【Directions:Readthefollowingpassage.Answerthequestionsaccordingtotheinformationgiveninthepassageandrequiredwordslimit.Writeyouranswersonyouranswersheet.Fewplaceshaveasmuchancienthistoryandmodernknowledget】

　　Directions:Readthefollowingpassage.Answerthequestionsaccordingtotheinformationgiveninthepassageandrequiredwordslimit.Writeyouranswersonyouranswersheet.

　　FewplaceshaveasmuchancienthistoryandmodernknowledgetooffertostudentsasEgypt.Inadditiontobeingthesiteofmanyoftheworld’sgreatestwondersEgyptalsohoststwomajorreligiousinstitutions.Al-AzharUniversityisoneoftheoldestIslamicinstitutionsforhigherstudies.TheheadofAl-AzharistraditionallyregardedastherulerofSunniMuslimsallovertheworld.

　　Al-AzharUniversityhadlongbeenknownasthemostarchaicuniversityintheworlduntil2004whenarchaeologistsunearthedthesiteofwhatwasbelievedtobethefirsteverivorytowerintheworldinthenorthernseasidecityofAlexandria.

　　Whatthearchaeologicalteamfoundwere13lecturehallsthatcouldaccommodateupto5000studentseach.TheselecturehallsarebelievedtobetheUniversityofAlexandriahomeoffamousGreekscholarslikeArchimedesandEuclidduringtheancientcity’sgoldenera.

　　ThisdiscoveryshowsthatEgyptwasacentreforeducationandlearningintheearlyworldcivilizations.ItstraditionofscholarshipwasevidentevenfromthePharaonicAge（法老时代）whichboastedengineeringwonderssuchasthepyramidsaswellasthescientificwonderofmummiesallofwhichstillexisttoday.

　　DuringtheIslamicAgeEgyptbecametheregionalacademiccentreforIslamicstudyandArabiclanguageandliterature.HerpopularitywithscholarsfromallovertheworldgrewwiththeestablishmentofAl-AzharUniversityinCairoin975.

　　TodayitremainsapopulardestinationforinternationalscholarsespeciallythosefromtheArabworldAfricaAsiaandEuropebutlikemostmodernEgyptianuniversitiesAl-Azharhasbeenequippedwiththelatesttechnologiestocopewithnewdemandsfromthemodernworldandisanidealplaceforstudentsfromallovertheworld.

　　Findinthepassageawordclosestinmeaningtotheunderlinedword“archaic”.(oneword)

　　WhyhasAl-Azharbeenequippedwiththelatesttechnologies?(nomorethan9word)

　　Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?(nomorethan6word)

　　Whatisthewriter’spurposeofwritingthispassage?