Junior Achievement is an international movement to educateyoung people about business and economics. The organization is thelargest of its kind. It reaches over eight million students each yearin more than 100 countries. Programs begin in elementary schooland continue through middle and high school. The education isbased on the ideas of market-based economics and entrepreneurship(企业家的身份). It began in 1919 in Springfield, Massachusetts. For more than 50 years, Junior Achievement programs met afterschool. They began as a group of business clubs. The organizationstarted with a small number of children aged ten to twelve. But in1975,Junior Achievement began to offer classes during schoolhours. Many more young people joined the organization once it began to teach business skills as part of the school day.
Volunteers from the community teach about businesses, howthey are organized, and how products are made and sold. They alsoteach about the American and world economies and about industryand trade.
The Junior Achievement Company Program teaches young people how entrepreneurship works. They learn about business by operating their own companies.
The students develop a product and sell shares in their company. They use the money to buy the materials they need to make theirproduct , which then they sell. Finally, they return the profits to thepeople who bought shares in the company.
Junior Achievement says 287,000 volunteers support its pro-grams around the world. In the US alone, there are more than22,000 places that hold Junior Achievement events.
According to the passage, the purpose of Junior Achievement isto help young people _________.
A.prepare to succeed in a world economy |
B.pass the exams about business and economics |
C.operate their own companies |
D.develop a product and sell shares |
The information about the Junior Achievement is true EXCEPT _________
A.it is an international movement to educate young peopleabout business and economics |
B.the Junior Achievement started in 1919 |
C.since 1975,Junior Achievement has offered classes duringschool hours |
D.it has 22,000 places to hold Junior Achievement eventsaround the world |
The Junior Achievement teaches the following EXCEPT _________
A.how products are made and sold |
B.how businesses are organized |
C.how entrepreneurship works |
D.how to become a volunteer from the community |
The Junior Achievement programs are taught by _________.
A.volunteers around the world | B.famous enterprisers in the US |
C.a group of business clubs | D.many young people |