Question

Universities in America

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 similar. Only young men went to colleges. 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 left school, 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 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. Yale B. Harvard C. Princeton D. Columbia

2.Modern languages the Harvard taught in 1825 were ________.

A. Latin and Greek B. Latin, Greek, French and German

C. American history and German D. French and German

3.As knowledge increased, colleges began to teach ________.

A. everything that was known B. law and something about medicine

C. the subjects that interested students D. many new subjects

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