资源描述：
《现代大学英语听力原文及答案》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、Unit1Task1【答案】A.unusual,whatever,escape,traditions,present,grey,moulded,shape,hereB.AChronicleofCambridge’sEarlyYearsYearsEvents1209SeveralhundredstudentsandscholarsarrivedinCambridgefromOxford.1284Peterhouse,theoldestcollegeinCambridge,wasfounded.1440KingHenryⅥfoundedKing’sCollege.C.1)Stude
2、ntswereforbiddentoplaygames,tosing(exceptsacredmusic),tohuntorfishoreventodance.2)Whenpeoplewentanywhereonavisit,theprettyEnglishgirlsallkissedthem.3)Erasmus,Bacon,Milton,Cromwell,andNewton(orWordsworth,Byron,Tennyson,etc.)【原文】MycomingtoCambridgehasbeenanunusualexperience.Fromwhatevercountry
3、onecomesasastudentonecannotescapetheinfluenceoftheCambridgetraditions---andtheygobacksofar!Here,perhaps,morethananywhereelse,Ihavefeltatoneandthesametimethepast,thepresentandeventhefuture.It’seasytoseeintheoldgreystonebuildingshowthepastmouldedthepresentandhowthepresentisgivingshapetothefutu
4、re.Soletmetellyoualittleofwhatthisuniversitytownlookslikeandhowitcametobehereatall.ThestoryoftheUniversitybegan,sofarasIknow,in1209whenseveralhundredstudentsandscholarsarrivedinthelittletownofCambridgeafterhavingwalked60milesfromOxford.Ofcoursetherewerenocollegesinthoseearlydaysandstudentlif
5、ewasverydifferentfromwhatitisnow.Studentswereofallagesandcamefromanywhereandeverywhere.Theywerearmed;someevenbandedtogethertorobthepeopleofthecountryside.Graduallytheideaofthecollegedeveloped,andin1284,Peterhouse,theoldestcollegeinCambridge,wasfounded.Lifeincollegewasstrict;studentswereforbi
6、ddentoplaygames,tosing(exceptsacredmusic),tohuntorfishoreventodance.BookswereveryscarceandallthelessonswereintheLatinlanguagewhichstudentsweresupposedtospeakevenamongthemselves.In1440KingHenryVIfoundedKing’sCollege,andtheothercollegesfollowed.Erasmus,thegreatDutchscholar,wasatoneofthese,Quee
7、ns’College,from1511to1513,andthoughhewrotethatthecollegebeerwas“weakandbadlymade”,healsomentionedapleasantcustomthatunfortunatelyseemstohaveceased.“TheEnglishgirlsareextremelypretty,”Erasmussaid,“soft,pleasant,gentle,andcharming.Whenyougoanywhereon
