10.Started in 1636,Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in the United States.Yale,Princeton,Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.
In the early years,these school were much alike (*similar).Only young men went to college.All the students studied the same subjects,and everyone 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 young men who wanted to become doctors.Later,lawyers could receive their training(訓練)in Harvard's law school.In 1825,besides Latin and Greek,Harvard began teaching modern languages,such as French and German.Soon it began teaching American history.
As knowledge increased,Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects.Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them.
Today,there are many different kinds of colleges and universities.Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with(涉及)special fields of learning.There's so much to learn that one kind of school can't offer it all.
19.The oldest university in the US isB.
A.Yale
B.Harvard
C.Princeton
D.Columbia
20.From the second paragraph,we can see that in the early years,A.
A.those colleges and universities were the same
B.people,young or old,might study in the colleges
C.students studied only some languages and science
D.when the students finished their school,they became lawyers or teachers
21.As knowledge increased,colleges began to teachD.
A.everything that was known
B.law and something about medicine
C.many new subjects
D.the subjects that interested students
22.On the whole,the passage is aboutC.
A.how to start a university
B.the world-famous colleges in America
C.how colleges have changed
D.what kind of lesson each college teaches.
分析 這篇短文主要介紹了哈佛大學始于1636年,在美國是最古老的學院.耶魯、普林斯頓、哥倫比亞大學和達特茅斯在哈佛后不久就建立了.這些大學在建成后的初期,只有男士可以入校學習,所教科目比較單一,對科學是知之甚少.隨著社會的發(fā)展,這些大學建立了更小的學校以教給學生不同領(lǐng)域的知識.
解答 BADC
19.B 細節(jié)理解題.由文章第一句"Started in 1636,Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in the United States."可知,哈佛大學是美國歷史最悠久的學校,故正確答案為B.
20.A 細節(jié)理解題.由第二段開頭三句"In the early years,these schools were much alike.Only young men went to college.All the students studied the same subjects,and everyone learned Latin,Greek and Hebrew."可知,早期的大學都很相似,只有年輕男子可以上大學,所有學生學習一樣的課程,故正確答案為A.
21.D 細節(jié)理解題.由倒數(shù)第二段"As knowledge increased,Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects.Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them."可知,隨著知識積累的增加,大學開始教授學生們許多新課程,學生可以從中選擇他們喜歡的課程,D項與原文一致,故正確答案為D.
23.C 主旨大意題.由文中每段開頭 In the early years、In 1782、As knowledge increased 和 Today 可知,文章從大學最初的少數(shù)的單一形態(tài),到后來學校的數(shù)量越來越多,而且所教的科目也越來越多,到現(xiàn)如今大學里由多種不同的學院、學科,多到一所學校不能教的完全,全文依據(jù)時間順序介紹了大學的變化,故正確答案為C.
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