beyond my 18 years, and i believed them. I headed off to college sure i was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big engineering factories" where they didn t care if you have values or were flexible I was going 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 noble ideals eventually do. After three years of struggling to balance math, physics and engineering courses with liberal-arts courses, i have learned there are reasons why few engineering students try to reconcile(engineering with liberal-arts courses in college. The reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply dont 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. 26. The author chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts university because he A)wanted to be an example of practicality and rationality Intended to be a combination of engineer and humanist c)wanted to coordinate engineering with liberal-arts courses in college D)intended to be a sensible student with noble ideals 27. According to the author by interacting with people who study liberal arts, engineering students can A)balance engineering and the liberal arts B)receive guidance in their careers c become noble idealists D)broaden their horizons 28. In the eyes of the author a successful engineering student is expected A)to have an excellent academic record Bto be wise and mature C)to be imaginative with a value system to guide him D to be a technical genius with a wide vision 29. The authors experience shows that he was A) creative Ambitious C)unrealistic D)irrational 30. The word in n. together they threaten to confuse"(Line 3, Para. 5)refers to Engineering and the liberal arts Reality and noble ideals C)flexibility and a value system D) practicality and rationality Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. Priscilla Ouchida's energy-efficient"house turned out to be a horrible dream. when she andbeyond my 18 years, and I believed them. I headed off to college sure I was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big engineering “factories” where they didn’t care if you have values or were flexible. I was going 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 noble ideals eventually do. After three years of struggling to balance math, physics and engineering courses with liberal-arts courses, I have learned there are reasons why few engineering students 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 that engineering 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. 26. The author chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts university because he ________. A) wanted to be an example of practicality and rationality B) intended to be a combination of engineer and humanist C) wanted to coordinate engineering with liberal-arts courses in college D) intended to be a sensible student with noble ideals 27. According to the author, by interacting with people who study liberal arts, engineering students can ________. A) balance engineering and the liberal arts B) receive guidance in their careers C) become noble idealists D) broaden their horizons 28. In the eyes of the author, a successful engineering student is expected ________. A) to have an excellent academic record B) to be wise and mature C) to be imaginative with a value system to guide him D) to be a technical genius with a wide vision 29. The author’s experience shows that he was ________. A) creative B) ambitious C) unrealistic D) irrational 30. The word “they” in “... together they threaten to confuse.” (Line 3, Para. 5) refers to ________. A) engineering and the liberal arts B) reality and noble ideals C) flexibility and a value system D) practicality and rationality Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. Priscilla Ouchida’s “energy-efficient” house turned out to be a horrible dream. When she and