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 school were much.alike(*similar).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(*畢業(yè)),most of them became ministers or teachers.
  In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors. Later, lawyers could receive their training(*訓(xùn)練)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.


  11.The oldest university in the US is _________.
  A.Yale   B.Harvard   C.Princeton   D.Columbia
  12.From the second paragraph, we can see that in the early years,______.
  A.those colleges and universities were the same
  B.people, young or old, might study in the colleges
  C.students studied only some languages and science
  D.when the students finished their school, they became lawyers or teachers
  13.Modern languages the Harvard taught in 1825 were ________.
  A.Latin and Greek
  B.Latin, Green, French and German
  C.American history and German
  D.French and German
  14.As knowledge increased, colleges began to teach_______.
  A.everything that was known
  B.law and something about medicine
  C.many new subjects
  D.the subjects that interested students
  15.On the whole, the passage is about___________.
  A.how to start a university
  B.the world-famous colleges in America
  C.how colleges have changed
  D.what kind of lesson each college teaches

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科目:高中英語 來源:英語教研室 題型:054

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C. doctor                                     D. child

2. A. terrible                                     B. interesting

C. surprising                                    D. wonderful

3. A. bed                                       B. sleep

C. dream                                       D. hospital

4. A. walking                                   B. dying

C. aching                                       D. sleeping

5. A. dressing                                  ; B. wearing

C. raising                                       D. working

6. A. very                                         B. so

C. too                                         D. quite

7. A. good                                     B. bad

C. wrong                                       D. poor

8. A. down                                    B. off

C. on                                        D. up

9. A. surprised                                      B. afraid

C. certain                                         D. worried

10. A. before                                    B. for

C. to                                            D. until

11. A. and                                      B. but

C. so                                         D. or

12. A. after                                    B. in

C. before                                       D. until

13. A. after                                    B. when

C. before                                       D. while

14. A. good                                      B. wrong

C. all right                                     D. right

15. A. fast                                     B. slowly

C. hurriedly                                     D. happily

16. A. everyone                                  B. someone

C. no one                                         D. doctors

17. A. good                                    B. bad

C. necessary                                    D. ill

18. A. fell                                         B. stayed

C. grew                                       D. failed

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In the middle of the night, Peter’s wife suddenly fell ill. She couldn’t help crying, “Oh, my stomach! Get the   1    !”

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the morning. ”

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C. doctor                                     D. child

2. A. terrible                                     B. interesting

C. surprising                                    D. wonderful

3. A. bed                                       B. sleep

C. dream                                       D. hospital

4. A. walking                                   B. dying

C. aching                                       D. sleeping

5. A. dressing                                   B. wearing

C. raising                                       D. working

6. A. very                                         B. so

C. too                                         D. quite

7. A. good                                     B. bad

C. wrong                                       D. poor

8. A. down                                    B. off

C. on                                        D. up

9. A. surprised                                      B. afraid

C. certain                                         D. worried

10. A. before                                    B. for

C. to                                            D. until

11. A. and                                      B. but

C. so                                         D. or

12. A. after                                    B. in

C. before                                       D. until

13. A. after                                    B. when

C. before                                       D. while

14. A. good                                    B. wrong

C. all right                                     D. right

15. A. fast                                     B. slowly

C. hurriedly                                     D. happily

16. A. everyone                                  B. someone

C. no one                                         D. doctors

17. A. good                                    B. bad

C. necessary                                    D. ill

18. A. fell                                         B. stayed

C. grew                                       D. failed

19. A. gone off                                   B. missed

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科目:高中英語 來源:英語教研室 題型:054

Last evening I was watching the evening news on television. The news was about a prize for scientific  1   ;I forgot what it was. The announcer, whose name was Ralph Story, said something that caught my  2  .“All great discoveries,”he said,“are made by people between the ages of twenty-five and thirty.”  3   a little over thirty myself, I wanted to disagree with him.  4   wants to think that he is past the age of making any discovery. The next day I happened to be in the public library and spent several hours looking up the  5  of famous people and their discoveries. Ralph was right.

