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 parents 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 payment which covers the whole expenditure of the【C18】______, but it does not exercise direct control. It can have an 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.【C4】
A．with
B．to
C．from
D．beyond
