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Sitting in the garden for my friend's birthday.I felt a buzz（振动） in my pocket. My heart raced when I saw the email sender's name.The email started off：'Dear Mr Green， thank you for your interest' and 'the review process took longer than expected.'It ended with'We are sorry to inform you…'and my vision blurred（模糊）.The position﹣measuring soil quality in the Sahara Desert as part of an undergraduate research programme﹣had felt like the answer I had spent years looking for. I had put so much time and emotional energy into applying，and I thought the rejection meant the end of the road for my science career. So I was shocked when，not long after the email，Professor Mary Devon，who was running the programme，invited me to observe the work being done in her lab. I jumped at the chance，and a few weeks later I was equally shocked﹣and overjoyed﹣when she invited me to talk with her about potential projects I could pursue in her lab. What she proposed didn't seem as exciting as the original project I had applied to，but I was going to give it my all. I found myself working with a robotics professor on techniques for collecting data from the desert remotely.That project，which I could complete from my sofa instead of in the burning heat of the desert，not only survived the lockdown but worked where traditional methods didn't.In the end, I had a new scientific interest to pursue. When I applied to graduate school，I found three programmes promising to allow me to follow my desired research direction.And I applied with the same anxious excitement as before.When I was rejected from one that had seemed like a perfect fit，it was undoubtedly difficult.But this time I had the perspective（视角）to keep it from sending me into panic.It helped that in the end I was accepted into one of the other programmes I was also excited about. Rather than setting plans in stone，I've learned that sometimes I need to take the opportunities that are offered，even if they don't sound perfect at the time，and make the most of them. 24 How did the author feel upon seeing the email sender's name？ A.Anxious. B.Angry. C.Surprised. D.Settled. 25 After talking with Professor Devon，the author decided to . A.criticise the review process B.stay longer in the Sahara Desert C.apply to the original project again D.put his heart and soul into the lab work 26 According to the author，the project with the robotics professor was . A.demanding B.inspiring C.misleading D.amusing 27 What can we learn from this passage？ A.An invitation is a reputation. B.An innovation is a resolution. C.A rejection can be a redirection. D.A reflection can be a restriction.
【全文翻译】 我投入了大量的时间和情感能量去申请，我以为被拒绝意味着我科研生涯的结束。 所以，当我收到邮件后不久，负责这个项目的玛丽·德文教授邀请我去她的实验室观察正在进行的工作时，我感到震惊。我抓住了这个机会，几周后，当她邀请我和她一起讨论我可能在她的实验室进行的潜在项目时，我同样感到震惊——并且非常高兴。她提出的看起来并不像我申请的原始项目那么令人兴奋，但我会全力以赴。 我发现自己正在和一个机器人教授一起研究远程从沙漠中收集数据的技术。这个项目，我可以在沙发上完成，而不是在沙漠的炎热中，不仅在封锁期间生存下来，而且在传统方法无效的地方起作用。最后，我有了一个新的科学研究兴趣。当我申请研究生学校时，我找到了三个承诺让我追求我想要的研究方向的项目。我带着和之前一样的焦虑和兴奋申请。当我被一个看似完美的项目拒绝时，无疑是困难的。但这次我有了视角，使我免于陷入恐慌。最后，我被我也感到兴奋的其他项目之一录取了，这对我很有帮助。 我已经明白，与其把计划定在石头上，我有时需要抓住提供的机会，即使它们在当时听起来并不完美，也要尽力而为。 |
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