单选题 From the last three paragraphs, the author implies that

A、 small companies may always have no sufficient time and money to put into the scheme.
B、 all the candidates studying in the scheme can be qualified and skillful finally.
C、 the apprenticeship scheme is still very valuable despite some small imperfections
D、 all the businesses need to adopt the apprentices to improve their achievements.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】推理题。文章最后三段主要表明了小企业在选择学徒计划时要依据自己的实际情况作出决定，以免带来不好的结果，但从最后一段可以判断出，尽管有一些不足的地方，学徒计划还是很值得投资的，因为其完成申在不断提高，小企业的风险也会由此降低很多。因此，只有[C]“尽管有一些小的不足之处，学徒计划仍然十分有价值”最符合文章的意思。