First I looked at some of the   6   discoveries. One of the earliest discoveries, the famous experiment that proved that bodies of different  7   fall at the same speed, was made by Galileo when he was 26. Madam Curie started her research that  8   to the Nobel Prize when she was 28. Einstein was 26 when he published his world-changing theory of relativity. Well,  9   of that. Yet I  10   if those“best years”were true in other  11   .

Then how about the field of   12   ? Surely it needs the wisdom of age to make a good leader. Perhaps it  13   ,but look when these people  14   their career. Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln  15   the life of a country lawyer and was elected to government. At what age? Twenty-six.

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Perhaps there is still  20   for me.

1. A. invention                             B. discovery

C. experiment                               D. progress

2. A. mind                                   B. idea

C. attention                                  D. thought

3. A. As                                     B. Being

C. However                             D. Beyond

4. A. Everybody                               B. Somebody

C. Nobody                                 D. Whoever

5. A. names                                   B. ages

C. addresses                                 D. oldest

6. A. modern                                  B. scientific

C. last                                      D. oldest

7. A. heights                                  B. sizes

C. weights                                 D. things

8. A. led                                    B. meant

C. stuck                                    D. referred

9. A. plenty                                    B. enough

C. much                                   D. none

10. A. believed                               B. trusted

C. wondered                                D. asked

11.A. fields                                  B. countries

C. courses                                  D. ages

12. A. agriculture                              B. politics

C. industry                                  D. society

13.A. is                                     B. will

C. has                                    D. does

14. A. finished                              B. went

C. started                                   D. failed

15. A. devoted                                B. gave up

C. began                                   D. led

16. A. don’t                                 B. the

C. can                                       D. not

17. A. say                                     B. know

C. guess                                    D. agree

18. A. other                                 B. new

C. best                                    D. their

19.A. always                                  B. still

C. seldom                                  D. enjoying

20. A. discovery                               B. problem

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Can you imagine what Edison’s life was like in the years after he had invented the electric lamp? Many things had to be   1   and built before electric lamps could   2   be used by all: machines to measure the electricity each home or office used; things to make it   3   that the electricity in the wires did not   4  fires, things to send electricity  5   the right places.

Everything that was   6   had to be thought   7   and built by Edison and the men  8   worked with him. There was no places where they could buy the things they needed. Edison made   9   inventions in order to send electric power to   10   it was wanted.

Edison directed all the work himself: testing new machines, putting wires  11   ground ;fixing lights, and so on. He  12   to be everywhere or the same time. He wanted his men   13   as much work as he did. But he never asked them to do things he  14   would not or could not do.

He had never thought much about   15   hours for sleep; now he often completely   16   sleeping. He slept for  17   minutes at a time, in the middle of the night, in an underground room   18   the power station, with a metal box for his bed. During these days, he almost never saw his wife and their children.

Everyone probably   19  him. Edison won his success when his work was completed. However, he almost did not notice the money and honor he received  20   soon he became interested in other ideas.

1. A. started                           B. stored

C. spent                              D. invented

2. A. have                              B. not

C. quickly                             D. really

3. A. easy                                   B. work

C. certain                                   D. so

4. A. begin                              B. start

C. put                               D. like

5. A. at                                B. on

C. by                                D. to

6. A. needed                           B. accepted

C. tried                          &nbs7p;     D. obtained

7. A. of                               B. it

C. at                                      D. fast

8. A. which                            B. who

C. have                               D. what

9. A. much                            B. more

C. less                               D. least

10. A. whoever                         B. whatever

C. wherever                           D. whenever

11. A. below                            B. on

C. under                              D. within

12. A. seemed                          B. looked

C. thought                             D. worked

13. A. to do                           B. doing

C. did                                D. done

14. A. oneself                           B. themselves

C. itself                               D. himself

15. A. little                             B. full

C. all                                 D. regular

16. A. forgot                            B. remembered

C. thought                             D. wanted

17. A. few                             B. a few

C. little                                D. a little

18. A. above                            B. from

C. on                                D. at

19. A. begged                           B. respected

C. wondered                            D. liked

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