The word “struggling” as used in the last sentence is closest in meaning to ________.

Câu hỏi :

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.

A. evolving 

B. plunging  

C. starting    

D. striving

* Đáp án

D

* Hướng dẫn giải

Đáp án D.

Key word: struggling, last sentence, closest in meaning.

Clue: “Business needs are changing, and MBA schools are struggling to meet the new demands”: Nhu cầu kinh doanh đang thay đổi, và các trường MBA đang phải vật lộn để đáp ứng các yêu cầu mới.

Phân tích đáp án:

A. evolving: tiến hóa

B. plunging: lao mình xuống, lao vào

C. starting: bắt đầu

D. striving: cố gắng, nỗ lực

Đáp án đúng là D. striving = struggling.

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