The class teacher thought that hobbies were important for children. So she encouraged all her students to have one, and sometimes she arranged hobby shows for their parents to see as a result.
One morning the teacher told the class to have a holiday and get their hobby things to school before 5 p.m. A hobby show would be held the following afternoon.
So in the afternoon, the students with nothing to show did their lessons at school as usual, while the lucky ones had a holiday to go home for their hobby works.
When the afternoon lessons began, the teacher was surprised to see that Tommy was not there.   "I don't believe Tommy has a hobby," she thought. However, at a quarter to five. Tommy arrived with a beautiful collection of butterflies(蝴蝶) in glass case. The teacher liked the samples (标本) very much and put them on a desk in the classroom.   But, to her surprise, Tommy picked them up again and began to leave.
"What are you doing, Tommy?" she asked. "Those things must stay here until tomorrow afternoon.   That's when the parents are coming to see them. "
"I know that," answered Tommy, "and I will bring them back tomorrow, but my big brother doesn't want them to be out of our house at night. "
"But, aren't the butterflies yours?" asked the teacher.
"No," answered Tommy. "They are my brother's."
"But Tommy, you should show your own hobby here, not somebody else's. "
"I know that," answered Tommy. What surprised her most was the answer. "My hobby is watching my brother collecting butterflies. "
1. What did the class teacher think of hobbies for children?

A．Unwelcome.	B．Hopeless.
C．Harmful.	D．Important.

2. What time did Tommy get back to school that afternoon?

A．

B．

C．

D．

3. What would NOT happen the following afternoon?

A．The parents would enjoy the show in the classroom.

B．Tommy would bring the butterflies back.

C．The teacher would encourage her students for hobbies.

D．The butterflies would fly away.

4. Which was the teacher's greatest surprise?

A．Tommy was not at school as usual.

B．'Tommy picked the butterflies up again and began to leave.

C．Tommy said his hobby was watching his brother collecting butterflies.

D．Tommy came back to school before5 that afternoon.

5. What's the best title for this passage?

A．Important Hobbies	B．Tommy's Hobby
C．Different Hobbies	D．Collecting Butterflies

The designer of the Apple Computer, Steve Jobs, was not quite successful in his early years. He was not among the best students at school, and from time to time he got into trouble with either his schoolmates or his teachers. But he was full of new ideas, which few people saw the value of. Things remained the same when he went up to college and he dropped out halfway.

Steve Jobs worked first as a video game designer at Atari. He worked there for only a few months and then he set out to tour India. He hoped that the trip would give him more ideas and give him a change in life for the better.

After he returned from India, he began to live on a farm in California. And then, in l975, Steve Jobs set about making a new type of computer. Along with his friend Stephen Wozniak, he designed the Apple Computer in his bedroom and built it in his garage（车库）. He gave the name “Apple” because it reminded him of a happy summer he once spent on an orchard（果园）in Oregon.

His Apple Computer was so successful that Steve Jobs soon became worldwide famous. But unluckily, he died of illness in 2012.

6. Steve Jobs ________ when he was in school.

A．was an outstanding student	B．didn’t do very well
C．was always praised by others	D．didn’t learn anything

7. The underlined word “value” means _______.

A．beauty	B．chance
C．importance	D．hope

8. Steve Jobs _________.

A．received excellent college education

B．didn’t go to college at all

C．studied in college for 4 years

D．didn’t finish his college education

9. Steve Jobs named his computer company “Apple” because _______.

A．apple was his favorite fruit

B．he designed the computer under an apple tree

C．he wanted to remember the happy time on the orchard

D．the computer was designed on the orchard

10. Steve Job’s ______ would be the most important thing for his lifetime success.

A．“failure” in school	B．new ideas
C．travel on India	D．stay on the orchard

        What is a Chinatown? Is it a town in China? Of course not! The Chinatown is a part of a town area with a large number of Chinese residents(居民), usually outside China. Chinatowns are throughout the world, including those in East Asia, Southeast Asia, North America, South America, Australia, and Europe. The biggest one is in New York. It is a good place to go.

Shopping Shopping in the Chinatown is fun. You can find lots of things there. Most of them are made in China. ①Mott Street is the best place to shop because things there are not very expensive.

Eating The Chinatown has more than 200 restaurants. You can enjoy traditional Chinese food there. New Silver Palace Restaurant is one of the best Chinese restaurants.

Living Living in the Chinatown is comfortable. You can find hospitals, banks, libraries and supermarkets there. In some schools, students must study Chinese. Many overseas(海外的) Chinese send their children to these schools. ②They want their children to learn more about China and its culture.

