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7-Tuesday 大學(xué) 222詞

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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，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 Cairo，Egypt．It was first built as a mosque for religion 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 Cairo 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，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 books．Today，many of the world's most important universities such as Oxford and Harvard still follow the traditions started at AL-Azhar．

生詞

Cairo　n． 開羅（埃及首都）

mosque　n． 清真寺

religion　n． 宗教：As she grew old religion meant more and more to her．隨著年歲增長，宗教對她顯得越來越重要。

learner　n． 學(xué)習(xí)者，學(xué)員：The“L”plate on a car means the driver is a learner and hasn't passed the test yet．汽車上如掛著寫有L字樣的牌子，即表示司機是個還沒有通過駕駛考試的學(xué)員。

topic　n． （文章、談話等的）話題，主題：It often seemed that the main topic of conversation was food．看上去談話的主題常常是食品。

tradition　n． 傳統(tǒng)：In the West，women by tradition wear white dresses when they get married．在西方，女子結(jié)婚時有穿白色禮服的傳統(tǒng)。

1．From the first paragraph 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 a job

D．the university has a history of a thousand years

2．AL-Azhar was first built for ________．

A．education

B．religion

C．a(chǎn) 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．Choose the right order according to the passage．

a．Then the heads of the city thought of the idea for opening a school for higher learning．

b．One of the earliest subjects taught there was law．

c．A mosque was built in Cairo in A．D．972．

d．Teachers from around the world came to the university to study and teach．

e．The mosque was used as a meeting place for teachers and learners．

A．c d a b e

B．d e a c b

C．b c a d e

D．c e a b d

5．Which of the following is NOT true about the University of AL-Azhar？

A．AL-Azhar was built in the city of Cairo 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 change ideas．

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

參考譯文

上大學(xué)是人生重要的一環(huán)?，F(xiàn)在，許多人上大學(xué)接受法律、醫(yī)學(xué)或教育等課程的訓(xùn)練，為的是將來能謀一份工作。但大學(xué)不是現(xiàn)代社會的產(chǎn)物。它的歷史有一千多年。

世界上最古老的大學(xué)是埃及開羅的愛資哈爾大學(xué)。它創(chuàng)建于公元972年，最初是作為宗教活動的場所——清真寺使用的。幾年后，學(xué)者和教師開始在這里聚會。他們讀書并探討法律問題。大約在988年，開羅市的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人決定開辦一所高等學(xué)府，愛資哈爾大學(xué)才得以建立。

愛資哈爾大學(xué)擁有許多大學(xué)中的“第一”。該大學(xué)開辦了多門學(xué)科。最初是法律和宗教。學(xué)習(xí)某門課程時，學(xué)生會在老師的指導(dǎo)下讀書、鉆研，還要進行自由討論。師生間經(jīng)常探討某個主題，探討的結(jié)果不會形成統(tǒng)一的答案。后來，世界各地的著名學(xué)者紛紛來到這里從事教學(xué)活動，并對自己感興趣的東西做深入研究。盡管人們研究的是過去的東西，但這里也成了交換新思想的場所。

一千多年后，愛資哈爾依然是一所重要的大學(xué)。它的圖書館存有25萬余冊世界上最古老、最有價值的圖書?，F(xiàn)在，許多像牛津、哈佛這樣的最著名的大學(xué)依然沿襲著愛資哈爾所創(chuàng)立的傳統(tǒng)。

參考答案

Tuesday 1．C　2．B　3．B　4．D　5．C