1. Based on the information in the passage， it would be LEAST likely for which of the following persons to be part of a self-help network？

（A） The entrepreneur’s childhood friend

（B） The entrepreneur’s aunt

（C） The entrepreneur’s religious leader

（D） The entrepreneur’s neighbor

（E） The entrepreneur’s banker

2. Which of the following illustrates the working of a self-help support network， as such networks are described in the passage？

（A） A public high school offers courses in book-keeping and accounting as part of its open-enrollment adult education program.

（B） The local government in a small city sets up a program that helps teen-agers find summer jobs.

（C） A major commercial bank offers low-interest loans to experienced individuals who hope to establish their own businesses.

（D） A neighborhood-based fraternal organization develops a program of on-the-job （on-the-job： adj.在職的） training for its members and their friends.

（E） A community college offers country residents training programs that can lead to certification in a variety of technical trades.

3. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about rotating credit associations？

（A） They were developed exclusively by Chinese immigrants.

（B） They accounted for a significant portion of the investment capital used by Chinese immigrants in New York in the early twentieth century.

（C） Third-generation members of an immigrant group who started businesses in the 1920’s would have been unlikely to rely on them.

（D） They were frequently joint endeavors by members of two or three different ethnic groups.

（E） Recent immigrants still frequently turn to rotating credit associations instead of banks for investment capital.

4. The passage best supports which of the following statements？