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 bee 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.
【小题1】In the early years, people learned in colleges. A．scienceB．medicineC．lawD．Latin and Greek【小题2】Most of college graduates became in the early years.A．ministers or teachersB．lawyersC．doctorsD．workers【小题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.【小题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 historyA．d-b-e-c-aB．a-d-b-c-eC．c-d-a-b-e D．c-d-b-e-a【小题5】Nowadays college students .A．can learn everything they are interested inB．go to different smaller schools that deal with special fields of learningC．learn the same subjectsD．must learn Latin and GreekD
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(答案→)D
解析：短文属于说明文。简要地介绍了哈佛大学各个新课程开设的历史，随着科技的发展，新课程越来越多。
【小题1】细节理解题。从第二段“…everyone learned Latin and Greek”可知。
【小题2】细节理解题。从第二段最后一句“…most of them became ministers or teachers.”可知。
【小题3】综合理解题。根据第二段，排除A、C；根据第三段，排除B；从最后两段可知，D项正确。
【小题4】推理判断题。从第二段得知：Latin and Greek最早，因此排除A、B；从第三段得知开设课程的顺序是：medicine→law→French and German→American history，确定答案是C。
【小题5】综合理解题。A、C、D三项与短文内容不符；从最后一段可知B项正确。