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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 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 (*训练) 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.
1. The oldest university in the US is _______.
A. Harvard
B. Yale
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, Green, 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. many new subjects
C. law and something about medicine
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. what kind of lesson each college teaches
D. how colleges have changed
