Engineeringstudentsaresupposedtobeexamplesofpracticalityandrationality，butwhenitcomestomycollegeeducationIamanidealistandafool.InhighschoolIwantedtobeanelectricalengineerand，ofcourse，anysensiblestudentwithmyaimswouldhavechosenacollegewithalargeengineeringdepartment，famousreputationandlotsofgoodlabsandresearchequipment.Butthat&lsquosnotwhatIdid.

Ichosetostudyengineeringatasmallliberal-arts（文科）universitythatdoesn&lsquotevenofferamajorinelectricalengineering.Obviously，thiswasnotapracticalchoiceIcamehereformorenoblereasons.Iwantedabroadeducationthatwouldprovidemewithflexibilityandavaluesystemtoguidemeinmycareer.Iwantedtoopenmyeyesandexpandmyvisionbyinteractingwithpeoplewhoweren&rsquotstudyingscienceorengineering.Myparents，teachersandotheradultspraisedmeforsuchasensiblechoice.TheytoldmeIwaswiseandmaturebeyondmy18years，andIbelievedthem.

IheadedofftocollegesureIwasgoingtohaveanadvantageoverthosestudentswhowenttobigengineeringfactorieswheretheydidn&lsquotcareifyouhavevaluesorwereflexible.Iwasgoingtobeacompleteengineer:technicalgeniusandsensitivehumanist（人文学者）allinone.

NowI&lsquomnotsosure.Somewherealongthewaymynobleidealscrashedintoreality，asallnobleidealseventuallydo.Afterthreeyearsofstrugglingtobalancemath，physicsandengineeringcourseswithliberal-artscourses，Ihavelearnedtherearereasonswhyfewengineeringstudentstrytoreconcile（协调）engineeringwithliberal-artscoursesincollege.

Therealitythathasblockedmypathtobecomethetypicalsuccessfulstudentisthatengineeringandtheliberalartssimplydon&rsquotmixaseasilyasIassumedinhighschool.Individuallytheyshapeapersoninverydifferentwaystogethertheythreatentoconfuse.Thestruggletoreconcilethetwofieldsofstudyisdifficult.

练习题：

Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:

1.Theauthorchosetostudyengineeringatasmallliberal-artsuniversitybecausehe（）（）.

A.intendedtobeacombinationofengineerandhumanist

B.wantedtobeanexampleofpracticalityandrationality

C.intendedtobeasensiblestudentwithnobleideals

D.wantedtocoordinateengineeringwithliberal-artscoursesincollege

2.Accordingtotheauthor，byinteractingwithpeoplewhostudyliberalarts，engineeringstudentscan（）（）.

A.broadentheirhorizons

B.becomenobleidealists

C.receiveguidanceintheircareers

D.balanceengineeringandtheliberalarts

3.Intheeyesoftheauthor，asuccessfulengineeringstudentisexpected（）（）.

A.tobeimaginativewithavaluesystemtoguidehim

B.tobeatechnicalgeniuswithawidevision

C.tohaveanexcellentacademicrecord

D.tobewiseandmature

4.Theauthor&lsquosexperienceshowsthathewas（）（）.

A.creative

B.irrational

C.ambitious

D.Unrealistic

5.Thewordtheyintogethertheythreatentoconfuse.（Line3，Para.5）refersto（）（）.

A.practicalityandrationality

B.engineeringandtheliberalarts

C.realityandnobleideals

D.flexibilityandavaluesystem

正确答案：1.C2.A3.B4.D5.B

答案解析：

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&mdash般指代前一句话中的复数名词，根据最后一段的第1、2句&hellipengineeringandtheliberalartssimplydon&rsquotmixaseasily&helliptogethertheythreatentoconfuse可以推断，they指的是engineeringandtheliberalarts。