[冲刺中考]英语阅读与填空：7-Tuesday 大学 222词

7-Tuesday 大学 222词

题材： 大学　 词数： 222　 建议阅读时间： 4.5分钟

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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．

生词

Cairo　n． 开罗（埃及首都）

mosque　n． 清真寺

religion　n． 宗教：As she grew old religion meant more and more to her．随着年岁增长，宗教对她显得越来越重要。

learner　n． 学习者，学员：The“L”plate on a car means the driver is a learner and hasn't passed the test yet．汽车上如挂着写有L字样的牌子，即表示司机是个还没有通过驾驶考试的学员。

topic　n． （文章、谈话等的）话题，主题：It often seemed that the main topic of conversation was food．看上去谈话的主题常常是食品。

tradition　n． 传统：In the West，women by tradition wear white dresses when they get married．在西方，女子结婚时有穿白色礼服的传统。

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 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．

参考译文

上大学是人生重要的一环。现在，许多人上大学接受法律、医学或教育等课程的训练，为的是将来能谋一份工作。但大学不是现代社会的产物。它的历史有一千多年。

世界上最古老的大学是埃及开罗的爱资哈尔大学。它创建于公元972年，最初是作为宗教活动的场所——清真寺使用的。几年后，学者和教师开始在这里聚会。他们读书并探讨法律问题。大约在988年，开罗市的领导人决定开办一所高等学府，爱资哈尔大学才得以建立。

爱资哈尔大学拥有许多大学中的“第一”。该大学开办了多门学科。最初是法律和宗教。学习某门课程时，学生会在老师的指导下读书、钻研，还要进行自由讨论。师生间经常探讨某个主题，探讨的结果不会形成统一的答案。后来，世界各地的著名学者纷纷来到这里从事教学活动，并对自己感兴趣的东西做深入研究。尽管人们研究的是过去的东西，但这里也成了交换新思想的场所。

一千多年后，爱资哈尔依然是一所重要的大学。它的图书馆存有25万余册世界上最古老、最有价值的图书。现在，许多像牛津、哈佛这样的最著名的大学依然沿袭着爱资哈尔所创立的传统。

参考答案

Tuesday 1．C　2．B　3．B　4．D　5．C