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Mostpeoplegraduatefromschoolandthengetajob.Everyonewantsajobthatpayswell.

Howmuchmoneycanyoumake?Askyourselfthesequestions:WhatcanIdo?WhatskillsdoI

have?Alsoaskyourself:HowmucheducationdoIhave?Formostjobs,thehigheryour

education,thehigheryourearningpower.

IntheUnitedStates,highschoolgraduatesmakeabout$18,600ayear.Ifyoudonotfinish

highschool,youmakeonly$10,800ayear.Youcanmake$7,800moreeachyearbystayingin

highschool!

Ifyoustayinschool,thenyoucanmakemoremoney.Apersonwithahighschooldegree

makesabout$18,600ayear.Ifthatpersongoestocollegeandgetsabachelor'sdegree（學(xué)士學(xué)位）,

hecanmakeS42,000.Withamaster'sdegree（碩士學(xué)位），hecanmakeabout$53,000.Ifthe

persongetsaPhD（博士學(xué)位）,hecanmakealmost$79,000ormoreayear.

Wecanlearnaveryimportant,thingfromthisinformation.Ifyouwanttoworkandmake

moremoney,getagoodeducation.

1.Thepassagemainlytalksabout.

A.howeducationandpayareconnectedB.highpayingjobs

C.jobsforhighschoolstudentsD.goodschools

2.Accordingto（根據(jù)）thepassage,"earningpower“meanstheabilitytomoney.

A.saveB.spendC.payD.make

3.Thewriterthinksthatahighschoolgraduateusuallymakesmoremoneythan.

A.auniversitygraduateB.apersonwhogetsaPhD

C.apersonwhoonlyfinishesprimaryschoolD.apersonwithamaster'sdegree

4.EachyearapersonwithaPhDcanmakemorethanapersonwhodoesnotfinishhighschool.

A.$37,000B.$68,200C.$60,400I）.$26,000

5.Fromthelastparagraph（段落）weknowthat.

A.ahighschooldegreeisnotimportantB.universityistooexpensive

C.apersoncanmakemoremoneywithagoodeducation

D.peoplewithadegreedon'tneedtowornaboutfindingjobs

B

TimeTempGlasses

Areyouapersonwhowantstoknowthetimeandtemperatureduringtheday?Youmightlike

TimeTempGlasses.Thesespecialglassesshowthetimeaboveyourrighteyeandthetemperature

aboveyourlefteye.Itissurelyeasierthanwearingawristwatch,andyouneverhavetoguessthe

temperature.

Alarm（警示）Fork

Doyoueattooquickly?Doyoueattoomuch?HowcantheAlarmForkhelpyou?Aren'tyou

curious（好奇的）？Well,thisspecialforkhastwolights:onegreenandonered.Whenthegreen

lightison,it'sOKtoeatapieceoffood.Thefork“knows“whenyoueatapiece,andsoonthered

lightgoeson.Waitforthegreenlightbeforeyoueatanotherpiece.

SmellThis

Howdoyouknowifyourbreathsmellsnice,orifitsmellsbad?Il'sdifficulttoknow,because

it'sveryhardtosmelltheairthatcomesoutofyourownmouth.SmellThisisusefulforthis

situation.SmellThiscoversyournoseandyourmouth.Doesyourbreathsmellnice,ordoyou

needapieceofgum（口香糖）?

BananaSuitcase（手提箱）

Hasthiseverhappenedtoyou?Youputabananainyourbaglunchinthemorning,andwhen

youopenthebagatnoon,thebananalookslikesomeonedroveacaroverit.Ifyouputyour

bananaintheBananaSuitcase,thiswillneverhappen.Itkeepsabananasafe,delicious,and

lookinglikeabanana!

6.Thewriterthinksthatthefourinventionsare.

A.dangerousB.uselessC.unusualD.expensive

7.Apersonwhowantstoloseweightmaybeinterestedin.

A.TimeTempGlassesB.AlarmForkC.SmellThisD.BananaSuitcase

8.Whichinventionismosthelpfulforsomeonewaitingforatrain?

A.TimeTempGlasses.B.AlarmIink.C.SmellThis.D.Banana

Suitcase.

9.Ifyouwanttoknowhowyourbreathis,youmaybuy.

A.TimeTempGlassesB.AlarmForkC.SmellThisD.BananaSuitcase

10.WhomightusetheBananaSuitcase?

A.Apersonwhoeatsbananasonlyathome.

B.Someonewhoneedstothrowawayabanana.

C.Apersonwhohaslittleinterestineatingbananas.

D.Someonewholovesbananasandbringslunchtoschooleveryday.

C

Herearetwostoriesfromdifferentpartsoftheworld.Theyseemstrangebut,believeitor

not,theyrealltrue!

JohnLeewasanEnglishmanwhorefusedtobehanged!In1884thepolicesaidLeehad

killedanoldwomanwhoheusedtoworkwith.TherewasnothingtoshowthatLeehadkilledthe

woman.Leetoldthepolicehehadn'tdoneit,butnoonebelievedhimandhewasgoingtobe

hanged.Onthedayofthehanging,however,thedoorinthefloor,throughwhichLee'sbody

wouldfall,didnotopen.Theytriedthreetimesbuteachtimethedoorstayedclosed,eventhough

ithadworkedwellthedaybefore.IntheendtheysentLeebacktoprison,wherehelivedforthe

nexttwenty-twoyears.Atalltimes,JohnLeesaidhehadn'tkilledthewoman,andhebelievedit

wasthe"handofGod"thathadsavedhimfromdeathbyhanging.

ThepoliceinVenezuela（委內(nèi)瑞拉）inSouthAmericafollowedamanhomeonenight.He

wasthethieftheywantedtocatch.However,halfofhishousewasstandinginVenezuelaandthe

otherhalfwasstandinginColombia（哥倫比亞）.Venezuela'sneighbor.Whenthepoliceentered

thehouse,themanranupstairstohisbedroom,whichwasinColombia,andcalledhislawyer（律

師）.TheVenezuelanpolicewerenotallowedtoenterColombiasotheycouldnotenterthe

bedroom.TheyaskedthepoliceinColombiatohelp.TheColombianpolicerefusedtohelp

becausetheman'scrime（罪行）wasnotacrimeinColombia.Intheend,theVenezuelanpolice

gaveupandwentbacktothepolicestation.

11.Theunderlined（下戈U線）word"hanged"inthispassageprobablymeans.

A.shutinaroomB.questionedbythepolice

C.killedbyputtingaropearoundtheneckD.keptinaplace

12.Whatdoweknowaboutthedoorinthefloor?

A.Ithadopenedthedaybeforethehanging.B.Ithadbeenbrokenalongtime.

C.Afterthreetimes,itopened.D.JohnLee'sdeadbodyfellthroughit.

13.Fromthestoryweknowthatthethiefsbedroomwas.

A.inVenezuelaB.inColombia

C.inneitherVenezuelanorColombiaD.inbothVenezuelaandColombia

14.Whydidn'ttheVenezuelanpolicegointotheman'sbedroom?

A.Theydidn'tknowwhereitwas.

B.TheVenezuelanpolicewerenotallowedtoenterColombia.

C.ThepoliceinColombiatoldthemthattheywouldhelp.

D.ThepoliceinColombiatoldthemnottogoinside.

15.ThepoliceinColombiadidn'thelpthepoliceinVenezuelatocatchthethiefbecause

A.theydidn'tknowwherehewasB.thepoliceinVenezueladidn'taskforhelp

C.theman'slawyertoldthemnottohelp

D.theman'scrimewasnotacrimeinColombia

D

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