Question

‘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 the classroom buildings, libraries, museums and offices of the university all over the city．And most of its citizens are the students and teachers 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 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．

1．Why do many visitors ask the same question?

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2．What does‘its’refer to in‘…most of its citizens are…’?

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3．When did the university begin to appear?

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4．Why did people name the place Cambridge?

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5．How many people live in Cambridge now?

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Answer 1

答案：
解析：

　　1．Because there is no wall around the university．

　　2．‘Its’refers to the city of Cambridge．

　　3．The university began to appear in the 14th and 15th centuries．

　　4．They named it Cambridge because they built a bridge over the river Cam．

　　5．Now, over 100,000 people live in Cambridge．