【WhenwesaythatCambridgeisauniversitytown,wedonotmeanjustthatitisatownwithauniversityinit.ManchesterandMilanhaveuniversities,butwedonotcallthemuniversitytowns.Auniversitytownisonewherethereisnoclearse】
WhenwesaythatCambridgeisauniversitytown,wedonotmeanjustthatitisatownwithauniversityinit.ManchesterandMilanhaveuniversities,butwedonotcallthemuniversitytowns.Auniversitytownisonewherethereisnoclearseparationbetweentheuniversitybuildingsandtherestofthecity.Theuniversityisnotjustonepartofthetown;itisalloverthetown.TheheartofCambridgehasitsshops,pubs,market-placeandsoon,butmostofitisuniversity-colleges,faculties,libraries,clubsandotherplacesforuniversitystaffandstudents.Studentsfilltheshops,cafes,banks,andchurches,makingtheseaswellpartoftheuniversity.,
Thetownwastherefirst.TwoRomanroadscrossedthere,andtherearesignsofbuildingbeforeRomantimes(earlierthanA.D.43).Cambridgebecameacenteroflearning,andtheauthorityoftheheadoftheuniversitywasrecognizedbythekingin1226.
Withabout8,250undergraduatesandover2,000postgraduates,thecityisabusyplacein“fullterm”.UndergraduatesarenotallowedtokeepcarsinCambridge,sonearlyallofthemusebicycles.Don’ttrytodrivethroughCambridgeduringthefiveminutesbetweenlectures.Yourbicyclemustgothroughaboilingseaofotherbicycleshurryinginalldirections,ifyouareinCambridgeatfiveminutestothehouranymorningoffullterm,youknowthatyouareinauniversitytown.
小题1:Whatiscalledauniversitytown?
A. Atownwithauniversityinit
B. B.Auniversitywithatowninit.
C. Onewherethereisnoclearseparationbetweenauniversityandatown.
D. Onewheretherearebothauniversityandatown.
小题2:HowmanystudentsdoesCambridgehave?A.Eightthousand,twohundredandfifty.B.Twothousand.C.Tenthousand.D.Morethantenthousand.小题3:WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedinthepassage?A.theuniversityisalloverthetownB.thetowncameearlierthantheuniversityC.duringthefiveminutesbetweenlectures,yourbicyclemustgothroughotherbicycleshurryinginalldirections.