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 early 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.
小題1:In the early years, people learned ________ in colleges.  
A．scienceB．medicineC．lawD．Latin and Greek
小題2:Most of college graduates became ________ in the early years.
A．ministers or teachersB．lawyersC．doctorsD．workers
小題3:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．In the early years, everyone can go to colleges.
B．In 1782, Harvard began to teach German.
C．In the early years, different colleges majored in different fields.
D．More and more courses were taught in college with the improvement of knowledge.
小題4:Which of the following is the right order of the courses taught in Harvard?
a. law
b. French and German
c. Latin and Greek
d. medicine
e. American history
A．d-b-e-c-aB．a(chǎn)-d-b-c-eC．c-d-a-b-e D．c-d-b-e-a
小題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

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:B
短文屬于說(shuō)明文。簡(jiǎn)要地介紹了哈佛大學(xué)各個(gè)新課程開設(shè)的歷史，隨著科技的發(fā)展，新課程越來(lái)越多。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第二段“…everyone learned Latin and Greek”可知。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第二段最后一句“…most of them became ministers or teachers.”可知。
小題3:綜合理解題。根據(jù)第二段，排除A、C；根據(jù)第三段，排除B；從最后兩段可知，D項(xiàng)正確。
小題4:推理判斷題。從第二段得知：Latin and Greek最早，因此排除A、B；從第三段得知開設(shè)課程的順序是：medicine→law→French and German→American history，確定答案是C。
小題5:綜合理解題。A、C、D三項(xiàng)與短文內(nèi)容不符；從最后一段可知B項(xiàng)正確。
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