•Read the article below about educational background of successful managers.•C

•Read the article below about educational background of successful managers.

•Choose the best word to fill each gap, from A, B, C or D,

•For each question 19—33 mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.

•There is an example at the beginning.

Educational Background of Successful Managers

Psychologist Douglas Bray and Ann Howard have for more than 25 years been studying college graduates in entry-level management rank for AT&T. Here are some of their findings.

Master's degree can be (19) Howard says of Master's degree holders, "They bring us greater (20) and interpersonal skills and more motivation for (21) and money, but they are not any smarter." This applied equally to (22) of an MA, MS, and MBA.

There are key (23) between technical and non-technical majors. Business majors led the pack in organizing, planning, and decision-making skills (24) and social science graduates also (25) high. Math, science, and engineering majors scored much, lower in these skills. Technical majors did have (26) general mental ability, but they were not as (27) or as good at interpersonal skills. As you might expect, social science majors were quite low on (28) skills. Business majors were the ones most eager to get ahead.

For the future managers, AT&T is still looking for about a third each of business, technical, and liberal arts majors. While they are still looking for master's degrees, some firms say that the (29) of the MBA has passed. Many companies (30) the same management training programs for their new people, whether or not they have a master's degree.

(31) the success/failure studies of managers, educational background is probably less important than (32) skill that people develop. As one president of a large company puts it, "We're really looking for a particular kind of (33) rather than a particular degree."

(19)

A．useful

B．helpful

C．successful

D．beneficial