The phrase “trend of” in line 5 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

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. reluctance of    

B. drawback to       

C. movement toward          

D. extraction from

* Đáp án

C

* Hướng dẫn giải

Đáp án C.

Key word: trend of, line 5, closest in meaning.

Clue: “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”: Từ năm 1990, số người nhận bằng Thạc Sĩ Quản Trị Kinh Doanh (MBA) đã giảm khoảng 3% xuống còn 75.000 và xu hướng giảm tỷ lệ nhập học sẽ tiếp tục.

Phân tích đáp án:

A. reluctance of: sự miễn cưỡng

B. drawback: bất lợi

C. movement toward: sự chuyển dịch tới

D. extraction from: sự rút ra, bỏ đi

Đáp án biệu thị xu hướng, sự dịch chuyển là C. movement toward.

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