ead the following passage and mark the letter A B C or D on

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.Harvard Universities, today recognized as part of the top echelon of the worlds universities came from very inauspicious and humble beginnings.This oldest of American universities was founded in 1636, just sixteen years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. Included in the Puritan emigrants to the Massachusetts colony during this period were more than 100 graduates of England's prestigious  Oxford  and  Cambridge  universities  and  these  universities graduates in  the  New  World  were determined that their sons would have the same educational opportunities that they themselves had had. Because of this support in the colony for an institution of higher learning, he General Court of Massachusetts appropriated 400 pounds for a college in October of 1636 and early the following year decided on a parcel of land for the school- this land was an area called Newetowne, which was later renamed Cambridge after its  English cousin and is the site of the present-day university.When a young minister named John Harvard, who came from the neighboring town of Charlestowne, died from tuberculosis in 1638, he willed half of his estate of 1,700 pounds to the fledgling college. In spite of the fact that only half of the bequest was actually paid, the General Court named the college after the minister in appreciation for what he had done. The amount of the bequest may not have been large, particularly by today's standards, but it was more than the General Court had found it necessary to appropriate in order to open the college.Henry Dunster was appointed the first president of Harvard in 1640, and it should be noted that in addition to serving as president, he was also the entire faculty, with an entering freshman class of four students. Although the staff did expand somewhat, for the first century of its existence the entire teaching staff consisted of the president and three or four tutors.

Câu 1: The passage implies that                                   

A. Henry Dunster spent much of his time as president managing the Harvard faculty

B. someone else really served as president of Harvard before Henry Dunster.

C. Henry Dunster was an ineffective president

D. the position of president of Harvard was not merely an administrative position in the early years.

Câu 2: The passage indicates that Harvard is                                 

A. one of the oldest universities in the world        

B. the oldest university in America

C. one of the oldest universities in America      

D. the oldest university in the world

Câu 3: The main idea of this passage is that                                 

A. John Harvard was key to the development of a great univrsity

B. Harvard is one of the world's most prestigious universities

C. Harvard University developed under the auspices of the Generak Court of Massachusetts

D. what is today a great university started out small

Câu 4: The "pounds" in the second paragraph are probably                                

A. college students    

B. units of money                

C. types of books            

D. school campuses

Câu 5: The word "fledgling" in the third paragraph could best be replaced by which of the following?

A. Flying                                 

B. Newborn                             

C. Winged                               

D. Established

Câu 6: The pronoun "they" in the second paragraph refers to                                 

A. Oxford and Cambridge universitis       

B. university graduates

C. sons            

D. educational opportunities

Câu 7: The word "somewhat" in the last paragraph could best be replaced by____

A. back and forth    

B. side by side          

C. more or less          

D. to and pro

Câu 8: It can be inferred from the passage that the Puritans who traveled to Massachusetts colony were                           

A. rather rich                                                                   

B. rather well educated

C. rather undermocratic         

D. rather supportive of the English government

Câu 9: Where in the passage does it indicate how much money Minister Harvard was really responsible for giving to the university?

A. lines 7-11   

B. lines 15-17                    

C. lines 3-7

D. lines 12-15

Câu 10: Which of the following is not mentioned about John Harvard?

A. Where he came from

B. What he died of

C. How much he bequeathed to Harvard

D. Where he was buried

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