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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 manygraduates of four-year colleges are finding that an MBA degree does not guarantee a plush job on Wall Street, orin other financial districts of major American cities. Many of the entry-level management jobs are going tostudents graduating with Master of Arts degrees in English and the humanities as well as those holding MBAdegrees. Students have asked the question, "Is an MBA degree really what I need to be best prepared for getting agood 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. (Adapted from Exam Essentials Practice Tests - Cambridge English by Tom Bradbury and Eunice Yeates)Question 44: What does the passage mainly discuss?A. Types of graduate degrees B. Jobs on Wall StreetC. Changes in enrollment for MBA schools D. How schools are changing to reflect the economyQuestion 45: The underlined word “one” in paragraph 2 most likely refers toA. MBA degree B. decrease C. graduate D. factor Question 46: The underlined word “plush” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to which of the following?A. expensive B. affordable C. comfortable D. competitiveQuestion 47: Which of the following business schools has NOT shown a decrease in enrollment?A. Harvard B. Yale C. Stanford D. PrincetonQuestion 48: The underlined phrase “the trend of” in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by which of thefollowing?A. the extraction from B. the advantage of C. the movement toward D. the drawback ofQuestion 49: Which of the following descriptions most likely applies to Wall Street?A. a center for international affairs B. a neighborhood in New York C. a major financial center D. a shopping districtQuestion 50: According to the passage, which of the following is a cause of declining business schoolenrollments?A. declining population B. low salary and foreign competitionC. lack of necessity for an MBA D. fewer MBA schools