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Entering a university is an important part of a person's life. Today, many people go to study and train for
a future job in subjects like law, medicine or education. But the university is not a modem invention. It has a
history that is over a thousand years.
The world's oldest university, AL-Azhar, is in Cario, Egypt. It was first built as a mosque for religion
(宗院) in A.D.972. A few years later, learners and teachers began meeting in the mosque. They read and
talked about the subject of law. Around 988, leaders in the city of Cario decided to open up a school for higher
learning and the University of AL-Azhar was founded.
At AL-Azhar, there were many university 'firsts'. Different subjects were set up. The earliest ones taught
at AL-Azhar were in law and religion. In a course, students read and studied with the teacher, but there was,
also free discussion. Often, students and teachers talked about a topic, and there was no 'right' answer. Finally,
famous teachers from around the world came to AL-Azhar to teach and do deep studies on the subjects they
were interested in. At the university, people studied the past, but it was also a place for exchanging new ideas.
Over a thousand years later, AL-Azhar is still an important university in the world. Its library keeps more
than 250,000 of the world's oldest and most valuable books.Today, many of the world's most important
universities such as Oxford and Harvard still follow the traditions started at AL-Azhar.
1. From the first paragraph we know that ______. [ ]
A. universities are important to the city life
B. the university is a quite new invention
C. university education may help a person find a job
D. the university has a history of a thousand years
2. AL-Azhar was first built for ______. [ ]
A. education
B. religion
C. a meeting
D. law
3. Which of the following are the earliest subjects taught in the University of AL-Azhar? [ ]
A. Education and medicine.
B. Religion and law.
C. Free discussion.
D. History and' tradition.
4. Choose the right order according to the passage.
①Then the heads of the city thought it the idea for a school for higher learning.
②One of the earliest subjects taught there was law.
③A mosque was built in Cario in A.D. 972.
④Teachers from around the world came to the university to study and teach.
⑤The mosque was used as a meeting place for teachers and learners. [ ]
A. ③④①②⑤
B. ④⑤①③②
C. ②③①④⑤
D. ③⑤①②④
5. Which of the following is not true about the University of AL-Azhar? [ ]
A. AL-Azhar was built in the city of Cario in Egypt.
B. AL-Azhar didn't become a university until the years around 988.
C. The University of AL-Azhar was a place to change ideas.
D. Now AL-Azhar is still one of the famous universities in the world.