11. The Chinatown is a living area ________.

A．in China	B．in a foreign country
C．in the countryside	D．in a shopping mall

12. New York in the United States has ________ Chinatown in the world.

A．the smallest	B．the largest
C．the funniest	D．the most boring

13. ________ is the best place to shop because things there are not very expensive.

A．South America	B．Europe
C．East Asia	D．Mott Street

14. In New York, you can go to New Silver Palace Restaurant to ________.

A．eat Chinese-style food	B．borrow magazines
C．have Western food	D．see a doctor

15. Many overseas Chinese want their children to ________.

A．live in a foreign country

B．know something about Chinatowns

C．read books in Chinese language

D．learn more about China and its culture

What's the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody mentions hard   work; others suggest knowledge, love and luck.

If you arrange(排列)the 26 English letters in order and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c. . . 26 for z, you can change an English word into a number. So hard work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98，meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 1+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5=96;love:12+15+22+5=54, and luck: 12+21+3+11=47，a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money? It can't, either.

Then what else? Don't be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things,   or your attitude. Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself : attitude:1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100，a full mark.

Different attitudes lead to different courses of life. Most time people hope for a better life. It is possible that they will have a better life if they change their attitudes. When you change your manner and became friendly toward others, you'll meet more smiling faces toward you. In the same way, if you take a positive attitude toward failure, you'll find it's also rewarding(有益的)though it has caused you losses(损失).

16. The writer thinks                 is the most important thing in a person's life.

A．hard work	B．knowledge
C．money	D．attitude

17. What is the mark of the word. "money" according to the passage?

A．73.

B．72.

C．75.

D．62.

18. According to the passage, if you meet with problems, the best way is to                 .

A．ask for help from others	B．hope to be lucky
C．change your attitude	D．try math-solving ways

19. From the passage we can learn that                   .

A．different attitudes come from different courses of life

B．sometimes failure can bring you good if you take a positive attitude

C．math can solve every problem easily in our daily life

D．none of the English words except "attitude" is 100 or more

Ask any student which subject he or she hates most, 9 out of 10 students will answer "math". No matter which country you visit, no matter which grade you are in, you may not learn art, geography, chemistry or Chinese, but you always learn math. Why is this so? How come so many students hate math, and yet cannot avoid learning it in school?
Jenny Sanders, a high school student in California, asks, "What good do we get from learning math? We can use computers to compute numbers, and we can use computers to store information. I think learning math at school is a waste of time."
However, there is much more to math than just learning to add and subtract(减)numbers.① In fact, math is not so much about calculation as it is about learning to think logically and solving problems. ②Of course，Jenny was right that we could use computers to do calculations, but how would we even know how to use the computer if we couldn't think logically? In short, computers are only tools when solving problems.
For example, imagine you are a cook and must serve dinner to 100 guests. How should you divide your resources so that you can get the job done most efficiently(高效地)?In situations like this, the ability to think logically will get you to a reasonable answer and solve your problem.
20. According to the passage, which subject do students always learn in different grades at school?

A．Chinese.

B．Math.

C．Geography.

D．Art.

21. What does Jenny Sanders think of learning math?

A．Interesting.

B．Boring.

C．Useless.

D．Difficult.

22. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．90% of the students hate learning math.

B．Students can learn math well with computers.

C．Math can do calculations and store information.

D．Math helps students learn all the other subjects well.

23. What does the writer want to tell us ?

A．Math is just learning to add and subtract numbers.

B．Math can be good for both our body and our mind.

C．Math helps us think logically and solve problems.

D．Math can help students find a good job in the future.

Two children stood outside the door with old coats.
"Any old papers, lady?" asked one of them.
I was busy. ①I wanted to say no, but I saw that
their shoes had holes in them and that they were wet.
"Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot tea." They
came in, saying nothing. Their shoes left prints on the floor.
I gave them tea and bread to protect them from the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started my housework again.
The silence in the living room surprised me. I looked in.
The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked me in a low voice, "lady, are you rich?"
Am I rich? Oh, no! I looked at the old things in my room.
The girl put her cup back in its saucer (茶碟)carefully and said, "Your cups match(相配)your saucers."
Then they left, holding their papers against the wind. They hadn't said thank you. They didn't need to. They had done more than that. They had reminded me that I had so much to thank for. The blue cups and saucers were simple, but they matched. The potatoes and meat before me, a roof over my head, my husband with a job-these things matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The prints of their small shoes were still wet on my floor. I let them be. ②I wanted them there to remind me how rich I was.
24. The writer let the two children in to       .

A．serve them tea and food

B．sell them some old papers

C．show them how rich she was

D．offer them some warm clothes

25. Why did the children think the writer was rich?

A．He liked the saucer.

