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The day before the deadline for this article,I had no clue what I was going to write about. I took my problem to the editor-in-chief, and.he said to me:“Don’t worry; you’re creative. ”
I’m not sure where the editor-in-chief reached the conclusion that I was “creative”. Maybe it was through the poems I wrote. Personally, I simply enjoy writing because it’s fun. There’s also the fact that I can’t draw or do anything else creatively, I’m equally sure that there are people in the boat on the other side who can make things look excellent, but can’t write a poem.
At this point you probably want to ask me what poetry and art have to do with engineering. For one, it makes you a more rounded person, making you a better engineer. More importantly, as an engineer, you will be faced with many problems every day. There are some that can be solved by consulting a textbook, but more often than not, you will need that thing in your brain to put together things in a completely original combination to solve the problem at hand.
Think of the wonderful things that creative engineers have done. Civil engineers have made the road more long-lasting so we don’t have to close them for repairs as often. Coming up with a new innovation (创新) is similar to writing a good poem. It’s not some-thing you plan to do. The critical moment comes unexpectedly in the middle of nowhere. You don’t think about what you’re doing, you simply do. After some mad struggling you take a look at the end product and say to yourself, “This is a masterpiece. ” This is perhaps the greatest personal satisfaction one can
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| In 2004, I was 22 years old and had just come back to Brazil after 14 months in England, holding my Cambridge Proficiency certificate. After nervously 1 a short training course, I began to give classes to my 12 students, all of them older than I was. I 2 hard to remain clam in class and 3 they wouldn't find out how unconfident I felt most of the time. I was quite 4 , actually, until the end of 5 and the night of the final oral test. The test was going to start at 7 pm, and at 6:50, I 16 myself in the teachers bathroom to 17 all the test questions again. I really wanted to learn the 18 by heart so no one would think I was an inexperienced tester. The 19 is, I actually locked myself in the bathroom. I 20 couldn't get out! The bell rang at 7 pm and I could hear the noise in the halls 21 the students went to their rooms. I tried hard to 22 the bathroom door, but failed. I heard the cleaning lady's voice and asked for help as 23 as I could. However, she wasn't exactly a thoughtful person, and started 24 . "Diana's locked in the bathroom!" Shame had fallen upon me! 25 , the course director, the secretary and some teachers were outside the bathroom trying to get me out, and, 26 , my students gathered outside too, happily saying things like "Aren't we 27 ! No test today!" All I could do was 28 , and my entire 29 was waiting for me outside, naughty smiles on their faces." 30 ! Teacher." They said, "We know you are human too!" They all passed their test. True to the Brazilian style, we all went out for a beer afterwards, and laughed the whole thing off. | ||||
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