Started in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and u

Started in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest ofall the many colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton,Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.

In the early years, these schools were much alike.Only young men went to college. All the students studied the same subjects, andeveryone learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Little was known about science then,and one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world.When the students graduated, most of them became ministers or teachers.

In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for youngmen who wanted to become doctors. Later, lawyers could receive their trainingin Harvard's law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard beganteaching modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began teachingAmerican history.

As knowledge increased, Harvard and other collegesbegan to teach many new subjects. Students were allowed to choose the subjectsthat interested them.

Today, there are many different kinds of colleges anduniversities. Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with（涉及）special fields of learning. There's so much to learnthat one kind of school can't offer it all.

1.The oldest university in the US is _________.

A．Yale              B．Harvard           C．Princeton         D．Columbia

2.From the second paragraph, we can see that in theearly years,______.

A．thosecolleges and universities were the same

B．people, youngor old, might study in the colleges

C．studentsstudied only some languages and science

D．when thestudents finished their school, they became lawyers or teachers

3.Modern languages the Harvard taught in 1825 were________.

A．Latin andGreek                        B．Latin, Green,French and German

C．Americanhistory and German              D．French andGerman

4.As knowledge increased, colleges began toteach_______.

A．everythingthat was known

B．law andsomething about medicine

C．many newsubjects

D．the subjectsthat interested students

5.On the whole, the passage is about___________.

A．how to starta university

B．theworld-famous colleges in America

C．how collegeshave changed

D．what kind oflesson each college teaches

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1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.C

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