第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为3l-40的相应位置上。
John, a middle school student, took Cambridge 31_______ his dream university. With his hard work, he got all A’s in his subjects, 32 _______ won him a free tour to the place.
33________ arriving, John was surprised to find Cambridge almost 34_______ city of university. This meant that the whole city is a big university with many colleges dotted here and there. Students outnumbered the town residents. 35_______(strange), they do not study but live in the colleges. They just study in the other buildings far from colleges. The city is crowded with people and ancient buildings as well. Many buildings can date back 36_______ histories to the 14th century. The River Cam runs through colleges like a 37_________(wind) blue ribbon. The green grass on 38__________ sides seems to tell people of its proud history.
