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
It was very late at night. An old man came to a small town. He found an inn (小旅馆) and Wanted to slay there for the night. After he went to his room, the owner said to his 41 ."Look at his bag. There must be much money in it. Let's take it away when he's 42 , shall we? '
"Oh, no," said the woman. "He must 43 his bag when he wakes up tomorrow morning. If he can't find it, he'll telephone the police."
They thought for a few minutes. Then the woman had an 44 . "We have forgetful grass. Why not put some forgetful grass into his food? If he 45 the food, he will forget lo take his bag away."
The old man ate the food 46 the forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning when the owner got up, he found the door 47 and the old man had gone away with his bag. He woke his wife up and said to her angrily, "How foolish you are! Your forgetful grass isn't 48 at all."
"No, I don't think so. He must forget_49__," his wife said.
"Oh! I remember now! He forgot to 50 for the night," cried out the man suddenly. Then they looked at each other without saying a word.
1.A. sister B. friend C. aunt D. wife
2. A. asleep B. awake C. alive D. alone
3.A. set off B. give up C. look for D. take off
4.A. idea B. advice C. instruction D. excuse
5. A. eats B. receives C. likes D. refuses
6.A. onto B. for C. with D. into
7. A. open B. opens C. opening D. lo open
8.A. interesting B. important C. delicious D. useful
9.A. anything B. nothing C. something D. everything
10.A. spend B. cost C. take D. pay
Hurry up ____ finish your soup!
A. or B. but C. and D. while
We had In the sports meet because of the heavy rain.
A. put away B. put up C. put oil D. put on
The two pictures look the same to me. It's hard to one from the other.
A. speak B. say C. talk D. tell
—Terribly sorry! I have broken your glass!
A. Never mind B. All right C. You're welcome D. Right