B．The room was quite large.

C．The cups matched the saucers.

D．She was kind and ready to give.

26. We can learn from the passage that        .

A．the writer felt everything matched

B．the writer's husband was out of work

C．the children talked happily in the room

D．the children thanked a lot before leaving

27. The underlined sentence "I let them be." means "        ".

A．I loved them.	B．I left them there.
C．I didn't like them.	D．I didn't want to see them again.

28. According to the passage, whether you are rich depends on         .

A．what job you are doing

B．what you have

C．how much money you have

D．how you feel about your life

If you have a brother or sister, you already know you are different from each other. You live together in the same house and have the same parents, but you have different personalities.
Why is this? One possible reason is the way your parents treat you. First-born children receive all the attention from their parents. Most families have twice as many photos of a first-born than any other child. Parents usually give first-born more responsibility and depend on them to take care of younger brothers and sisters. As a result, first-borns are often responsible, hard-working, and jealous. They often want to do well at school and work. There are more first-born American Presidents, for example, George Bush, George Washington, and Lyndon Baines Johnson-than second or last-born children.
When a second child arrives, parents are more relaxed.   The second child has to compete with the first-born for the parents’ attention and love. Their children often choose different sports and hobbies to do well at school and work, but have to be creative to get their family’s attention. They are often friendly and cool. Many famous talk-show hosts were born last.
29. The writer thinks that the second children are often ______.

A．outgoing and jealous	B．cool and friendly
C．hard-working and serious	D．creative and responsible

30. The underlined word “jealous” means______ in the passage.

A．友好的

B．冷静的

C．快乐的

D．嫉妒的

31. ______is usually the happiest in the family according to the passage.

A．The eldest child.	B．The second child.
C．The youngest child.	D．The father.

32. We can learn from the passage that     .

A．the second child is very similar to the first-born child

B．brothers and sisters usually have the same personalities

C．it’s easy for the second child to get his or her parents’ attention

D．there are more first-born successful people than second or last-born people

33. The passage is mainly about ______.

A．birth order and personalities

B．the personalities of the second child in a family

C．the personalities of the eldest child in a family

D．the personalities of the youngest child in a family

Up to 65% of children don't get as much sleep as they should do, and this can make them nervous and slower at school, scientists say.
So how long should young people sleep each night?   The answer is between eight and ten hours. If you don't get enough sleep at night, you'll have less energy the next day.
①But the scientists say many children have missed out on 4, 500 hours of sleep by the time they are seven years old. They say that children miss sleep because they have TVs and computers in their rooms，and busy parents don't read to their younger children at night any more. The traditional "bedtime story" helps children to relax and fall asleep peacefully. Children with TVs and computers in their bedrooms are more likely to sleep badly, and to get less than eight hours' sleep. Even losing one hour's sleep a night can mean that children do less well at school.
German scientists think that your brain(大脑)keeps working while you are asleep.②To show that they were right，they gave two groups of people a problem to work out. One group went to sleep, and the other group stayed awake. The result? The people who slept worked out the answer
more quickly. This showed that their brains had been trying to find the answer while the people were asleep. So, make sure you get enough sleep tonight, and you'll be at your best tonight, and you'll be at your best tomorrow!
34. What problem do more than a half of students have?

A．They don't get on well with their studies.

B．They don't have enough sleep at night.

C．They don't relax themselves at school.

D．They don't follow their school rules

35. According to the third paragraph, what influences many children's sleep worst?

A．Their parents' noise.	B．Bedtime stories.
C．Too much homework.	D．TV and computers.

36. The German scientists' experiment showed that _______.

A．our study depended on our sleep

B．our sleep helped improve our health

C．our brain worked while we were asleep

D．our brain worked faster during sleep

37. This passage is mainly written for _______.

A．parents	B．school teachers
C．scientists	D．young students

What’s going to happen in the future? Will robots control our planet? Will computers become smarter than us? Not likely. But here are some things that scientists say are most likely to happen in 10 to 30 years from now, according to the BBC.

Digital money

We used to pay with cash(现金) for everything we bought. Now when we use a credit card(信用卡) to shop online, money is spent without us seeing it. That means we are already using digital money. Using a card is much easier than searching our pockets for change. It is also safer than carrying a lot of cash.

When ATM cards were first introduced, they were not accepted everywhere. But now it’s hard to live without them. It’s reported that people in Sweden completely stopped using cash last year, and the US might be next.

Bionic(仿生的) eye

It’s no longer something only in a science fiction movie. People who are blind may have a chance to get their sight back—by wearing bionic eyes.

