Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 44 to 50.
After twenty years 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.
According to the passage, what are two causes of declining business school enrollments?
A. lack of necessity for an MBA and an ecorfomic recession
B. low salary and foreign competition
C. fewer MBA schools and fewer entry-level jobs
D. declining population and economic prosperity
Chọn đáp án A
Theo bài đọc, hai nguyên nhân của việc giảm học sinh đăng kí ở các trường kinh doanh là gì?
A. Thiếu sự cần thiết cho bằng MBA và suy thoái kinh tế
B. Mức lương thấp và cạnh tranh nước ngoài
C. Ít trường MBA và ít công việc không đòi hỏi kinh nghiệm hơn
D. Dân số suy giảm và sự thịnh vượng kinh tế
Dẫn chứng:
The first one is that many graduates of four-year colleges are finding that an MBA degree does not guarantee a plush iob on Wall Street, or in other financial districts of major American cities...
(Yếu tố đầu tiên là nhiều sinh viên tốt nghiệp đại học 4 năm nhận thấy rằng bằng MBA không đảm bảo công việc tốt ở phố Wall hoặc các khu vực tài chính khác ở các thành phố lớn của nước Mỹ)
The second major factor has been the cutting of American payrolls and the lower number of entry- level jobs being offered. (Yếu tố chính thứ hai là việc cắt giảm biên chế của nước Mỹ và số lượng công việc không đòi hỏi kinh nghiệm thấp hơn đang được cung cấp.)