四六级

　　Engineering students are supposed to be examplesof practicality and rationality， but when it comesto mycollege education I am an idealist and a fool. Inhigh school I wanted to be an electrical engineer and,of course,any sensible student with my aims wouldhave chosen a college with a large engineeringdepartment，famous reputation and lots of goodlabs and research equipment. But that‘s not what Idid.

　　I chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts(文科)university that doesn‘t even offer amajor in electrical engineering. Obviously, this was not a practical choice; I came here for morenoble reasons. I wanted a broad education that would provide me with flexibility and a valuesystem to guide me in my career.I wanted to open my eyes and expand my vision byinteracting with people who weren’t studying science orengineering. My parents, teachers andother adults praised me for such a sensible choice. They told me I was wise and maturebeyond my 18 years,and I believed them.

　　I headed off to college sure I was going to have an advantage over those students who wentto big engineering “factories” where they didn‘t care if you have values or were flexible. I wasgoing to be a complete engineer: technical genius and sensitive humanist(人文学者)all in one.

　　Now I‘m not so sure. Somewhere along the way my noble ideals crashed into reality, as all nobleideals eventually do. After three years of struggling to balance math, physics and engineeringcourses with liberal-arts courses,I have learned there are reasons why few engineeringstudents try to reconcile(协调) engineering with liberal-arts courses in college.

　　The reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is thatengineering and the liberal arts simply don’t mix as easily as I assumed in high school.Individually they shape a person in very different ways; together they threaten to confuse.The struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.

　　1. The author chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts university because he________.

　　A. intended to be a combination of engineer and humanist

　　B. wanted to be an example of practicality and rationality

　　C. intended to be a sensible student with noble ideals

　　D. wanted to coordinate engineering with liberal-arts courses in college

　　2. According to the author，by interacting with people who study liberal arts，engineering students can ________.

　　A. broaden their horizons

　　B. become noble idealists

　　C. receive guidance in their careers

　　D. balance engineering and the liberal arts

　　3. In the eyes of the author，a successful engineering student is expected ________.

　　A. to be imaginative with a value system to guide him

　　B. to be a technical genius with a wide vision

　　C. to have an excellent academic record

　　D. to be wise and mature

　　4. The author‘s experience shows that he was ________.

　　A. creative

　　B. irrational

　　C. ambitious

　　D. Unrealistic

　　5. The word“they”in“together they threaten to confuse.”(Line 3，Para. 5) refers to________.

　　A. practicality and rationality

　　B. engineering and the liberal arts

　　C. reality and noble ideals

　　D. flexibility and a value system

　　参考答案：

　　1.[C] 事实细节题。根据文中第2段第3、4句的具体说明以及第3段末句的概括说明“我将成为一个完整的工程师：集理性的技术天才和感性的人文学者于一体。”可知C正确。

　　2.[A] 事实推理题。由文章第2段第4句“我想通过与非理工科的同学的相互交往来开阔我的视野”，可推断出A正确。其他均无原文依据或断章取义。

　　3.[B] 事实推理题。第3段最后一句说，“我将成为一个完整的工程师：集技术天才和人文学者于一体”，B“成为视野宽阔的技术天才”与原文相符，故选B。A、C、D均无原文支持或断章取义。

　　4.[D] 事实推理题。根据第4段第2句“我的崇髙理想与现实发生了冲突”，以及下文对于作者在协调文理科之间的困难可知，原文的想法是不现实的，故可推断D正确。

　　5.[B] 词义理解题。they—般指代前一句话中的复数名词,根据最后一段的第1、2句“…engineering and the liberal arts simply don’t mix as easily…together they threaten to confuse”可以推断，they指的是engineering and the liberal arts。

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