There are more than forty universities in Britain--nearly twice as many as in 1960. During the l%0s eight 【B1】 new ones were founded, and ten other new ones were created by 【B2】 old colleges of technology into universities. In the same period the number of students 【B3】 doubled, from 70,000 to more than 200,000. By 1973 about 10% of men aged from eigh to twenty-one were in universities and about 5% of women. All the universities are 【B4】 institutions. Each has’’ its own governing councils, 【B5】 some local businessmen and local politicians as 【B6】 as a few academics (大学教师). The state began to give grants to them fifty years 【B7】 , and by 1970 each university 【B8】 nearly all its 【B9】 from state grants. Students have to 【B10】 fees and living costs, but every student may receive from the local authority of the place where he lives a personal 【B11】 which is enough to pay his full costs, including lodging and 【B12】 unless his parents are 【B13】 Most 【B14】 take jobs in the summer for about six weeks, 【B15】 they do not normally do outside 【B16】 during the academic year. The Department of Education takes 【B17】 for the payment which covers the whole expenditure of the university, but it does not 【B18】 direct control. It can have an important influence 【B19】 new developments through its power to distribute funds, but it takes the advice of the University Grants Committee, a body which is mainly 【B20】 of academics.

A．poor
B．generous
C．kindhearted
D．rich