阅读理解。
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.
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
2. According to (根据) the passage, "earning power" means the ability to ________ money.
A. save
B. spend
C. pay
D. make
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
4. Each year a person with a PhD can make _________ more than a person who does not finish high school.
A. $37, 000
B. $68, 200
C. $60, 400
D. $26, 000
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
