Lesson Colleges Uni Oxford
Lesson Colleges Uni Oxford
Lesson Colleges Uni Oxford
Oxford University
You probably already know some things about Oxford University, but there is
probably a lot you (1)_____ know. It’s called ‘Oxford University’ because it is located
in the town of Oxford, England (about ninety kilometers outside of London). Classes
first (2)_____ there in 1096, almost a thousand years ago, and it is one of (3)_____
universities in the world. Most colleges and universities (4)_____ located on just one
main campus, but this university is special. It’s (5)_____ in many different places
around the town of Oxford. For example, near South Parks Road, you can find the
Science Area, while just behind Broad Street you can listen to music at the
Sheldonian Theater. Do you like (6)_____? If ‘yes’, there are millions of books at the
university’s Bodleian Libraries. In addition, the university (7)_____ a large number of
parks – there is the Botanic Garden, for example, on High Street. It has more than
8,000 different kinds (8)_____ plants. Of course, the students are the most important
part of Oxford University – there (9)_____ more than 21,000 of them from many
countries around the world. Over the past several hundred years, many famous
people have studied (10)_____, people such as William Penn (the founder of the
American state of Pennsylvania), the astronomer Edmund Halley and J.R.R. Tolkien
(the author of ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’). Finally, if you’re (11)_____ of
visiting (or studying at) Oxford, there is a gift shop at 106 High Street (12)_____ you
can buy souvenirs to remember your time at this world-class university.
1. 5. 9.
(A) no (A) locates (A) have
(B) aren’t (B) locating (B) are
(C) not (C) located (C) is
(D) don’t (D) locate (D) has
2. 6. 10.
(A) began (A) to read (A) that
(B) begin (B) reads (B) they’re
(C) begins (C) read (C) there
(D) beginning (D) reading (D) their
3. 7. 11.
(A) better (A) has (A) think
(B) good (B) had (B) thinks
(C) best (C) have (C) thought
(D) the best (D) having (D) thinking
4. 8. 12.
(A) did (A) a (A) where
(B) are (B) of (B) when
(C) is (C) at (C) how
(D) was (D) have (D) what
WRITING PRACTICE
DESCRIPTIVE WRITING: “Write a paragraph to describe the place where you
study.”
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LESSON Reading and Grammar: Colleges & Universities (Oxford)
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