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PAGE 1 PAGE 1 2018-2020学年名校高一下期末汇编——阅读B 【2020行知中学高一下期末】 (B) Race Race engineer Typical salary: You start at ￡25,000 and very soon earn more than ￡40,000 with just a few years’ experience. Senior race engineers earn ￡50,000 to ￡90,000. What the job involves: “A race engineer is the interpreter between the race-car mechanics and the driver,” says race engineer Jamie Muir. “The engineer takes feedback from the driver, analyses the data and gives this to the mechanics.” Qualifications: A university degree, usually in automotive/mechanical engineering or motorsport technology. Hands-on experience is essential. Worst thing about the job: The long hours. “Race engineers work 24/7,” says Chris Aylett, CEO of the Motorsport Industry Association. Ethical Ethical hacker Typical salary: A newly qualified hacker will usually have a minimum salary of ￡35,000 to ￡50,000. This rises to ￡60,000 to ￡90,000 when they become team leader. What the job involves: A company pays an ethical hacker to hack into its computer system to see how well it might fight a real attack. Qualifications: You don’t need a degree in computer science. The industry accepts people with a very wide range of qualifications and skills. Worst thing about the job: When you are testing the security of a new customer’s network and you find that they have already been hacked. Social engineer Social engineer Typical salary: Graduates start on ￡25,000. Your salary will rise to between ￡50,000 and ￡80,000. The job: Companies pay a social engineer to try to trick their employees and make them give the engineer secret information. Qualifications: Usually, social engineers have a degree in IT but an understanding of psychology is also useful. Worst thing about the job: Other people may misunderstand your job: social engineers are not spies but most people think they are. Social engineer Social engineer Typical salary: Graduates start on ￡25,000. Your salary will rise to between ￡50,000 and ￡80,000. The job: Companie