# Art-based training for engineers - 科目：雅思阅读真题（Part 3） - 考频：超高频 - 最近考试：2017.2.18 - 题目数：14 - 来源页：https://www.yaquan.site/paper/af832a11-e63f-46e8-955c-17d1198bebbb（在线机考练习与音频请访问该页面） - 数据更新：2026-10-29 ## 题目原文 An assessment of how effective an art-based program was in improving the communication skills of engineers. A The CONNECT Program in the Engineering School of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art has served as a laboratory for testing the effectiveness of art-based learning for technical graduates. B Our underlying concept with CONNECT is that most communication breakdowns involving engineers happen because they know every aspect of their subject matter and assume that others do too. Engineers spend a great deal of time ensuring their work is accurate, and their solutions to engineering problems are workable, meet official requirements, are environmentally sound, and so on. They are persuaded by sound content. Others may not be. C Communicating with an audience is essentially a social skill with a behavioral basis. A fact that becomes all too apparent when one's audience has a divergent set of assumptions. Failing to understand your audience opens up an 'audience gap'. To give engineering graduates the skills to close this gap, CONNECT turned to the theatre. Performing artists specialize in the effective communication of any content—good, bad, or indifferent—through vocal, physical, and socially appropriate behaviors keyed to a particular audience. CONNECT applied stage movement analysis to interaction with clients, meetings with colleagues, and job interviews. It also made use of vocal and physical exercises and directing techniques, to equip technical personnel for the everyday communication challenges they face, as well as for formal talks. D Attending workshops based on the CONNECT model resulted in observably improved behaviors. Our data demonstrate that, while not every engineer is likely to become a great communicator, almost all are capable of becoming better communicators. In a survey of corporate recruiters, potential employees who had taken one or more CONNECT workshops were rated higher overall in areas such as confidence and maturity than those who had not participated in CONNECT. Those who had taken a range of workshops, including one in advanced non-verbal behavior, were rated even higher. These results were achieved after mixed early assessment results led us to significantly refine our methods. E Just as important to the improvements we saw after the first year was an adjustment to how we approached the students themselves. We needed to practice what we preached, and that meant understanding our own audience of young engineers. We needed to behave in ways that would get through to them. Too often in early workshops, our performer-facilitators assumed that a technical audience would respond to theatrical training material in the same positive way that performers did. However, we came to realize that technical audiences need to be approached differently if arts-based training is to achieve its full potential. F Adjusting our approach to achieve this was key to the improvement in results. Changing how we behaved toward our audience of young engineers required real sensitivity to what was happening in the workshops, and to how our facilitators related to the students. What we learned during this process can be distilled into 'rules' for maximizing the effectiveness of performing-arts-based training in a technical field. G There are at least three approaches possible for facilitating a workshop, and the final 'rule' is to incorporate these in the most appropriate way. The 'prescriptive' approach tells trainees what is necessary, the 'experiential' approach lets them personally experience what happens when a new element is added to a situation, and the 'demonstrative' approach requires them to observe certain ways of doing things. The prescriptive approach, although the engineers tended to expect it, was by far the least effective, while the experiential approach met resistance because the purpose of the exercise was not always immediately obvious. The demonstrative approach, on the other hand, mirrors the way technical objects are accomplished, which is to solve problems through testing and observation. The observation of effective and ineffective communication behaviors in others proved to be a good way of demonstrating the options available to everyone. These 'rules' are, of course, only a starting point. We have learned to apply them both rigorously and with flexibility. At the Engineering School of The Cooper Union, customization meant establishing a mini-conservatory. We have learned that you can't close someone else's audience gap without looking at things from their perspective. In another setting, playing to the technical audience might require a completely different sort of customization and a subtly different set of training behaviors. What CONNECT has shown is that knowing one's audience—and knowing it specifically rather than generally - is fundamental. ## 题目与答案 ### 27. The CONNECT workshop 27 The concept behind the CONNECT program is that the _____ in communication experienced by engineers, The CONNECT workshop 27 The concept behind the CONNECT program is that the _____ in communication experienced by engineers, - A presentations - B details - C efficiencies - D regulations - E interruptions - F expectations **答案**：G failures 原文定位：Our underlying concept with CONNECT is that most communication breakdowns involving engineers happen because they know every aspect of their subject matter and assume that others do too ### 28. 28 are due to their tendency to concentrate on technical _____ 28 are due to their tendency to concentrate on technical _____ - A presentations - B details - C efficiencies - D regulations - E interruptions - F expectations **答案**：B details 原文定位：Our underlying concept with CONNECT is that most communication breakdowns involving engineers happen because they know every aspect of their subject matter and assume that others do too ### 29. 29 rather than adapt their approach to meet the _____ of their audience. 29 rather than adapt their approach to meet the _____ of their audience. - A presentations - B details - C efficiencies - D regulations - E interruptions - F expectations **答案**：F expectations 原文定位：Communicating with an audience is essentially a social skill with a behavioral basis. A fact that becomes all too apparent when one's audience has a divergent set of assumptions ### 30. 30 This is mainly because engineers are used to focusing on the accuracy of their work and ensuring that it complies with _____ . 30 This is mainly because engineers are used to focusing on the accuracy of their work and ensuring that it complies with _____ . - A presentations - B details - C efficiencies - D regulations - E interruptions - F expectations **答案**：D regulations 原文定位：Engineers spend a great deal of time ensuring their work is accurate, and their solutions to engineering problems are workable, meet official requirements, are environmentally sound, and so on ### 31. 