Getting through university increases students' eaningsoy 25%o, on average, or 220,000 over their lftime, acording to Professor lan Walker of Warwick Uniersity but if hey study Shakespeare or the peasants' revolt instead of anatomy or contact law, those gains are likely to be completely wiped out. The government is about to allow universities to charge students up to S3.000 a year fr their degrees, arguing that it's a small price to pay compared with the financial rewards graduates gain later in life. But Prof. Walker's research shows there are sharp changes in returns according to which subject a student takes. Law, medicine and economics or business are the most lucrative choices, making their average earnings 25% higher,according to the article. Scientists get 10-15% extra. At the bottom of the list are arts subjects, which make only a“sall" difference to earnings-- a small negative one, in fact. Just ahead are degrees in education--which leaves hard pressed teachers an average of 5% better off a year than if they had left school at 18.“lt's hard to resist the conclusion that what students learn does matter a lot; and some subject areas give more modest financial returns than other," Prof. Walker said. As an economist, he was quick to point out that students might gain non-financial returns from arts degrees: "Studying economics might be very dull, for example, and studyingpost- modernism might be a lot of fun.6. What is the best title for the passage?

One old and bitter debate in student union bars all over the country IS resoivea as acaaemic reseaicn uIIII uar山inancial terms at least, arts degrees are a complete waste of time. Getting through university increases students' eaningsoy 25%o, on average, or 220,000 over their lftime, acording to Professor lan Walker of Warwick Uniersity but if hey study Shakespeare or the peasants' revolt instead of anatomy or contact law, those gains are likely to be completely wiped out. The government is about to allow universities to charge students up to S3.000 a year fr their degrees, arguing that  it's a small price to pay compared with the financial rewards graduates gain later in life. But Prof. Walker's research  shows there are sharp changes in returns according to which subject a student takes. Law, medicine and economics or business are the most lucrative choices, making their average earnings 25% higher,according to the article. Scientists get 10-15% extra. At the bottom of the list are arts subjects, which make only a“sall" difference to earnings-- a small negative one, in fact. Just ahead are degrees in education--which leaves hard pressed teachers an average of 5% better off a year than if they had left school at 18.

“lt's hard to resist the conclusion that what students learn does matter a lot; and some subject areas give more modest financial returns than other," Prof. Walker said. As an economist, he was quick to point out that students might gain non-financial returns from arts degrees: "Studying economics might be very dull, for example, and studying

post- modernism might be a lot of fun.

6. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Professor Walker's Research.

B. How to Make Big Money.

C. Differences between Science and Arts Degrees.

D. Studying Arts Has Negative Financial Outcome.

7. Universities charge students a rather high tuition mainly because.

A. they provide the students with very prosperous subjects to learn

B. they assume that their graduates can earn much more than they had paid

C. they don't get financial support from the government

D. they need much revenue to support the educational expenses

8. The underlined word“'lucrative" (Line 1, Para.3) most probably means___

A. sensible

B. creative

C. profitable

D. reliable

9. Law, medical and business graduates could earn 25% more than_.

A. education graduates

B. arts graduates

c. those who had not studied at the university

D. the average income