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.
The word “plush” in line 8 most probably means ________.
A. legal
B. satisfactory
C. fancy
D. dependable
Đáp án B.
Key word: plush, line 8, means.
Clue: “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”: Thứ nhất là nhiều sinh viên học xong bốn năm đại học thấy rằng bằng MBA không đảm bảo có được một công việc sang trọng trên phố Wall.
Từ plush (adj) = luxurious: very comfortable; expensive and of good quality. Vậy đáp án có thể phù hợp nhất là B. satisfactory (adj): chấp nhận được.
Các đáp án khác không phù hợp:
A. legal (adj): hợp pháp
C. fancy (adj): phức tạp
D. dependable (adj) = reliable: có thể dựa vào được