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"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 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 was 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 much faster in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a city in 1951 and now it has a population (人口) of over 100,000. 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.

单选题 Why do most visitors come to Cambridge?

A. To see Cambridge University.
B. To study in the colleges in Cambridge.
C. To use the libraries of the university.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】文中提到，成千上万的参观者慕名而来，为的是一睹这座大学城的风采，故答案为A。该题考查对具体信息的理解。

单选题 What does "its" refer to (指的是…) in "most of its members are?"

A. The museum of office.
B. The people in Cambridge.
C. The University of Cambridge.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】此处为承前指代，从上下文不难看出，its实指剑桥大学，故答案为C。该题考查推测词义。

单选题 Around what time did the university begin to appear?

A. In the 9th century.
B. In the 13th century.
C. In the 15th century

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】文中提到，剑桥大学从800年前开始招生，据此推断，剑桥大学应该是始建于13世纪，故答案为B。该题考查判断和推理。

单选题 Why did people name the city Cambridge?

A. Because there is a bridge over the Cam.
B. Because the river was very weir known.
C. Because there is a river named Granta.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】剑桥依傍the Cam river(原名the Granta river)，后来河上建桥，剑桥由此得名，故答案为A。该题考查判断和推理。

单选题 After which year did the town really begin to develop?

A. After 875.
B. After 1845.
C. After 1951.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】剑桥建于875年，剑桥大学从此得名，故答案为B。该题考查判断和推理。

单选题 From what we read, we know that now Cambridge ______.

A. is visited by international tourists
B. is a city of growing population
C. may have a wall around it

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】文中提到，慕名参观的人来自世界各地，故答案为A。该题考查对具体信息的理解。