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