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2023-2024学年度外研版选择性必修四Unit4 Everyday economics 课时作业 课时作业(一)　主题阅读集群训练(限时40分钟) Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (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 hadnt 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 didnt stand out. One day after my failed job search, my office mate was amazed by what a journals scientific illustrator had done to the sketches (草图) 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 institutes 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 Id be letting down the people and institutions whod invested time and resources in me. But it helped to remind me that my new career path wasnt removed from science. I now work as a visual designer at a biomedical research institute, not far from my husbands company, and my business