A、An old industrial center. B、A well-known university. C、A famous university town. D、A newly dcveloped town. C

Oxford is a very old town on the River Thames, about 60 miles from London. Unlike modem university towns, where you usually find the university on the edge of the town, or on its own campus. Oxford’s center is the university, and all round the crossroads at the very. heart of Oxford, Carfax, there are grey stone colleges and other university buildings. In the center you can also find interesting old restaurants. There are a lot of churches, and a few really large and interesting buildings, such as the Ashmolean Museum, the "round" library, the Boolean and the Radcliffe Camera. Like all English towns, there are parks, and one "The Parks" is the home of university cricket in the summer months. As you leave the center and go towards the edge of Oxford you can see industrial areas in one direction; and in another, beautiful suburb. There is, in fact, quite a lot of industry in Oxford.