A blind eye can no longer sense light, but a bionic eye can use a camera to “see” the environment and send data(数据) to the mind. Now the bionic eye only allows patients to see lights and unclear shapes. A high resolution(高清的) image could be just a few years away.

Self-driving cars

Unlike a human driver, a self-driving car won’t get distracted(分神) by a phone call, the radio or something outside the window. Sensors(探测器) and cameras on the car would allow it to stick strictly to the rules of the road and keep a safe distance from other cars. This would greatly reduce the number of road accidents. You could even take a nap while the car drives itself. In the future, driver-less cars would be widely accepted.

38. ______ has stopped using cash completely.

A．Sweden

B．ATM

C．BBC

D．America

39. What does the writer mainly tell us about digital money?

A．We use digital money to shop online without paying money.

B．Digital money is most likely to be used instead of cash.

C．Using cash is easier and safer than a credit card.

D．ATM cards are always popular.

40. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Bionic eyes only appear in the science fiction film.

B．Human drivers won’t get distracted by something outside.

C．The blind wearing bionic eyes may see clearly in the future.

D．There will be no road accident at all if self-driving cars are used.

41. From the report, we can learn some information about ______.

A．culture and Art	B．industry and farming
C．science and technology	D．traffic and journey

42. Which of the following can be predicted(预测) from the passage?

A．There would be a number of self-driving cars on the road.

B．The blind could use cameras to see things around.

C．We would live a hard life with digital money.

D．Robots would control the world.

Scientists find that hardworking people live longer than others. Career(职业)women are healthier than housewives. Facts show that the jobless are in poorer health than the job holders.
Why is work good for health? ①It's because work can keep people busy, away from loneliness or solitude. Studies show that people feel unhappy, worried and lonely when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest people are those who are busy. ② Many successful people who love their work feel that they're the happiest when they're working hard. By working together,
people can often meet others and find friendship and warmth. This is helpful to health.
Work can give one a sense of fulfillment(满足). Work makes one feel his value in society.
When a writer finishes his writing, he feels very happy.
From the above we can learn that the more you work, the happier and healthier you will be.
Let us work hard and study well and live a happy and healthy life.
43. The underlined word " solitude" in the passage means "_____" in Chinese.

A．担心

B．孤独

C．幸福

D．充实

44. Why is work helpful to health ?

A．people can find friendship and warmth by working with others.

B．people feel happy when they are busy with their housework.

C．the more work people do, the more money they will make.

D．work makes people feel their value at home.

45. The writer tells us that ______.

A．life is too short to worry about others

B．the loss of work means the loss of ability

C．people should make good use of every minute of their lives

D．working can give people a happy and healthy life

46. The loss of work means people may ______.

A．become poorer and poorer

B．lose their value at home

C．feel unhappy, worried and lonely

D．die soon

47. What's the best title for this passage ?

A．Work Makes Man busy

B．Hard Work Make Man Rich

C．Work Is Good for Your Health

D．Jobless Means Happy

The eagle has the longest life of its group. It can reach up to 70 years. But to reach this age, the eagle must make a hard and painful decision. When an eagle reaches near 40, its short sharp beak becomes bent (弯曲的). Its long and once flexible (灵活的) talons can no longer catch animals or birds for food. And its old and heavy wings with thick feathers on its body make it difficult to fly. Then, the eagle has only tow choices: to die or to go through a painful time of change which needs five months.

When the eagle feels weak and is about to die, it goes to a place far away on the top of a mountain and sits on a nest. For a new life, the eagle knocks its beak against a rock until it pulls its beak out. After pulling it out, the eagle waits for a new beak to grow. And then it pulls out its talons and old feathers. It takes the eagle five months to complete its change and get a new life. We can call it its rebirth. So it can live for 30 more years.

Like the eagle, we human beings sometimes need to make some changes to get out of our difficulty. In miserable condition, we have to change our ways of life. The changing may be very painful. But sometimes we have to throw off our old habits, memories and traditions. We can’t go on with all our past burdens (重负).

48. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．When an eagle reaches near 40, its short sharp beak is still straight.

B．For a new life, the eagle knocks its talons against a rock.

C．If the eagle doesn’t change itself, it will have a new life.

D．The writer’s idea is that we can’t go on with all our past burdens.

