（A） A minority entrepreneur who had no assistance from family members would not be able to start a business.

（B） Self-help networks have been effective in helping entrepreneurs primarily in the last 50 years.

（C） Minority groups have developed a range of alternatives to standard financing of business ventures.

（D） The financial institutions founded by various ethnic groups owe their success to their unique formal organization.

（E） Successful minority-owned businesses succeed primarily because of the personal strengths of their founders.

5. Which of the following best describes the organization of the second paragraph？

（A） An argument is delineated， followed by a counter-argument.

（B） An assertion is made and several examples are provided to illustrate it.

（C） A situation is described and its historical background is then outlined.

（D） An example of a phenomenon is given and is then used as a basis for general conclusions.

（E） A group of parallel incidents is described and the distinctions among the incidents are then clarified.

6. According to the passage， once a minority-owned business is established， self-help networks contribute which of the following to that business？

（A） Information regarding possible expansion of the business into nearby communities

（B） Encouragement of a business climate that is nearly free of direct competition

（C） Opportunities for the business owner to reinvest profits in other minority-owned businesses

（D） Contact with people who are likely to be customers of the new business

（E） Contact with minority entrepreneurs who are members of other ethnic groups