长难句

A deeply flawed assumption underlies the discipline of entrepreneurship as taught in many business schools. It is that a uniform logic can be applied to the process of starting a business—a logic that can be described and, if followed, will increase the likelihood of success for the start-up. But that assumption has never been properly tested: Although business historians have described the early years of a number of today’s large companies, business academics never developed longitudinal data regarding how new ones come into being, detailed the common characteristics of start-ups, or described entrepreneurial behavior that could be replicated. Only recently have economists started to build such records. 

1. The discipline of entrepreneurship is based on the assumption that____

A. successful start-ups share the same traits.

B. students have easy access of start-up records.

C. entrepreneurs succeed by taking MBA lessons.

D. business plans can be created in classrooms. 

句子切分

第一句

A deeply flawed assumption underlies the discipline of entrepreneurship as taught in many business schools.

切分：

1.A deeply flawed assumption underlies the discipline of entrepreneurship 

一个存在严重缺陷的假设是创业学的基础

2.as taught in many business schools (定语从句）

正如许多商学院所教授的

第二句

It is that a uniform logic can be applied to the process of starting a business—a logic that can be described and, if followed, will increase the likelihood of success for the start-up. 

切分：

1.It is that a uniform logic can be applied to the process of starting a business

即有一套统一的逻辑能适用于创业过程，这里的it指代上文的assumption

2.a logic that can be described一套可被描述的逻辑

and (a logic), if followed, will increase the likelihood of success for the start-up一套如果被遵循，会提高创业企业成功机率的逻辑

第三句

But that assumption has never been properly tested: Although business historians have described the early years of a number of today’s large companies, business academics never developed longitudinal data regarding how new ones come into being, detailed the common characteristics of start-ups, or described entrepreneurial behavior that could be replicated. 

切分：

1.But that assumption has never been properly tested

但这一假设从未得到过恰当的验证

2.although business historians have described the early years of a number of today’s large companies

尽管商业史学家曾描述过当今众多大公司的初期

3.business academics never developed longitudinal data

但商业学者从未建立过纵向数据

4.regarding how new ones come into being 

关于公司初创方式的纵向数据

5.detailed the common characteristics of start-ups 

详述初创公司的共同特征

6.or described entrepreneurial behavior that could be replicated

或描述可复制的创业行为

词汇突破

1.flawed有缺陷的；deeply flawed有很深缺陷的，即缺陷严重的

2.assumption假设

3.underlie 成为……的基础

4.entrepreneurship 企业家（行为、身份）；创业精神

5.uniform 一致的

6.logic 逻辑

7.likelihood 可能性

8.properly tested 恰当地被验证

9.longitudinal 经度的；纵向的

10.replicate 复制

11.build record 建立/生成记录

参考译文

许多商学院所教授的创业学都基于一个存在严重缺陷的假设。即有一套统一的、可描述的逻辑能适用于创业过程；创业企业如果遵循它，成功的机率会更高。但这一假设从未得到过恰当的验证:尽管商业史学家曾描述过当今众多大公司的初期，但商业学者从未建立过关于公司初创方式的纵向数据，也没有详述初创公司的共同特征，或描述可复制的创业行为。直到最近，经济学家才开始建立这样的记录。

选择题答案

据原文:创业学基于一个有严重缺陷的假设，假设认为所有创业都有统一的成功范式可循。所以阅读题的答案应是A。

The discipline of entrepreneurship is based on the assumption that____

A. successful start-ups share the same traits.

B.students have easy access to start-up records.

C. entrepreneurs succeed by taking MBA lessons.

D.business plans can be created in classrooms.

其他三个选项：

B选项说学生能很容易接触到初创企业的记录，这个选项是基于第三句话编的，第三句表示因为历史数据缺乏。

C选项说企业家上MBA课就能成功

D选项说商业计划能在教室中生成是基础假设