单选题 Executive paychecks might grab the most headlines, but it"s top-tier medical professionals who are bringing in the biggest salaries, according to the most recent Occupational Employment Statistics survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Leading the list once again is anesthesiologist (麻醉师), with an average annual salary of $235070. General and specialized physicians dominate the 10 best-paying jobs in the country. Further down the list, internists, family and general practitioners, and psychiatrists continue the trend. According to the BLS, healthcare industry expansion means that employment for physicians and surgeons is expected to grow nearly 20% between 2012 and 2022—faster than the average for all occupations.
The lone representative of the corporate org. chart that makes the list is chief executive, coming in at number 10 with an average annual salary of $178400. While the relative absence of the C-suite in the top 10 best-paying jobs might raise a few eyebrows, the occupations at the other end of the spectrum pack fewer surprises. The worst-paying job in America is fast food cook, a job that pays an average of $9.07 hourly, or $18870 for those employed full-time, year-round.
In fact, restaurant and food-service industry jobs occupy the majority of rungs at the lowest end of the wage ladder, with various positions in food preparation, dish washing, and counter and cafeteria service all paying at or below about $20000 annually. Shampooers also bring in some of the lowest wages, at an average $9.09 per hour, or $18910 annually, as do theater ushers, amusement park attendants, and farm workers.
Perhaps more significant than the difference between wages at the top and bottom of the compensation spectrum is how many more people hold low-wage jobs than high-wage jobs. According to the BLS, "Most of the largest occupations were relatively low paying. Of the 10 largest occupations, only registered nurses, with an annual mean wage of $68910, had an average wage above the US all-occupations mean of $22.33 per hour or $46440 annually. Annual mean wages for the rest of the 10 largest occupations ranged from $18880 for combined food preparation and serving workers to $34000 for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive."
单选题 Which of the following occupations earns the most according to the most recent Occupational Employment Statistics survey?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 细节辨认题。定位段表明，根据美国劳工统计局最近的《职业就业统计》调查报告，虽然企业高管的薪水或许最能够受到媒体关注，但是收入最高的却是那些顶级的医疗专家。因此正确答案为A。
单选题 Which of the following occupations is at the bottom of earning list according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 细节辨认题。定位句指出，在美国，薪酬最低的工作当属快餐店厨师，这份工作的平均时薪只有9.07美元，全职年薪为18870美元，故答案为D。
单选题 What can we infer from paragraph 4?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 推理判断题。定位段讲的是餐饮服务行业工作占据了多数低薪职业。因此可以推断C“餐饮服务员有可能得到低薪”正确。选项D“洗发员是最穷的人”可能会带来困扰，第四段提到洗发员同样也是薪资最低的工作，但我们不能判断他们是不是最穷的人。所以本题答案为C。
单选题 What does the sentence "Perhaps more significant than the difference...is how many more people hold low-wage jobs than high-wage jobs." in paragraph 5 indicate?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 推理判断题。根据定位句可知，作者的观点是，人们应该关注低薪工作人数和高薪工作人数的差异，而非它们的薪水差异。这里强调的是人数差异。D“从事低薪工作的人比从事高薪工作的人多”强调的正是低薪与高薪工作人数的差异，故为答案。
单选题 What can we know according to the BLS?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 推理判断题。第二段末句讲的是医疗行业在未来可能会扩张，由此可排除A；第五段第三句提到，就业人数最多的十种职业中，仅有注册护士的平均年薪超过全美平均工资水平，但并未提具体人数，由此可排除B；C“职业人数越多，薪水越少”，文中没有明确提到，也可排除；D“大多数人数较多的职业薪水都更低”，与第五段意思相符，故为答案。