阅读理解Engineeringstudentsaresupposedtobeexamplesofpracticalityandrationality(理性)butwhenitcomestomycollegeeducationIamanidealistandafool.InhighschoolIwantedtobeanelectricalengineera

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　　Engineeringstudentsaresupposedtobeexamplesofpracticalityandrationality(理性)butwhenitcomestomycollegeeducationIamanidealistandafool.InhighschoolIwantedtobeanelectricalengineerandofcourseanyreasonablestudentwithmyaimswouldhavechosenacollegewithalargeengineeringdepartmentmanyfamousprofessorsandlotsofgoodlabsandresearchequipment.Butthat'snotwhatIdid.

　　Ichosetostudyengineeringatasmallliberal-arts(文科)universitythatdoesn'tevenofferamajorinelectricalengineering.Obviouslythiswasnotapracticalchoice;Icamehereformorenoblereasons.Iwantedabroadeducationthatwouldprovidemewithflexibility(灵活)andavaluesystemtoguidemeinmyjob.Iwantedtoopenmyeyesandexpandmyvision(眼界)bycommunicatingwithpeoplewhoweren'tstudyingscienceorengineering.Myparentsteachersandotheradultspraisedmeforsuchawisechoice.TheytoldmeIwaswiseandgrown upbeyondmy18yearsandIbelievedthem.

　　IheadedofftothecollegeandsureIwasgoingtohaveanadvantageoverthosestudentswhowenttobigengineering“factories”wheretheydidn'tcareifyouhadvaluesorwereflexible.Iwasgoingtobeacompleteengineer:technicalexpertandexcellenthumanistallinone.

　　NowI'mnotsosure.Somewherealongthewaymynobleideascrashedintorealityasallnobleideasfinallydo.Afterthreeyearsofstrugglingtobalancemathphysicsandengineeringcourseswithliberal-artscoursesIhavelearnedtherearereasonswhyfewengineeringstudentstrytoreconcile(协调)engineeringwithliberal-artscoursesincollege.

　　Therealitythathasblockedmypathtobecomethetypicalsuccessfulstudentisthatengineeringandtheliberalartssimplydon'tmixaseasilyas1supposedinhighschool.Individu-allytheyshapeapersoninverydifferentways.Thestruggletoreconcilethetwofieldsofstudyisdifficult.

　　1．Whydidtheauthorchoosetostudyengineeringatasmallliberal-artsuniversity?

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　　A．Heintendedtobecomeanengineerandhumanist.

　　B．Heintendedtobeareasonablestudentwithnobleideals.

　　C．Hewantedtobeanexampleofpracticalityandrationality.

　　D．Hewantedtocommunicatewithliberal-artsstudents.