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| 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. |
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A. $37, 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 |