Question

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 (法律), medicine or education. But the university is not a modern 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 (宗教寺院) 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 (題目), 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 (有價值的) 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（段落） 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 law。

D．the university has a history of more than 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.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 read books.

D．Now AL-Azhar is still one of the famous universities in the world.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：進入大學是人生非常重要的歷程，通過在大學里深造可以讓我們找到自己喜歡的職業，也可以實現我們美好的理想。本文主要介紹了最古老的大學----AL-Azhar的發展及其特點。

1.細節理解題，根據文中語句“But the university is not a modern invention. It has a history that is over a thousand years.”理解可知。大學有一千多年的發展史，故選D。

2.細節理解題，根據文中語句“he world’s oldest university, AL-Azhar, is in Cario, Egypt. It was first built as a mosque for religion (宗教寺院) in A.D.972.”理解可知。最古老的大學是為宗教設置的，故選B。

3.細節理解題，根據文中語句“The earliest ones taught at AL-Azhar were in law and religion.”理解可知。最古老的大學講授的科目有宗教和法律，故選B。

4.理解歸納題，通讀全文理解可知，AL-Azhar不僅僅是個讀書的地方，它還是一個探討興趣，觀點的好地方，故選C。

考點：記敘文的理解

點評：本文是篇記敘文，主要介紹了最古老的大學AL-Azhar的一些基本情況。在做題目時，要注意文章內容，從總體上把握文章內容，根據題目的設置有重點的閱讀短文內容。