Task 9. For questions 74 – 88 choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.
Cambridge
Cambridge is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately 55 miles (89 km) north of London. Cambridge is a city with such a (74) ________ reputation that (75) _____ who come here find themselves intimidated by the place and can’t wait to leave, while (76) _____, taking to it like a duck to water, find themselves returning again and again. The college lawns provide a gorgeous (77) ________ to serious study, and in the right light, on a sunny winter’s morning day, one feels as if one is (78) ________ on air, such is the sense of unreality. Cambridge may like to (79) ________ that it is at the intellectual (80) ________ of things, but in many ways it is no more than a sleepy backwater where, to mix metaphors, transitory students, the (81) ________ of their generation, wait in the (82) ________, allowing their talents to (83) ________ before moving off into the industrial or political (84) ________. Much of this is a myth, of course. Hardship and hard work are very much part and (85) ________ of student life. The level-headed get through the three years’ hard (86) ________ simply by putting their shoulders to the (87) ________ before going on to fairly average jobs. Only for the tiny minority is Cambridge the first (88) ________ on the ladder to fame and fortune.
74.