31 Thus, the program aimed to provide technical graduates with the _____ they needed to bridge the resulting communication gap. 31 Thus, the program aimed to provide technical graduates with the _____ they needed to bridge the resulting communication gap. - A presentations - B details - C efficiencies - D regulations - E interruptions - F expectations **答案**：I tools 原文定位：CONNECT applied stage movement analysis to interaction with clients, meetings with colleagues, and job interviews. It also made use of vocal and physical exercises and directing techniques, to equip technical personnel for the everyday communication challenges they face, as well as for formal talks ### 32. 32 Having developed an awareness of audience, the engineers would then be in a better position to give effective _____ and communicate more appropriately in everyday situations. 32 Having developed an awareness of audience, the engineers would then be in a better position to give effective _____ and communicate more appropriately in everyday situations. - A presentations - B details - C efficiencies - D regulations - E interruptions - F expectations **答案**：A presentations 原文定位：It also made use of vocal and physical exercises and directing techniques, to equip technical personnel for the everyday communication challenges they face, as well as for formal talks ### 33. 33 The study carried out by CONNECT indicates that any technical graduate has the ability to become an expert communicator. 33 The study carried out by CONNECT indicates that any technical graduate has the ability to become an expert communicator. - YES - NO - NOT GIVEN **答案**：NO 原文定位：Our data demonstrate that, while not every engineer is likely to become a great communicator, almost all are capable of becoming better communicators ### 34. 34 Employers said that they were particularly keen to hire technical graduates who had attended sessions in time management. 34 Employers said that they were particularly keen to hire technical graduates who had attended sessions in time management. - YES - NO - NOT GIVEN **答案**：NOT GIVEN 原文定位：In a survey of corporate recruiters, potential employees who had taken one or more CONNECT workshops were rated higher overall in areas such as confidence and maturity than those who had not participated in CONNECT. Those who had taken a range of workshops, including one in advanced non-verbal behavior, were rated even higher ### 35. 35 Assessment results from the early workshops led to changes being made to the delivery of the CONNECT program. 35 Assessment results from the early workshops led to changes being made to the delivery of the CONNECT program. - YES - NO - NOT GIVEN **答案**：YES 原文定位：These results were achieved after mixed early assessment results led us to significantly refine our methods ### 36. 36 It became apparent that some of the CONNECT participants were too young to appreciate the purpose of the workshops. 36 It became apparent that some of the CONNECT participants were too young to appreciate the purpose of the workshops. - YES - NO - NOT GIVEN **答案**：YES 原文定位：Too often in early workshops, our performer-facilitators assumed that a technical audience would respond to theatrical training material in the same positive way that performers did. However, we came to realize that technical audiences need to be approached differently if arts-based training is to achieve its full potential ### 37. Questions 37-40 Choose the correct letter, A, B, C, or D. Write the correct letter in boxes 37-40 on your answer sheet. 37 What is the writer doing in the fifth paragraph? Questions 37-40 Choose the correct letter, A, B, C, or D. Write the correct letter in boxes 37-40 on your answer sheet. 37 What is the writer doing in the fifth paragraph? - A advising trainers on how they should incorporate the rules into workshops. - B comparing how the young engineers reacted to the content of the workshops. - C explaining the context in which the rules for effective training were arrived at. - D describing how trainers assessed the performance of workshop participants. **答案**：C explaining the context in which the rules for effective training were arrived at. 原文定位：Just as important to the improvements we saw after the first year was an adjustment to how we approached the students themselves;we came to realize that technical audiences need to be approached differently if arts-based training is to achieve its full potential;Adjusting our approach to achieve this was key to the improvement in results;What we learned during this process can be distilled into 'rules' for maximizing the effectiveness of performing-arts-based training in a technical field ### 38. 38 In the seventh paragraph, what does the writer say about activities such as 'passing a ball of energy'? 38 In the seventh paragraph, what does the writer say about activities such as 'passing a ball of energy'? - A The timing had to be adapted to make them suitable for the engineers. - B The point of them had to be explained to the engineers numerous times. - C The engineers were initially unconvinced of their value. - D The engineers misunderstood how they should be performed. **答案**：C The engineers were initially unconvinced of their value. 原文定位：the experiential approach met resistance because the purpose of the exercise was not always immediately obvious ### 39. 39 What does the writer attribute the success of the demonstrative approach to? 39 What does the writer attribute the success of the demonstrative approach to? - A It complemented the way the technical graduates usually worked. - B It was a highly innovative method of working. - C It combined well with the two other approaches. - D It met the participants' expectations about a workshop situation. **答案**：A It complemented the way the technical graduates usually worked. 原文定位：The demonstrative approach, on the other hand, mirrors the way technical objects are accomplished, which is to solve problems through testing and observation ### 40. 40 What is the writer's main point in the final paragraph? 40 What is the writer's main point in the final paragraph? - A The differences between the facilitators and the trainees remained immense. - B The facilitators had to put into practice what they were attempting to teach. - C The program that has been developed is suitable for any technical audience. - D The facilitators on the program acknowledged they had learnt very little. **答案**：B The facilitators had to put into practice what they were attempting to teach. 原文定位：We have learned that you can't close someone else's audience gap without looking at things from their perspective --- 以上内容由鸭圈雅思真题库（www.yaquan.site）提供，收录近期雅思考试真题回忆，支持在线机考模式免费练习。