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From the History of Cambridge University



Task 1. Fill in the gaps in the text choosing the correct answers given below.

Example: He …1… a lovely holiday in the country last year.

a) bought b) had c) passed d)gave

Answer: 1. b

Cambridge is famous …1… the world as one of the two oldest university cities in Britain — Oxford, of course, is the other. Its streets are packed with students going about their business on bicycles.

The story of the University began in 1209 when students and scholars...2... the little town of Cambridge after they had walked 60 miles from Oxford. These students had been stu­dents in Oxford where was constant trouble between the people living in the town and the students. Then one day astudent accidentally killed a man of the town. The Mayor arrested three...3... students who were innocent and they...4... death. In protest all the students moved...5..., some coming to Cambridge, and so the new University began.

1. a) through b)on c) throughout d) out of

2. a) arrived in b) reached in c) arrived to d) was arrived at

3. a) another b) the other c) others d) other

4. a) put it b) were put to c) put to d) were put at

5. a) anywhere b) to somewhere c) in nowhere d) elsewhere

Task 2. Choose the best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.

1. Which of the following is not true?

a) Cambridge and Oxford are the oldest universities in Britain.

b) You can see a few students going about their business on bicycles in Cambridge.

c) The first students and scholars came to Cambridge in 1209.

d) The first students of Cambridge were the former stu­dents of Oxford.

2. How did the story of Cambridge University begin?

a) It began as soon as the first settlers of the little town of Cambridge arrived.

b) The story dates back to 1209 when students from London University had to leave it and move to Cam­bridge.

c) The story of Cambridge University was connected with the events in Oxford in 1209 when the students there decided to leave the city..

d) The story of Cambridge University began when the Mayor of Oxford asked the students from Oxford University to move to Cambridge.

3. What do you think about the relations that were among the citizens of Oxford and the students of Oxford University? Which of these words describes it best?

a) peaceful b) warlike c) good-neighbourly d) diplomatic

4. What happened in Oxford one day in 1209?

a) One day a student decided to kill a citizen of Oxford and killed him.

b) Once a citizen of Oxford killed a student.

c) It so happened that a student from Oxford Univer­sity killed a citizen of Oxford — he didn't do it on purpose.

d) The Mayor of Oxford killed a student.

5. What made the students of Oxford University leave Ox­ford?

a) The accident that took place in Oxford in 1209 — the arrest and death of innocent students.

b) The fact that the Mayor arrested the guilty students.

c) Cambridge University was better than Oxford Uni­versity.

d) The Mayor of Oxford asked them to do it.





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