“where is the university ( 大学 ) ?” This is a question that many visitors to Cambridge ( 剑桥 ) ask . But no one can give them a 1 answer, for there is no wall to be found 2 the university. The university is the city. You can 3 classroom buildings, libraries, museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of 4 members are the students and 5 of the 31 colleges ( 学院 ). Cambridge was already a developing town long the first students and teachers arrived 800 years 6 . It grew up by the river Granta, and the river was once called the Cam. A 7 was built over the river as early as 875 AD. 8 the town got its name “Cambridge”. In the fourth and fifth centuries more and 9 land was used for college buildings. The town grew much faster in the nineth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a city in 1951 and now it has a population of over 100,000. Many young students in other countries 10 to study at Cambridge . Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town. It has become a famous place all around the world.