Задать 5 типов вопросов к тексту Cambridge University is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world (after

theUniversity of Oxford) and the seventh-oldest in the world.

The story of Cambridge University begins in 1209 when several hundred students arrived in

the little town of Cambridge after having walked 60 miles from Oxford. These students were all

churchmen and had been studying in Oxford at that city's well-known schools. It was a hard life

at Oxford for there was constant trouble, even fighting, between the citizens of the town and the

students. Then one day a student accidentally killed a man of the town. The Mayor arrested three

other students who were innocent and they were put to death. In protest, many students leftOxford,

some of them went to Cambridge. And so the new University began.

It was Cambridge University. Of course, there were no Colleges in those early days and

student life was very different from what it is now. Students were of all ages and came from

anywhere and everywhere. Life in College was strict. Students were forbidden to play games, to

sing (except sacred music), to hunt or fish or even to dance. Books were very rare and all the

lessons were in the Latin language which students were supposed to speak even among themselves.

In 1440 King Henry VI founded King's College, and other colleges followed.

Nowadays there are more than 30 different colleges, including five for women students and

several mixed colleges, in the University. The number of students in colleges is different: from 30

to 400 or 500.

The training course lasts 4 years. The academic year is divided into 3 terms. The students

study natural and technical sciences, law, history, languages, geography, medicine, economics,

agriculture, music and many other subjects. After 3 years of study a student may proceed to a

Bachelor’s degree, and later to the degrees of Master and Doctor.

There are many ancient traditions that are still observed at Cambridge. Students are required

to wear gowns at lectures, in the University library, in the street in the evening, for dinners in the

colleges and for official visits. One more tradition is to use Latin during public ceremonies of

awarding degrees.All the students must pay for their education, examinations, books, laboratories, university

hostel, the use of libraries. The cost is high. It depends on college and university speciality. Very

few students get grants.

Many great men studied at Cambridge, for example, Bacon (the philosopher), Milton and

Byron (the poets), Cromwell (the soldier), Newton (the outstanding physicist), Darwin (who is

famous for his theory of evolution) and Kapitsa (the famous Russian physicist).​

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