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My fingers trembled as I signed the pre-medical application form. The watercolor brushes on my desk stared back at me like abandoned friends, I'm Lora, an 18-year-old who secretly drew brain diagrams on napkins while classmates drew cartoons.“Art feeds the soul but starves the body," Mom always said. Her words haunted me as my biology textbooks slowly buried my drawing pads
Then came the school career fair that changed everything. Dr. Eleanor Whitman from Harvard asked us to list our “hidden skills". My hand shook as I wrote "observing details”-something I'd leared from painting flower petals. “That's medical research’s most needed skil!!" she exclaimed, sharing how a student turned microbiol for them in advancestrations. My lab partner whispered, “Remember our photosynthesis (光合作用) comic?" For the first time. my two worlds didn't feel so separate.
The real surprise came during hospital volunteering. Watching surgeries, l noticed something the steady hands of doctors reminded me of my brushwork When a boy struggled to describe his pain, I drew a fire-breathing dragon on his cast. “You made medicine speak," the nurse said. Slowly, my drawing pads filled with cells that looked like colored-glass art and X-rays aranged like abstract paintings.
Mr, Dawson. our career counselor, helped connect these dots. On his whiteboard.my medical knowledge and art skills overlapped in a bright yellow circle labeled“Medical lllustration", He showed me job listings I never knew existed-graphic designers for science apps,3D modelers for anatomy(解剂)classes.“Your *impractical' skill makes you stand out" he said, pointing to my dragon drawing now used in pain management workshops.
Today, my microscope and paintbrushes share the same desk. The same hands that once hesitated between them now create 3D models of viruses for vaccine education. Sometimes I teach young patients to draw their feelings instead of describing them. My story isn't about heart and reality canceling each other out-they just multiply possibilities.
1. What can be inferred about Lora from paragraph 1?
A. She had given up the hobby of drawing.
B. She was excited about studying medicine
C. She felt tomn between art and medical study
D. She regretted not practicing painting earlier.
2.Dr. Eleanor thought of Lora's "hidden skills” as
A. a plus.
B. a leisure.
C. a distraction.
D. a burden.
3. How did Lora's hospital experience influence her?
A. It helped develop her surgical skills.
B. It directed her toward doctor training
C. It boosted her enthusiasm for abstract art.
D. It convinced her of art's role in healthcare.
4. What message does the author want to convey?
A. Follow the beaten track to success.
B, A picture is worth a thousand words.
C. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
D. Two strings to your bow light the way
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