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Unit 1 A land of diversity 课时分层作业(一)　Section Ⅰ （建议用时：35分钟） ［高考题型练习提能力］ Ⅰ。阅读理解 A California is famous not only for its beautiful scenery but also for its great universities。Its state university system is the largest in the country。California has many world.class public and private universities。The following universities are the best in California based on the Wall Street Journal US College Rankings 2018. Stanford Stanford University，or Leland Stanford Junior University(its full name)，is a private research university founded in 1891 by the railroad tycoon（铁路大亨)Leland Stanford and his wife Jane Stanford。 The university sits at the heart of Silicon Valley。The universitys role in creating the US technology industry has led to its name as one of the greatest higher education institutions in the world。Stanford is placed among the top universities in the world. California Institute of Technology（Caltech) Caltech is one of the worlds leading science and engineering higher education institutions。The private research and teaching university was founded in 1891 in Pasadena just northeast of Los Angeles。 Caltech has had a strong focus on science since the early 1900s and has turned out many great scientific minds.72 of its teachers and graduates have won the Nobel Prize（by October 2018）．Caltech is also famous for the quality of its teaching。It is ranked first in the USA for the number of graduates who goes on to study a PhD. University The University of Southern California is a private research university in Los Angeles.It was founded in 1880 and is one of the oldest private universities in California. The university’s official mascot is Traveler，a white Andalusian horse.It first appeared at a football game in 1961 and was known as Traveler I．The current horse is now known as Traveler Ⅶ。 【语篇解读】　美国加利福尼亚州不仅有优美的风景,而且有很多世界一流的大学。加利福尼亚州的大学体系是全美最庞大的。本文介绍了在《华尔街日报》2018年美国大学排名中靠前的三所位于加利福尼亚州的大学. 1．What is the similarity between the universities above？ A．They are all private universiti