【Startedin1636HarvardUniversityistheoldestofmanycollegesanduniversitiesintheUnitedStates.YalePrincetonColumbiaandDartmouthwereallstartedbeforetheAmericanRevolutionmadethethirteencolonies(殖民地)intostat】

　　Startedin1636HarvardUniversityistheoldestofmanycollegesanduniversitiesintheUnitedStates.YalePrincetonColumbiaandDartmouthwereallstartedbeforetheAmericanRevolutionmadethethirteencolonies(殖民地)intostates.

　　Intheearlyyearstheseschoolsweremuchalike.Onlyyoungmenattendedcolleges.AllthestudentsstudiedthesamesubjectsandeveryonelearnedLatinGreekandHebrew.Littlewasknownaboutsciencethenandonekindofschoolcouldteacheverythingthatwasknownabouttheworld.Whenthestudentsgraduatedmostofthembecameministersorteachers.

　　In1782Harvardstartedamedicalschoolforyoungmenwhowantedtobecomedoctors.Laterlawyers(律师)couldreceivetheirtraininginHarvard’slawschool.In1852HarvardbeganteachingmodernlanguagessuchasFrenchandGermanaswellasLatinandGreek.SoonitbeganteachingAmericanhistory.

　　AsknowledgeincreasedHarvardandothercollegesbegantoteachmanynewsubjectsthatinterestedthem.

　　Specialcollegesforwomenwerestarted.Newstateuniversitiesbegantoteachsuchsubjectsasfarmingengineeringandbusiness.Todaytherearemanydifferentkindsofcollegesanduniversities.Mostofthemaredividedintosmallerschoolsthatdealwithspecialfieldsoflearning.Thereissomuchtolearnthatonekindofschoolcannotofferitall.

　　小题1:YalePrincetonColumbiaandDartmouthwerethenamesofthe_______inAmerica.A．statesB．citiesC．universitiesD．colonies小题2:Asknowledgeincreasedcollegesbegantoteach_______.A．everythingthatisknownB．manynewsubjectsC．FrenchandGermanD．farming小题3:Thetitleofthispassageshouldbe_______.A．FamousHarvardUniversityB．AmericanUniversitiesC．TheChangingofAmericanUniversitiesD．TheAmericanRevolution小题4:Whichstatementdoesthepassageleadyoutobelieve?A．Theearlyschoolsarestillmuchalike.B．Thereismoretolearntodaythanin1636.C．Alltheearlystudentsw