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Directions: in the following questions, you have passage where some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what is about. Then, fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.

The last decade has been 36 for management education and development. When the economies of most western countries were 37 in the early 1980's there were 38 cuts both in corporate training and in higher education. During the boom years of the mid 1980's there were some 39 in both areas. In the early 1990's industrialized countries were in the 40 of another severe recession and a 41 retrenchment was to be reasonably 42 throughout the training world. But this has not been the case so far. Many leading companies are 43 their belief in training as the key to future competitiveness and governments are 44 an era of rapid 45 in higher education.

A) fabricated

B) advocated

C) projected

D) expected