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 from 38 to 42. “Where is the university?” is a question many visitors to Cambridge ask, but no one can give them a clear answer, for there is no wall to be found around the university. The university is the city. You can find the classroom buildings, libraries, museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the...
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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 from 38 to 42.
“Where is the university?” is a question many visitors to Cambridge ask, but no one can give them a clear answer, for there is no wall to be found around the university. The university is the city. You can find the classroom buildings, libraries, museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and teachers or professors of the thirty-one colleges. Cambridge is already a developing town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Granta, as the Cam was once called. A bridge was built over the river as early as 875.
In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew faster in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a city in 1951 and now it has the population of over 100000. Many young students want to study at Cambridge. Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town. It has become a famous place all around the world.
Why did people name Cambridge the "city of Cambridge”?
A. Because the river was very well-known.
B. Because there is a bridge over the Cam.
C. Because it was a developing town.
D. Because there is a river named Granta.
The University of Cambridge is one of the most (23) ________ universities in the UK. It was built (24) ________ 1209. It’s one of the ten (25) ________ universities in the world. Only people with the best grades can (26) ________ there, as it’s one of the hardest universities in the UK to get into. Many famous (27) ________ have studied there, including Sir Isaac Newton and Stephen Hawking. It has over 100 libraries and more than 19,000 (28) _________ study there each year.
17. A. old B. big C. famous D. large
18. A. on B. of C. in D. for
19. A. oldest B. older C. old D. the old
20. A. studying B. studied C. studies D. study
21. A. lawyer B. scientists C. worker D. doctor
22. A. students B. libraries C. universities D. college