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

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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 were 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 patents are【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 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.
【C8】

选项 A、ago
B、before
C、after
D、ever

答案A

解析 ago表示从现在算起多久以前。before从过去某一时刻算起。after表在某时刻以后。ever从来。后三项均不符合题中“至今五十年前”的意思。
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