单选题According to the passage, many important persons in public life and the big corporations______.Awere educated in Oxford and CambridgeBwere educated in Princeton and YaleCgraduated from Harvard and PrincetonDgraduated either from Harvard or from Yale

单选题
According to the passage, many important persons in public life and the big corporations______.
A

were educated in Oxford and Cambridge

B

were educated in Princeton and Yale

C

graduated from Harvard and Princeton

D

graduated either from Harvard or from Yale


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解析:
文中第二段第三句提及“many men who hold prominent positions”均毕业于这两个学校之中的一所。这里的one of these two指的就是上文的Harvard and Yale,因此D项为正确答案。

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