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Started in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.
In the early years, these schools were much alike. Only young men went to college. All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Little was known about science then, and one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world. When the students graduated, most of them became ministers (大臣) or teachers.
In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors. Later, lawyers could receive their training in Harvard's law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began teaching modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began teaching 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 (涉及) special fields of learning. There's so much to learn that one kind of school can't offer it all.
36. The oldest university in the US is______.
A. Yale
B. Princeton
C. Harvard
D. Columbia
36.答案为C 从短文第一句可知美国最古老的学校是哈佛。
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The United States has more than one hundred twenty medical colleges. The American Association of Medical Colleges says these schools have about seventy thousand students.
How hard is it to get into one of the top medical schools, like for example the one at Yale University in Connecticut? Last year almost three thousand seven hundred students hoped to get accepted there. Only one hundred seventy-six -- or less than five percent -- were admitted.
People who want to become medical doctors often study large amounts of biology, chemistry and other science. Some students work for a year or two in a medical or research job before they try to get accepted to medical school.
Medical students spend their first two years in classroom study. They learn about the body and all of its systems. And they begin studying diseases -- how to recognize and treat them. By the third year, students guided by experienced doctors begin working with patients in hospitals. As the students watch and learn, they think about the kind of medicine they would like to practice as doctors. During the fourth year, students begin applying to hospital programs for the additional training they will need after medical school. Competition for a residency at a top hospital can be fierce.
A medical education can be very costly, especially at a private school. One year at a private medical college can cost forty thousand dollars or more. The average at a public medical school is more than fifteen thousand dollars. Most students have to take out loans to pay for medical school. Many finish their education heavily in debt.
Doctors are among the highest paid professionals in the United States. Specialists in big cities are generally the highest paid. But there are also doctors who earn considerably less, including those in poor communities.
(1)Which of the following ideas is NOT suggested in the passage?
A、It is hard to get into one of the top medical schools.
B、The United States has more than one hundred twenty medical colleges.
C、Medical students need two years' classroom study.
D、After graduating from medical schools, the students become doctors.
(2)How many years the medical students take to graduate from medical school?
A、2
B、3
C、4
D、1
(3)In what way many medical students pay for their medical education?
A、Have part-time jobs in hospitals.
B、Take out loans.
C、Their parents pay for it.
D、Work hard for the scholarship.
(4)What the medical students begin to do in their fourth year of study?
A、Looking for a job.
B、Working with patients in hospitals
C、Applying to hospital programs for the additional training.
D、Learning about the body and all of its systems
(5)_______ are generally the highest paid.
A、Specialists in big cities.
B、Experienced doctors.
C、Doctors in poor communities
D、Doctors who graduated from private medical schools.
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About 21,000 young people in 17 American states do not attend classes in school buildings.
Instead,they receive their elementary and high school education by working at home on computers.The Center for Education Reform. says the United States has 67 public “cyberschools.” and that is about twice as many as two years ago.
The money for students to attend a cyberschool comes from the governments of the states where they live.Some educators say cyberschools receive money that should support traditional public schools.They also say it is difficult to know if students are learning well.
Other educators praise this new form. of education for letting students work at their own speed.These people say cyberschools help students who were unhappy or unsuccessful in traditional schools.They say learning at home by computer ends long bus rides for children who live far from school.
Whatever the judgement of cyberschools,they are getting more and more popular.For example,a new cyberschool called Commonwealth Connections Academy will take in students this fall.It will serve children in the state of Pennsylvania from ages five through thirteen.
Children get free equipment for their online education.This includes a computer,a printer,books and technical services.Parents and students talk with teachers by telephone or by sending emails through their computers when necessary.
Students at cyberschools usually do not know one another.But 56 such students who finished studies at Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School recently met for the first time.They were guests of honor at their graduation.
1、What do we know from the text about students of a cyberschool?
A、They have to take long bus rides to school.
B、They study at home rather than in classrooms.
C、They receive money from traditional public schools.
D、They do well in traditional school programs.
2、What is a problem with cyberschools?
A、Their equipment costs a lot of money.
B、They get little support from the state government.
C、It is hard to know students' progress in learning.
D、The students find it hard to make friends.
3、Cyberschools are getting popular became().
A、they are less expensive for students
B、their students can work at their own speed
C、their graduates are more successful in society
D、they serve students in a wider age range
4、We can infer that the author of the text is().
A、unprejudiced in his description of cyberschools
B、excited about the future of cyberschools
C、doubtful about the quality of cyberschoois
D、disappointed at the development of cyberschools
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A./, my
B.a, the
C./, the
D.my, my
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