【走向高考】2017年高考英语一轮复习 第一部分 基础知识聚焦 Unit 4 Sharing习题 新人教版选修7.doc

Unit 4 Sharing Ⅰ.阅读理解 (2016·广东四校第一次联考) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States. The institute stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering. MITs early emphasis on applied technology at the undergraduate and graduate levels led to close cooperation with industry. Curricular reforms under Karl Compton and Vannevar Bush in the 1930s emphasized basic science. MIT was elected to the Association of American Universities in 19