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“Where is the university?” This is a question that many visitors to Cambridge ask. But no one can give them a ______ answer, for there is no wall to be found ______ the university. The university is the city. You can find classroom buildings, ______, museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and _______ of the thirty-one colleges.
Cambridge was already a ______ town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Granta, and the river was once _____ the Cam. A _____ 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_______ in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a ______ in 1951 and now it has a population of over 100,000. Many young students in other countries ______ 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.
1.A. true B. clear C. right D. real
2.A. around B. in C. near D. by
3.A. cinemas B. parks C. zoos D. libraries
4.A. parents B. farmers C. workers D. teachers
5.A. interesting B. usual C. developing D. common
6.A. said B. called C. spoken D. talked
7.A. bridge B. building C. station D. house
8.A. smaller B. slower C. faster D. cleaner
9.A. city B. college C. university D. country
10.A. stop B. hate C. hope D. need
1.B 2.A 3.D 4.D 5.C 6.B 7.A 8.C 9.A 10.C 【解析】试题分析: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky in 1809. His mother died when he was ten years old. Later, his family moved to Illinois and his father remarried. The family was poor, so they had to struggle just to live. In Illinois, there were neither teachers nor schools, but Lincoln’s stepmother encouraged him to study. He learned to read and write while working on the farm.
At twenty-one, Lincoln left home. He soon received a law license and became a lawyer. People trusted him and began to call him “Honest Abe”.学+科网
During the following years, he took a more active part in polities. Soon he was not only a highly respected lawyer but also a well-known politician. He was elected the sixteenth president of the United States in 1860, and in the next year the Civil War broke out.
The Civil War was between the southern states that wanted to leave the Union and form their own country, and northern states that wanted to keep all the states as one country. The southern states wanted to keep the laws that allowed them to own slaves. Both the northern states and President Lincoln wanted to get rid of those laws. On April 9, 1865, the Civil War ended and all slaves were set free.
Less than a week later, on April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was shot at the Ford Theater in Washington D.C. He died the next day from his wounds.
Abraham Lincoln | |
Birth | ★He was born in 1809. |
His family | ★His mother died when he was 1.. ★His stepmother was 2. to him and encouraged him to study. |
Unusual Experience | ★A farmer, a lawyer, a politician and the sixteenth 3. of the United States. |
Achievement | ★The Civil War broke out between the southern states and the 4. states. ★All slaves were set free when the Civil War 5.. ★“Keeping all the states as one country” came true. |