Question

Started in 1636, Harvard (哈佛) University is the oldest of all the colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.

In the earlier years these schools were nearly the same. Only young men went to college. All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin and Greek. Little was known about science. And few people knew that 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 study in Harvard’s law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began to teach modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began to teach 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 special fields of learning. There’s so much to learn that one kind of school can’t offer all.

1. In the early years, people learned ________ in colleges.

A. science B. medicine C. law D. Latin and Greek

2. Most of college graduates became ________ in the early years.

A. ministers and teachers B. lawyers

C. doctors D. workers

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. In the early years, everyone can go to college.

B. In 1782, Harvard began to teach Chinese.

C. In the early years, different colleges majored in different fields.

D. More and more courses were taught in colleges with the improvement of knowledge.

4. Which of the following is the right order of the courses taught n Harvard?

a. law

b. French and German

c. Latin and Greek

d. medicine

e. American history

A. d-b-e-c-a B. a-d-b-c-e

C. c-d-a-b-e D. c-d-b-e-a

5. Nowadays college students ________.

A. can learn everything they are interested in

B. go to different smaller schools that deal with special fields of learning

C. learn the same subjects

D. must learn Latin and Greek

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：本文簡要地介紹了哈佛大學各個新課程開設的歷史，隨著科技的發展，新課程越來越多。隨著知識的增長，哈佛和其他大學開始教了許多的新課題。學生們可以選擇他們感興趣的主題。

今天，有許多不同的學院和大學。他們中的大多數是由較小的學校，處理特殊領域的學習。

1.第二段“…everyone learned Latin and Greek”可知該選D。

2.第二段最后一句“…most of them became ministers or teachers.”可知該選A。

3.根據第二段，排除A、C；根據第三段，排除B；從最后兩段可知，D項正確。所以該選D。

4.推理判斷題。根據第二段得知：Latin and Greek最早，因此排除A、B；從第三段得知開設課程的順序是：medicine→law→French and German→American history，確定答案是C。

5.A、C、D三項與短文內容不符；從最后一段可知B項正確。

考點：歷史類閱讀。