
A．Their family don’t support them.
B．Their social networking is not good.
C．There are not enough graduate jobs.
D．They want to achieve greater success.
小題4:Which of the following statements is NOT true about Guo Bing?
A．He has started his own business with the help of his relatives.
B．English is his major in the university.
C．He is trying to find a job which can satisfies him.
D．He is a Shanghai native.
小題5:Who is this article mostly intended for?
A．The parents whose child graduates from university soon.
B．Those who will graduate from university.
C．Those who want to be bosses.
D．The officials who work in the government.

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:B
文章是對(duì)那些即將畢業(yè)的大學(xué)生中存在的自己創(chuàng)業(yè)的現(xiàn)象進(jìn)行描述與分析的，分析了原因，說明了可能存在的困難。
小題1:B 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第1,2段可知很多大學(xué)生都想自己創(chuàng)業(yè)，但是遇見了許許多多的困難，所以都處于夢(mèng)想階段，故B正確。
小題2:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三段to a shortage of investment and a lack of business opportunity. They also listed lack of business experience and social networks, the need for advanced study and objections from family members as factors that stood in their way可知ABD都是大學(xué)生不能自己創(chuàng)業(yè)的主要原因，C沒有提及。
小題3:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段Guo said that the shortage of graduate jobs is the main reason driving more university students to set up a business right after their graduation.可知應(yīng)屆畢業(yè)生缺少工作機(jī)會(huì)是導(dǎo)致大學(xué)生想自己創(chuàng)業(yè)的主要原因。
小題4:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第四段第2行With their help, Guo hopes to produce exhibition brochures at a relatively low price.可知他還只是希望做展覽方面的小冊(cè)子，還沒有付諸實(shí)施，所以A的說法是不正確的。
小題5:B 推理題。文章是對(duì)那些即將畢業(yè)的大學(xué)生中存在的自己創(chuàng)業(yè)的現(xiàn)象進(jìn)行描述與分析的，所以潛在的閱讀對(duì)象最可能是大學(xué)畢業(yè)生。
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