29． My job consists of planning，producing operating scientific instruments in-flight，and I am grateful for having worked on missions（太空飛行任務） on Saturn，the Moon，and our own planet Earth.
When I was a high-schooler，I was unsure of what college I wanted to attend，or what major I wanted to choose.After receiving an email from a college called Massachusetts Institute of Technology （MIT）I decided to apply to a summer program they were offering with the encouragement of my mom.After taking part in that program，I knew that MIT was the right university for me.The enthusiastic students and endless opportunities developed a feeling of belonging in me that led me to apply and eventually get accepted.
The most exciting and fulfilling（令人滿足的） part of being an engineer is that I am able to work on projects that benefit humans.What they may not imagine is the great body of work being done to study our own home -Earth.I am thankful to have a career that to commit myself to that allows me responsibility.The most exciting part of my career has been seeing the end of the Cassini mission to Saturn.Some of the people on the team had been working on the mission for longer than I had been alive，but they still treated me as one of their own.I was given the opportunity to operate the cameras that would catch breathtaking（激動人心的） images of the planet.And when the Cassini spacecraft had run out of fuel，I quickly learned that it was not just the end of the mission，but the end of a team.The night we watched with bittersweet longing as its signal
faded to nothing is something that I will always keep in my memories.And while Cassini will be remembered for its historic contributions，what I will remember it for is the team it brought together.
My friends often ask why a girl could achieve all these.I always grew up as a big fan of fiction.I read the Harry Potter books and loved anything fantasy.I realized that the common theme of hero stories is that the hero must always make a choice to start their adventure.If you don't pick up the sword（劍）in your own story because you are afraid of what may happen next，you risk not having a story at all.
（1）Why did the author apply to MIT？ （No more than 8 words）
（2）What does the author think about her job according to Paragraph 3？ （No more than 15 words）
（3）How did the author feel when seeing the end of the Cassini mission to Satern？ （No more than 8 words）
（4）What does the underlined word in Paragraph 3 means？ （No more than 2 words）
（5）What can you learn from the story？Put it in your own words. （No more than 25 words）
