【Americansusetheterm"collegestudents"tomeanstudentseitherincollegesoruniversities．Notonlythat，Americansalmostneversay"goingofftouniversity"or"whenIwasinuniversity．"ThatsoundsBritish．（26】

　　Americansusetheterm"collegestudents"tomeanstudentseitherincollegesoruniversities．Notonlythat，Americansalmostneversay"goingofftouniversity"or"whenIwasinuniversity．"ThatsoundsBritish．（26）___

　　（27）___Bothofferundergraduatedegreesintheartsandsciences，forexample．Andbothcanhelpprepareyoungpeopletoearnaliving．

　　Butmanycollegesdonotoffergraduatestudies．Anotherdifferenceisthatuniversitiesaregenerallybigger．（28）___Anotherplaceofhighereducation，especiallyintechnicalareas，isaninstitute，liketheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology．Yetevenaninstituteoftechnologycanofferawidechoiceofprogramsandactivities．

　　ModernuniversitiesdevelopedfromthoseofEuropeintheMiddleAges．Theword"university"camefromtheLatinuniversities，describingagroupofpeopleorganizedforacommonpurpose．（29）___InEngland，collegeswereformedtoprovidestudentswithplacestolive．Usuallyeachgroupwasstudyingthesamething．Socollegecametomeananareaofstudy．

　　ThefirstAmericanuniversitiesdividedtheirstudiesintoanumberofareasandcalledeachoneacollege．Thisisstilltrue．（30）___Forexample，HarvardCollegeistheundergraduatepartofHarvardUniversity．

　　A．Acollegecanalsobeapartofauniversity．

　　B．Theyoffermoreprogramsanddomoreresearch．

　　C．TherearemoreuniversitiesthancollegesintheUSA．

　　D．Collegesanduniversitieshavemanythingsincommon．

　　E．Universitiesandcollegesofferstudentsdifferentopportunities．

　　F．Instead，theysay"goingofftocollege"or"whenIwasincollege．"

　　G．"College"camefromcollegium，aLatinwordwithasimilarmeaning．