When we say that Cambridge is a university town, we do not mean just that it is a town with a university in it. Manchester and Milan have universities, but we do not call them university towns. A university town is one where there is no clear separation between the university buildings and the rest of the city. The university is not just one part of the town; it is all over the town. The heart of Cambridge has its shops, pubs, market-place and so on, but most of it is university-colleges, faculties, libraries, clubs and other places for university staff and students. Students fill the shops, cafes, banks, and churches, making these as well part of the university.,
The town was there first. Two Roman roads crossed there, and there are signs of building before Roman times (earlier than A.D. 43). Cambridge became a center of learning, and the authority of the head of the university was recognized by the king in 1226.
With about 8,250 undergraduates and over2,000 postgraduates, the city is a busy place in “full term” .Undergraduates are not allowed to keep cars in Cambridge, so nearly all of them use bicycles. Don’t try to drive through Cambridge during the five minutes between lectures. Your bicycle must go through a boiling sea of other bicycles hurrying in all directions, if you are in Cambridge at five minutes to the hour any morning of full term, you know that you are in a university town.
小題1:What is called a university town?
A.    A town with a university in it    
B.     B. A university with a town in it.
C.  One where there is no clear separation between a university and a town.
D.    One where there are both a university and a town.
小題2:How many students does Cambridge have?
A．Eight thousand, two hundred and fifty.B．Two thousand.
C．Ten thousand.D．More than ten thousand.
小題3:Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A．the university is all over the town
B．the town came earlier than the university
C．during the five minutes between lectures, your bicycle must go through other bicycles hurrying in all directions.
D．the teachers have many strange ways of making their lectures lively and interesting.
小題4:What’s the title of the passage?
A．Cambridge—A University Town.B．Cambridge – A Centre of Learning
C．Cambridge with Many Students.D．Cambridge with a Long History

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:D
小題4:A

小題1:第一段第三句.
小題2:第三段第一句.
小題3:第一段提到了大學(xué)及整個(gè)城市; 第二段提到了劍橋城先于大學(xué)出現(xiàn); 第三段提及了在兩節(jié)課之間, 騎車人必須穿過來自各個(gè)方向匆忙趕路的自行車的沸騰的海洋.所以應(yīng)排除選項(xiàng)A, B, C. D項(xiàng)短文未提及。
小題4:閱讀第二段可知?jiǎng)蚴菍W(xué)術(shù)中心, 它具有悠久的歷史; 閱讀第三段可知, 劍橋有一萬多學(xué)生.這些都是在介紹劍橋這座大學(xué)城的具體情況, 故答案為A.
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