单选题

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Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.{{/B}}

A、 Because there are no signs to direct them.
B、 Because no tour guides are available.
C、 Because all the buildings in the city look alike.
D、 Because the university is everywhere in the city.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] 32-35 "Where is the university? is question many visitors to Cambridge ask, but no one could point them in any one direction because there is no campus. The university consists of thirty-one self-governing colleges. It has lecture halls, libraries, laboratories, museums and offices throughout the city(32). Individual colleges choose their own students (33), who have to meet the minimum entrance requirements set by the university. Undergraduates usually live and study in their colleges, where they are taught in very small groups. Lectures, and laboratory and practical work are organized by the university and held in university buildings. There are over ten thousand undergraduates and three thousand five hundred postgraduates. About 40% of them are women and some 8% from overseas. As well as teaching, research is of major importance. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, more than sixty university members have won Nobel prizes. The university has a huge number of buildings for teaching and research. It has more than sixty specialist subject libraries, as well as the University Library, which, as a copyright library, is entitled to a copy of every book published in Britain(34). Examinations are set and degrees are awarded by the university. It allowed women to take the university exams in 1881, but it was not until 1948 that they were awarded degrees(35). 32．Why is it difficult for visitors to locate Cambridge University? 从题目选项来看，很难确定主题，故听音时要注意。可以从“The university consists of thirty-one self-governing colleges. It has lecture halls, libraries, laboratories, museums and offices throughout the city”得知，剑桥大学自治学院太多，而且每个学院都有自己独立的讲堂、图书馆、实验室等，分布在城市的各处，throughout the city与D)选项中everywhere in the city是同义，故可推测出答案。

A、 They set their own exams.
B、 They select their own students.
C、 They award their own degrees.
D、 They organize their own laboratory work.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] What does the passage tell us about the colleges of Cambridge University? 本题首先要确定they指代什么，然后确定其具有的自主权利。可以从“Individual colleges choose their own students(每个学院选择自己的学生)”得知，每个学院能自主招收学生，但条件是学生必须达到学校设定的最低入学标准，故可排除干扰项推测出答案。

A、 Most of them have a long history.
B、 Many of them are specialized libraries.
C、 They house more books than any other university library.
D、 They each have a copy of every book published in Britain.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] What can be learned from the passage about the libraries in Cambridge University? 综合题目各选项可以得知，该题考查图书馆的有关内容。可以从“It has more than sixty specialist subject libraries, as well as the University Library, which, as a copyright library, is entitled to a copy of every book published in Britain”得知，除了剑桥大学图书馆外，它还具有60个专门图书馆可供不同需要，specialist subject libraries和B)中 specialized libraries是同义，故可推测出答案。

A、 Very few of them are engaged in research.
B、 They were not awarded degrees until 1948,
C、 They have outnumbered male students.
D、 They were not treated equally until 1881.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] What does the passage say about women students in Cambridge University? 从题目选项可以得知，该题考查与学生有关的情况。可以从“It allowed women to take the university exams in 1881，but it was not until 1948 that they were awarded degrees(在1881年，它允许女性学生参加入学考试，但直到1948年他们才授予学位)”得知，女性学生被容许参加入学考试和被授予学位的时间是不同的，故可推测答案。D)项中没提及学校对待男、女生的态度和方式，故不对。 [名师点睛] be entitled to：意思为“给(某人)权利(或资格)”，如：You are not entitled to unemployment benefit if you have never worked. (从未参加过工作，就没有资格领取失业救济金。)此外还有 entitle sb. to sth. 表达，意思为“使某人有资格获得某事物或做某事”，如：This ticket doesn't entitle you to travel first class. (你这张票不能坐头等位。)