Engineering students are suppod to be examples of practicality and rationality

题文

Engineering students are suppod to be examples of practicality and rationality (理性), but when it comes to my college education I am an idealist and a fool. In high school I wanted to be an electrical engineer and, of cour, any reasonable student with my aims would have chon a college with a large engineering department, many famous professors and lots of good labs and rearch equipment. But that’s not what I did. I cho to study engineering at a small liberal-arts (文科) university that doesn’t even offer a major in electrical engineering. Obviously, this was not a practical choice; I came here for more noble reasons. I wanted a broad education that would provide me with flexibility and a value system to guide me in my job. I wanted to open my eyes and expand my vision by communicating with people who weren’t studying science or engineering. My parents, teachers and other adults praid me for such a wi choice. They told me I was wi and grown-up beyond my 18 years, and I believed them. I headed off to the college and sure I was going to have an advantage over tho students who went to big engineering "factories" where they didn’t care if you had values or were flexible. I was going to be a complete engineer: technical expert and excellent humanist all in one. Now I’m not so sure. Somewhere along the way my noble ideas crashed into reality, as all noble ideas finally do. After three years of struggling to balance math, physics and engineering cours with liberal-arts cours, I have learned there are reasons why few engineering students try to reconcile engineering with liberal-arts cours in college. The reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply don’t mix as easily as I suppod in high school. Individually they shape a person in very different ways. The struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult. 小题1:Why did the author choo to study engineering at a small liberal-arts university? A．He intended to become an engineer and humanist. B．He intended to be a reasonable student with noble ideals. C．He wanted to be an example of practicality and rationality. D．He wanted to communicate with liberal-arts students.小题2:According to the author, by communicating with people who study liberal arts, engineering students can ___________. A．become noble idealists B．broaden their knowledge C．find a better job in the future D．balance engineering and liberal arts小题3: Which word below can replace the underlined word “reconcile”?A．confuB．compareC．combineD．compete小题4:The underlined ntence in 1st paragraph means ___________.A．he has failed to achieve his ideal aimsB．he is not a practical and rational studentC．his choice of attending to a small liberal-arts university is reasonableD．his idea of combining engineering with liberal - arts is noble and wi小题5: The author suggests in this passage that ___________. A．liberal-arts students are supported to take engineering cours B．technical experts with a wide vision are expected in the society C．successful engineering students are more welcomed in the society D．engineering universities with liberal-arts cours are needed 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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小题1:A小题1:B小题1:C小题1:A小题1:B

解析

文章大意：作者讲述了一段自己的经历来说明自己不明智的选择。他抱着今后成为一名既是技 术专家又是人文主义者的目的选择在一所很小的文科大学里学习理科结果证明他的选择并非如他原来想像的那么理想。小题1:A文章第二段中间作者谈到了他这样选择的原因“I wanted to open my eyes and expand my vision by communicating with people...”。 小题1:B 文章第二段“I wanted to open my eyes and expand my vision by interacting with people who weren’t studying science or engineering.”中expand my vision 与选项A的broaden their horizons属于同义替代。小题1:C 考查词义推测。根据句意可知reconcile为“结合之意”。小题1:A 这句话的大概意思是工程类的学生被认为是很实际并很理性的但轮到我选择教育时我成了理想主义者和傻瓜。言下之意是他的教育失败了。 小题1:B从作者选择学校和专业的理由来推断社会需要知识面宽的专业人才。

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据考高分专家说，试题“Engineering students.....”主要考查你对 [人生感悟类阅读 ]考点的理解。 人生感悟类阅读

人生感悟类阅读的概念：

生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。

生活感悟类阅读解题指导：

一、文章特点： 生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。二、解题技巧：针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。