A survey of entrepreneurs who started companies last year shows that while virtually all did substan...

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A survey of entrepreneurs who started companies last year shows that while virtually all did substantial preparatory research and planning, only half used that work to produce a formal business plan. Since, on average, the entrepreneurs without formal plans secured the capital they needed in half the time of those with plans, these survey results indicate that, in general, formal plans did not help the entrepreneurs who produced them to secure the capital they needed.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

A:Companies started by entrepreneurs who had used formal business plans to attract investment were on the whole as profitable in their first year as were companies started by entrepreneurs who had not produced such plans.

B:In surveys of entrepreneurs who have attempted without success to raise sufficient capital, more than half of the respondents indicate that they have produced a formal business plan.

C:Among the entrepreneurs surveyed, those who did not produce formal business plans sought and received a much larger proportion of their capital from investors with whom they had a long-standing business relationship.

D:The entrepreneurs surveyed who did not produce a formal business plan spent nearly as much time doing preparatory research and planning as the entrepreneurs who produced plans.

E:The entrepreneurs who produced business plans generally reported later that the process of writing the plan had increased their confidence that their company would succeed.

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正确答案： C:Among the entrepreneurs surveyed, those who did not produce formal business plans sought and received a much larger proportion of their capital from investors with whom they had a long-standing business relationship.

文章的结论是正式的计划没有帮助企业获得所需的资金，理由是没有计划的企业获得资金反而花的时间少，

A 有计划和没有计划的公司在第一年的盈利是一样的，这里只能证明第一年的情况，那以后的情况可能还是有计划的公司盈利少

B 调查表明公司没有获得足够多的资金，是因为大部分人都用了商业计划，这里是在加强结论

C 正确。调查表明，没有商业计划的公司从他们长期合作伙伴那里获得了大量资金，这里和结论相反，能削弱结论

D 调查表明没有计划的公司和有计划的公司在做研究准备的时候花的时间一样多，对结论没有影响

E 有计划的公司表明写计划的过程能让他们增加自信，但是这里没有提到公司时候真正获得更多资金，对结论没有影响

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