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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 schools were much alike. 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 become ministers or teachers.
In 1782,Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors.
Later lawyers could receive their training 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 interests 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 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 the early years, ______.
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
3. Modern languages the Harvard taught in 1825 were _______.
A. Latin and Greek
B. Latin and Greek, French and German
C. American history and German
D. French and German
4. As knowledge increased, colleges began to teach_______.
A. everything that was known
B. law and something about medicine
C. many new subjects
D. the subjects that interested students
5. On the whole, the passage is about _______.
A. how to start a university
B. the world-famous colleges in America
C. how colleges have changed
D. what kind of lessons each college teaches
