Book page 69
Book page 69
Read the article and choose a word for each line. There is one example.
Harvard University
0. Harvard is __the__ oldest institution of higher education in the United States,
A. a
B. the
C. an
1. Established in 1636 _____ vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
2. It was named _____ the College’s first benefactor,
3. the young minister John Harvard of Charlestown, _____ upon his death in 1638 left
4. _____ library and half his estate to the institution.
5. A statue of John Harvard stands today in front of the University Hall in Harvard Yard and is perhaps the University’s _____ known landmark.
6. Harvard University has 12 degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute _____ Advanced Study. The University has grown from nine students with a single master to an enrollment of more than 20,000-degree candidates, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional students.
7. There _____ more than 360,000 living alumni in the U.S. and over 190 other countries.