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.
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
What is the main focus of this passage?
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Lời giải:
Báo saiChọn đáp án C
Trọng tâm chính của bài đọc là gì?
A. công việc ở phố Wall
B. các loại bằng tốt nghiệp
C. thay đổi trong tuyển sinh cho các trường MBA
D. cách trường học thay đổi để phản ánh nền kinh tế
Đáp án C
Dựa vào câu đầu của các đoạn:
Đoạn 1: "After two decades of growing student enrollments and economic prosperity, business schools in the United States have started to face harder times." (Sau hai thập niên gia tăng số sinh viên nhập học và sự thịnh vượng kinh tế, các trường kinh doanh ở Hoa Kỳ đã bắt đầu phải đối mặt với thời gian khó khăn hơn.)
Đoạn 2: "There are two factors causing this decrease in students seeking an MBA degree." (Có hai yếu tố gây ra sự sụt giảm này trong sinh viên tìm kiếm bằng MBA.)
=> bài đọc nói về"changes in enrollment for MBA schools"