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There are more than forty universities in Britain -- nearly twice as many as in 1960. During the 1960s eight completely new ones

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问题      There are more than forty universities in Britain -- nearly twice as many as in 1960. During the 1960s eight completely new ones more founded, and ten other new ones were created【C1】______ converting old colleges of technology into universities. In the same period the【C2】______  of students more than doubled, from 70,000 to【C3】______ than 200,000. By 1973 about 10% of men aged from eighteen 【C4】______ twenty-one were in universities and about 5% Of women.
     All the universities are private institutions. Each has its【C5】______ governing councils,【C6】______ some local businessmen and local politicians as【C7】______ as a few academics. The state began to give grants to them fifty years【C8】______ , and by 1970 each university derived nearly all its【C9】 from state grants. Students have to【C10】______ fees and living costs, but every student may receive from the local authority of the place【C11】______ he lives a personal grant which is enough to pay his full costs, including lodging and 【C12】______ unless his parents ere【C13】______  . Most【C14】______ take jobs in the summer【C15】______  about six weeks, but they do not normally do outside【C16】______ during the academic year, The Department of Education takes【C17】______ for the payments which cover the whole expenditure of the【C18】______ , but it does not exercise direct control. It can have an important influence【C19】______ new developments through its power to distribute funds, but it takes the advice of the University Grants Committee, a body which is mainly【C20】______ of academics.
【C2】
选项 A、amount
B、quantity
C、lot
D、number
答案D
解析 句意：在同时期，学生人数成倍增加，从7万上升到20多万。number修饰可数名词，amount修饰不可数名词；没有the lot of这种结构，quantity不接具体数量词，只表示物质多少，如：A large/small quantity of beer was sold。
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