Question

Entering a university is an important part of a person’s life. Today, many people go to study and train for a future job in subjects like law (法律), medicine or education. But the university is not a modern invention. It has a history that is over a thousand years.

The world’s oldest university, AL-Azhar, is in Cario, Egypt. It was first built as a mosque for religion (宗教寺院) in A.D.972. A few years later, learners and teachers began meeting in the mosque. They read and talked about the subject of law. Around 988, leaders in the city of Cario decided to open up a school for higher learning and the University of AL-Azhar was founded.

At AL-Azhar, there were many university ‘firsts’. Different subjects were set up. The earliest ones taught at AL-Azhar were in law and religion. In a course, students read and studied with the teacher, but there was also free discussion. Often, students and teachers talked about a topic (题目), and there was no ‘right’ answer. Finally, famous teachers from around the world came to AL-Azhar to teach and do deep studies on the subjects they were interested in. At the university, people studied the past, but it was also a place for exchanging new ideas.

Over a thousand years later, AL-Azhar is still an important university in the world. Its library keeps more than 250,000 of the world’s oldest and most valuable (有价值的) books. Today, many of the world’s most important universities such as Oxford and Harvard still follow the traditions started at AL-Azhar.

1.From the first paragraph（段落） we know that _________.

A．universities are important to the city life

B．the university is a quite new invention

C．university education may help a person find law。

D．the university has a history of more than a thousand years

2.AL-Azhar was first built for _______.

A．education         B．religion           C．a meeting         D．law

3.Which of the following are the earliest subjects taught in the University of AL-Azhar?

A．Education and medicine.                  B．Religion and law.

C．Free discussion.                        D．History and tradition.

4.Which of the following is not true about the University of AL-Azhar?

A．AL-Azhar was built in the city of Cario in Egypt.

B．AL-Azhar didn’t become a university until the years around 988.

C．The University of AL-Azhar was a place to read books.

D．Now AL-Azhar is still one of the famous universities in the world.

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：进入大学是人生非常重要的历程，通过在大学里深造可以让我们找到自己喜欢的职业，也可以实现我们美好的理想。本文主要介绍了最古老的大学----AL-Azhar的发展及其特点。

1.细节理解题，根据文中语句“But the university is not a modern invention. It has a history that is over a thousand years.”理解可知。大学有一千多年的发展史，故选D。

2.细节理解题，根据文中语句“he world’s oldest university, AL-Azhar, is in Cario, Egypt. It was first built as a mosque for religion (宗教寺院) in A.D.972.”理解可知。最古老的大学是为宗教设置的，故选B。

3.细节理解题，根据文中语句“The earliest ones taught at AL-Azhar were in law and religion.”理解可知。最古老的大学讲授的科目有宗教和法律，故选B。

4.理解归纳题，通读全文理解可知，AL-Azhar不仅仅是个读书的地方，它还是一个探讨兴趣，观点的好地方，故选C。

考点：记叙文的理解