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,thers schools were much alike.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,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 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 special fields of learning.There’s so much to learn that one kind of school can’t offer it all.
56.The oldest university in the US is__________.
A.Yale           B.Harvard            C.Princeton          D. Columbia
57.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
58.Mondern languages the Harvard taught in 1825 were__________
A.Latin and Greek               B.Latin,Greek,French and German
C.American history and German    D.French and German
59.As knowledge increased,colleges began to teach__________
A.everything that was known      B.law and something about medicine
C.the subjects that was known     D.many new subjects
60.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

56.B   57.A   58.D   59.D   60.C
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“Four Tigers” Ceremony of the Tu Minority
Heigouding Village, Ledu County in the west of Qinghai province is a place where many people of the Tu minority have lived for centuries. As the little village is comparatively closed to the outside world, a custom called “Four Tigers” was created 200 years ago to protect its inhabitants(棲息地) from sickness and bad luck.
Every year the ceremony is held on the eve of January 15th according to the Chinese lunar calendar to frighten off ghosts and evil souls, and to pray for peace.
Normally four local villagers are selected to be the “tigers” in the ceremony. At first, they gathered with village elders at the mountain-god temple to offer sacrifices of wine, food and incense, and to ask the god to help the tigers. Then the tigers were adorned with herbs, candles and two batches of incense to serve as the tiger’s ears. Two red ribbons held in their mouths represented the tiger’s tongue. The “Tigers” drank wine, knelt and kowtowed to the mountain god before they received Hada, a kind of white silk scarf representing respects and good luck, from the village head with firecrackers crackling.
As night fell, the candles on the tigers’ bodies were lit and the tigers began their visits to one household after another. Villagers followed, shouting “Tigers are coming!” The elder from each household welcomed the tigers at the gate, while the rest of the family knelt down in the courtyard. Firecrackers were set off, a toast made and candies, meat and wine were presented to the villagers following the tigers. After twirling (快速轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng))in three circles in the courtyard while those present kowtowed and prayed, the tigers went through every corner of every room to drive away any hiding ghosts. If there was a sick person in the house, the tigers jumped around him or her, scratched their body and said lucky words to drive away diseases and ghosts. After the ceremony, the family would present wine and food to the tigers. Then, shouting “The tigers are leaving!” the whole family saw them off.
After visiting all 30 or 40 households, the herbs were removed from the tigers and burned, to indicate that all the ghosts had been conquered. Then the villagers knelt and kowtowed with the sound of firecrackers, marking the end of the ceremony.
The tiger image exists in other minority groups, also. In ancient times, people entrusted their happiness to gods. The “four tigers” ceremony is vividly held in memory of ancient times and a living fossil for academics studying the lives of ancient people. As it is not popular nowadays, this cultural heritage is on the edge of extinction and needs to be rescued.

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Dear mommy and daddy,
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