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[2023·±±¾©¾í£¬B]Sitting in the garden for my friend's birthday, I felt a buzz  (Õñ¶¯) 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 (Ä£ºý). 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 (ÊÓ½Ç) 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.

1£®How did the author feel upon seeing the email sender's name?

A£®Anxious.    B£®Angry.

C£®Surprised.    D£®Settled.

2£®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

3£®According to the author, the project with the robotics professor was ________£®

A£®demanding    B£®inspiring

C£®misleading    D£®amusing

4£®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.