单选题 {{B}}Passage Two{{/B}}
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.
单选题 The oldest university in the US is______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】从短文第一句可知美国最古老的学校是哈佛。
单选题 From the second paragraph, we can see that in the early years,______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】从第二段整体来看，第一句In the early years，these schools were much alike是主体句，那时的大学都很相似，因此选A。
单选题 The modern languages Harvard taught in 1825 were______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】从第三段可找到这个细节，哈佛讲授的现代语言是法语和德语。D为正确答案。
单选题 As knowledge increased, colleges began to teach______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】从第四段可知随着知识的丰富，大学的学科逐渐增多。
单选题 On the whole, the passage is about______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】全文主要讲述大学的变迁，比较四个选项，C为最佳答案。