Started in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest of all the colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.
In the early years, these schools were nearly the same. Only young men went to college. All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin and Greek. Little was known about science. And few people knew that 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 study in Harvard's law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began to teach modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began to teach 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 special fields of learning. There's so much to learn that one kind of school can't offer all.
小题1:In the early years, people learned_______ in colleges.
A．science
B．medicine
C．law
D．Latin and Greek小题2:Most of college graduates became_______ in the early years.
A．lawyers
B．doctors
C．ministers or teachers
D．businessmen小题3:Which of the following is TRUE according to passage?
A．In the early years, everyone can go to colleges.
B．In 1782, Harvard began to teach German.
C．More and more courses were taught in college with the improvement of knowledge.
D．In the early years, different colleges majored in different fields.小题4:Nowadays college students_______.
A．can learn everything they are interested in
B．learn the same subjects
C．must learn Latin and Greek
D．go to different smaller schools
