Attendingauniversityisanimportantpartofaperson’slife.Todaymanypeoplegotoauniversitytostudyandtrainforafuturejobinsubjectslikelawmedicineoreducation.Buttheuniversityisnotamoderninvention.Ithasahistorythatisoverathousandyearsold.
Theworld’soldestuniversityAl-AzharisinCairoEgypt.ItwasfirstbuiltasamosqueinA.D.972.Afewyearslaterlearnersandteachersbeganmeetinginthemosquein“tutoringcircles”.Theyreadandtalkedaboutthesubjectoflaw.Around988leadersinthecityofCairodecidedtocreateaschoolforhigherlearningandtheUniversityofAl-Azharwasfounded.
AtAl-Azharthereweremanyuniversity‘firsts.’Courseswerecreated.TheearliestonestaughtatAl-Azharwereinlawandreligion.Inacoursestudentsreadandstudiedwiththeteacherbuttherewasalsofreediscussion.Oftenstudentsandteacherstalkedaboutatopicandtherewasno‘right’answer.FinallyscholarsfromaroundtheworldcametoAl-Azhartoteachanddoresearch.Attheuniversitypeoplestudiedthepastbutitwasalsoaplaceforsharingnewideas.
OverathousandyearslaterAl-Azharisstillanimportantuniversityintheworld.Itslibrarycontainsmorethan250000oftheworld’soldestandmostvaluablebooks.Todaymanyoftheworld’smostimportantuniversitiessuchasOxfordandHarvardstillfollowthetraditionsstartedatAl-Azhar.
1.What’sthispassagemainlyabout?
A.Thehistoryoftheworld’soldestuniversity.
B.Theimportanceofattendingauniversity.
C.Therelationshipbetweenuniversityandfuturejob.
D.Theinventionofamodernuniversity.
2.Thefirstuniversitywasfoundedover_____yearsago.
A.ahundred B.hundredsof C.athousand D.thousandsof
3.Theoldestuniversityintheworldis_____.
A.Oxford B.Cambridge C.Harvard D.Al-Azhar
4.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“course”meaninthispassage?
A.Aseriesoflessons. C.Aperiodoftime.
C.Aseriesofactions. D.Agroupofprofessors.