题目内容
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.
【小题1】In the early years, people learned ________ in colleges.
A.science | B.medicine | C.law | D.Latin and Greek |
A.ministers or teachers | B.lawyers | C.doctors | D.workers |
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. |
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 |
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 |
【小题1】D
【小题2】A
【小题3】D
【小题4】C
【小题5】B
解析
If someone says to you: “ Give me five”, do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person’s not asking for your money, but your fingers.
In the US, “ give me five” or “ give me the high five” is a popular gesture ( 动作 ). You can see it often in films or on TV. It means the clapping ( 拍 ) of each other’s raised right hands together.
People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket ( 彩票 ). If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate.
This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the king. This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword ( 剑 ) in his hand.
Why not try to give the high five to your friends?
【小题1】“ Give me five” is a gesture to ______________.
A.ask for money | B.celebrate success |
C.search one’s pocket | D.play |
A.toes | B.hands | C.arms | D.legs |
A.lose your money | B.go back home |
C.win a football game | D.do badly in exams |
A.Rome | B.America | C.China | D.Britain |
A.they were proud of their emperor |
B.they were happy to see the emperor |
C.they wanted to show there were no swords in their hands |
D.We don’t know |