Most people graduate from school and then get a job. Everyone wants a job that pays well. How much money can you make? Ask yourself these questions: What can I do? What skills do I have? Also ask yourself: How much education do I have? For most jobs, the higher your education, the higher your earning power.

In the United States, high school graduates make about $ 18,600 a year. If you do not finish high school, you make only $10,800 a year. You can make $7,800 more each year by staying in high school!

If you stay in school, then you can make more money. A person with a high school degree makes about $18,600 a year. If that person goes to college and gets a bachelor’s degree（学士学位), he can make S42,000. With a master’s degree (硕士学位), he can make about $53,000. If the person gets a PhD（博士学位), he can make almost $79,000 or more a year.

We can learn a very important, thing from this information. If you want to work and make more money, get a good education.

小题1:The passage mainly talks about_.

A．how education and pay are connected

B．high paying jobs

C．jobs for high school students

D．good schools小题2:According to (根据) the passage, "earning power" means the ability to _____ money.

A．save

B．spend

C．pay

D．make小题3:The writer thinks that a high school graduate usually makes more money than_.

A．a university graduate

B．a person who gets a PhD

C．a person who only finishes primary school

D．a person with a master’s degree小题4:Each year a person with a PhD can make more than a person who does not finishhigh school.

A．$37,000

B．$68,200

C．$60,400

D．$26,000小题5:From the last paragraph(段落) we know that______.

A．a high school degree is not important

B．university is too expensive

C．a person can make more money with a good education

D．people with a degree don’t need to worn about finding jobs