49. The underlined word “miserable” here probably means “     ”.

A．terrible

B．good

C．lonely

D．lucky

50. The best title for the passage can be “       ”.

A．The death of the eagle

B．The living period of the eagle

C．A good and easy decision

D．Rebirth of the eagle

Antifreeze is a liquid(液体) that is added to water to keep it from freezing． When water freezes and turns to ice，it expands(膨胀)．The force of water expanding is so great that it will break the hardest metal．Water is used in car engines(发动机) to keep them cool while they run，and if this water is allowed to freeze in winter it can break the iron block of the engine．That is why antifreeze is necessary．
Water freezes at 0℃；the usual kind of antifreeze will not freeze until the temperature is－40℃．A mixture(混合物) of five parts of water and four parts of antifreeze will prevent freezing at－18℃；four parts of water and five parts of antifreeze reduce this to －22℃．
Alcohol is a kind of good antifreeze，but when the air is running it becomes hot and the alcohol boils away，so it must be changed very often．Most people use antifreeze that does not boil away when the engine is running．There are several chemicals that do this．One of the most popular is called ethylene glycol．
51. people use ________ to keep car engines cool．

A．antifreeze

B．water

C．alcohol

D．ethylene glycol.

52. The usual kind of antifreeze freezes at ________．

A．0℃

B．－18℃

C．－22℃

D．－40℃

53. We use antifreeze in order to ________．

A．keep alcohol in water

B．stop ice from becoming water

C．make the freezing point of water lower

D．raise the freezing point of water

54. Besides alcohol，________ is another kind of popular antifreeze．

A．water

B．ethylene glycol

C．any chemical

D．any mixture

55. The text is written to ________．

A．tell us what antifreeze is

B．make people buy antifreeze

C．tell us that cars need antifreeze

D．show us how to protect car engines

Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for the London bus. The bus for London would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in line; others were walking about. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in order.①Tom looked around but there was nowhere for him to sit.
He walked into the station cafe. He looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down, facing a large mirror on the wall. Just then, John, one of Tom's friends，came in and sat with Tom.
"What time is your bus?" asked John
"Oh, there is plenty of time yet," answered Tom.
"Oh, I'll get you some more tea then," said John.
They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again.
"Good heavens! It's going backward!" he cried. "A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it's half past eleven."
"You are looking at the clock in the mirror," said John.
Tom wanted to kick himself for being so foolish.② The next bus was not to leave for another hour. He has never liked mirrors since then.
56. The London bus left _____.

A．at 11:55	B．at 5:12
C．before 11:55	D．after 11:55

57. Tom walked into the station cafe because _____.

A．John asked him to have a cup of tea

B．he wanted a drink there

C．he would meet a friend of his

D．it was early and he couldn't find a place to sit in the station

58. What time was it in fact when he look at the clock again?

A．Half past twelve.

B．Half past eleven.

C．Twenty to twelve.

D．Half past one.

59. When we look at a clock in the mirror, we'll see       .

A．the right time

B．it is going slower

C．it is going backward

D．it is going fast

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they____the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.
There is another difficult point for us to understand .Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off from our work to act as guides to our friends: It is opposite in America, Americans cannot manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.
For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!
60. The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 1 may mean “_______”.

A．keep out

B．give up

C．pay no attention to

D．continue

61. Which of the following is the typical way of American hospitality?

A．Treating friends at home.

B．Taking days off to be with friends.

C．Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.

D．Sharing everything they have.

62. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Americans are always generous with their time.

B．Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.

C．Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.

D．Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.

63. This passage is most probably written for _____                 .

A．American students

B．Chinese students

C．Chinese visitors to America

D．American visitors to China

I came to study in the USA a year ago. Yet I did not know the real American society until I injured in an accident, because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court(法院).
After the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and decided to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was very surprised. He had a good reason to charge me, he said. ①And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible(负责)for my injury, I'd have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer.②Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him.
But every time I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another, yet he charged me $115 each time. The final examination report was only ten lines, and it cost me $215.
My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident,   yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided not to ask for him again. And he made me pay him $770.
Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Because of my inexperience, I told the insurance company(保险公司)the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for time, and I left without getting a cent.
My experiences taught me two things about America: Firstly, in America money is everything. It is more important than friendship, honor or professional morality. Secondly, foreigners are still being unfairly treated. So when we talk about America, we should see both its good and bad sides.
64. The writer 's roommate offered to help him because        .

A．he thought it was a chance to make some money

B．he felt sorry for the writer

C．he knew the doctor was a very good one

D．he wanted the writer to have a good lawyer

65. A good doctor is necessary for the writer to         .

A．be properly treated

B．talk with the person responsible for the accident

C．become healthy before he leaves America

D．finally get the responsible party to pay for his injury

66. The underlined word "charge" in this passage means "       ".

A．be responsible	B．be careful
C．ask for money	D．get an answer

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 $42,000. 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.
67. 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

68. According to the passage, “earning power” means the ability to ___________ money.

A．save

B．spend

C．pay

D．make

69. 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