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.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 |
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