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 _________．
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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．
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A．
save
B．
spend
C．
pay
D．
make
(3)
The writer thinks that a high school graduate usually makes more money than _________．
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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
B．
＄68,200
C．
＄60,400
D．
＄26,000
(5)
From the last paragraph(段落)we know that _________．
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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
One of the world's greatest storytellers, Hans Christian Andersen was born on April 2nd, 1805, in Denmark．He was the son of a poor shoemaker．After his father's death he traveled to Copenhagen to try out for the theater．He hoped to become an actor, but his real talent was for writing and he first became known for his poetry．He also wrote plays, novels and travel books, but while many of these are now almost unknown outside Denmark, his fairy tales are famous around the world．
His first collection of fairy tales, Tales Told for Children, was published in 1835 and included such favorites as The Tinderbox and The Princess and the Pea．His most famous fairy tales, however, are The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling and The Snow Queen．There probably isn't a child in the world who hasn't read at least one of these, or had it read to him．
Shortly before his death, in August 1875, he was asked what music he would like to be played at his funeral．“It should be in time with little steps,”he said,“because most of the people at my funeral will be children．”
There is a statue(雕像)of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen Harbor．It was put there because the Danish are very proud of their most famous writer．
(1)
What is the main idea of this passage?
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A．
Hans Christian Andersen wrote several travel books．
B．
Hans Christian Andersen was born in Denmark．
C．
Hans Christian Andersen was famous for his writing．
D．
Hans Christian Andersen died in August 1875．
(2)
What did Andersen want to be at first?
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A．
An actor．
B．
A shoemaker．
C．
A writer．
D．
A bookseller．
(3)
What was the title of his first collection of fairy tales?
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A．
The Tinderbox．
B．
The Princess and the Pea．
C．
Tales Told for Children．
D．
The Little Mermaid．
(4)
Which fairy tales are his most famous ones?
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A．
The Princess and the Pea, The Little Mermaid and The Tinderbox．
B．
The Snow Queen, The Ugly Duckling and The Tinderbox．
C．
The Ugly Duckling, The Little Mermaid and The Snow Queen．
D．
The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen and The Princess and the Pea．
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