Ôn luyện kỹ năng đọc (Task 12)
Read the text and choose correct option (A-D) to answer the questions.
After two decades of growing student enrollments and economic prosperity, business schools in the United States have started to face harder times. Only Harvard’s MBA School has shown a substantial increase in enrollment in recent years. Both Princeton and Stanford have seen decreases in their enrollments. Since 1990, the number of people receiving Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degrees, has dropped about 3 percent to 75,000, and the trend of lower enrollment rates is expected to continue.
There are two factors causing this decrease in students' seeking an MBA degree. The first one is that many graduates of four-year colleges are finding that an MBA degree does not guarantee a plush job on Wall Street, or in other financial districts of major American cities. Many of the entry-level management jobs are going to students graduating with Master of Arts degrees in English and the humanities as well as those holding MBA degrees. Students have asked the question, "Is an MBA degree really what I need to be best prepared for getting a good job?" The second major factor has been the cutting of American payrolls and the lower number of entry-level jobs being offered. Business needs are changing, and MBA schools are struggling to meet the new demands.
Questions
What is the main focus of this passage?
The word “prosperity” in the first paragraph could be best replaced by which of the following?
Which of the following business schools has NOT shown a decrease in enrollment?
The phrase “trend of” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to which of the following?
As used in the reading, the word “seeking” in the second paragraph could best be replaced by which of the following?
Which of the following descriptions most likely applies to Wall Street?
The word “plush” in the second paragraph most probably means __________
According to the passage, what are two causes of declining business school enrollments?
As used in the reading, the word “struggling” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to __________
Which of the following might be the topic of the next paragraph?
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