The first full-fledged generation of women in the professions did not talk about their overbooked agenda or the toll it took on them and their families. They knew that their position in the office was shaky at best. With virtually no choice in the matter, they bought into the traditional notion of success in the workplace¡ªusually attained at the high cost of giving up an involved family life. If they suffered self-doubt or frustration about how hollow professional success felt without complementary rewards from the home, they blamed themselves¡ªeither for expecting too much or for doing too little. And they asked themselves questions that held no easy answers: Am I expecting too much? Is it me? Am I alone in this dilemma? Do other women truly have it all?

26. According to the passage, today¡¯s women.

£ÛA£Ý want to achieve a balance between her loyalties to work and family

£ÛB£Ý are stronger advocates of gender equality than the older generation

£ÛC£Ý do not want to sacrifice anything at all for the desired liberation

£ÛD£Ý are getting no nearer to achieving their ambition in life

27. What is the myth held by some ¡°superwomen¡±?

£ÛA£Ý Personal careers can be reconciled with parental responsibilities.

£ÛB£Ý The devotion to career weighs more than the regard for children.

£ÛC£Ý They can resist the temptation of ambition to make great achievements

£ÛD£Ý The conflicts between careers and children can be resolved.

28. In what way do women today find themselves in an intense battle with the society?

£ÛA£Ý The society regards women as less able to perform social tasks.

£ÛB£Ý Women do too much about their career and too little about their families.

£ÛC£Ý The society still holds the traditional image about a family.

£ÛD£Ý Women no longer regard the family as a basic unit of the society.

29. When women fail to achieve a balance between work and children, they.

£ÛA£Ý let things go their own courses£ÛB£Ý admit that they are not superwomen

£ÛC£Ý usually choose to give up their work£ÛD£Ý often blame themselves for it

30. The author¡¯s attitude towards women¬ðs dilemma seems to be one of.

£ÛA£Ý suspicion£ÛB£Ý indifference£ÛC£Ý irony£ÛD£Ý sympathy

Text 3

The entrepreneur, according to French economist J. B. Say, ¡°is a person who shifts economic resources out of an area of lower and into an area of higher productivity and yield.¡± But Say¡¯s definition does not tell us who this entrepreneur is. Some define the entrepreneur simply as one who starts his or her own new and small business. For our purposes, we will define the entrepreneur as a person who takes the necessary risks to organize and manage a business and receives the financial profits and non-monetary rewards.

The man who opens a small pizza restaurant is in business, but is he an entrepreneur? He took a risk and did something, but did he shift resources or start the business? If the answer is yes, then he is considered an entrepreneur. Ray Kroc is an example of an entrepreneur because he founded and established McDonald¡¯s. His hamburgers were not a new idea, but he applied new techniques, resource allocations, and organizational methods in his venture. Ray Kroc upgraded the productivity and yield from the resources applied to create his fast-food chain. This is what entrepreneurs do; this is what entrepreneurship means.