英语考试完形填空练习题

Where is the university? This is a question that many visitors to Cambridge(剑桥)ask. But no one can give them a __(31)__answer, for there is no wall to be found _(32)___ the university. The university is the city. You can find classroom buildings, __(33)__, museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and_(34)__ of the thirty—one colleges(学院).

Cambridge was already a_(35)_ town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Granta, and the river was once __(36)__ the Cam. A__(37)__ was built over the river as early as 875，so the town got its name Cambridge.

In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew much __(38)__ in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in ridge became a__(39)__ in 1951 and now it has a population of over 100,000. Many young students in other countries_(40)_ to study at Cambridge.

（）31. A. trueB. clearC. rightD. wrong

（）32. A. aroundB. inC. nearD. about

（）33. A. cinemasB. librariesC. zoosD. parks

（）34. A. parentsB. farmersC. teachersD. doctors

（）35. A. interestingB. oldC. newD. usual

（）36. A. saidB. calledC. spokenD. talked

（）37. A. bridgeB. buildingC. stationD. house

（）38. A. smallerB. slowerC. slowlyD. faster

（）39. A. cityB. collegeC. countryD. village

（）40. A. stopB. hateC. hopeD. dislike