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第1页共6页 多学科网书城四 品牌书店·知名教辅·正版资源 b.zxxk.com 您身边的互联网+教辅专家 UNIT4主题训练社会热点问题 1.阅读理解 (2023~唐山高三模拟)Three years into my postdoctoral(博士后)position,,I decided I needed a new career plan.After applying for more than two dozen teaching jobs,I hadn't landed a single interview.I was disappointed but not surprised.I was applying in the middle of the 2008 financial crisis,when many universities carried out hiring freezes,and my publication record didn't stand out. One day after my failed job search,my office mate was amazed by what a journal's scientific illustrator had done to the sketches (in her review article with artistic techniques.I thought to myself,.“That would be such a fun job.”A long dormant(蛰伏的) dream of becoming an artist began to stir. My family was bursting with mathematicians and engineers who pursued music and literature in their spare time,so it felt natural to have my daily life revolve around science, with art as my dreamy lunar companion.I had once considered going to art school but had put that idea aside when I decided to pursue chemistry as an undergraduate.In the years that followed,I kept up my interest in art by taking drawing and painting classes at night. I decided to test out a new career direction by creating similar illustrations for my institute's newsletters.I spent nights and weekends reading scientific papers and thinking about how to illustrate the results.It was a fun task-something that engaged my artistic, creative side and made use of my scientific training.I felt I was on the right path. It was exciting to find a career that drew on my diverse skill set.I did feel a sense of loss for not becoming an academic educator,and I worried I'd be letting down the people and institutions who'd invested time and resources in me.But it helped to remind me that my new career path wasn't removed from science.I now work as a visual designer at a biomedical research institute,not far from my husband's company,and my business is flying. 语篇解读：本文是记叙文。作者讲述了自己的