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A boy of 14 has become the youngest student to win a place at Cambridge University. Arran Fernandez, who was  16  at home by his father, Neil, will 17  a mathematics degree at Fitzwilliam College next month and he hopes to have a career as a research mathematician to 18  the Riemann hypothesis(黎曼猜想) that has confused the brightest minds. It will make him the youngest Cambridge student  19 14-year-old William Pitt the Younger studied there in 1773.   Last night the child genius said: “I am looking forward to going to the  20  . I have started the first-year books   21   and it is all right, not too  22  . I can understand it. I am excited about going to Cambridge,  23  I am used to making records about being the youngest in education. It isn’t the youngest moment that is so important to me--  24  I’m more interested in going to Cambridge than comparing   25  with other people who go there.”    But  26  his age he will not be able to    27  many of the alcohol-fuelled festivities(庆典) traditionally   28  to Freshers’ Week. “I don’t think I’m missing too much fun,” he insisted. “Even if I was 18, I wouldn’t want to go out   29 . ”    Arran,  30   plans to join the bird-watching society instead and go boating while at university, was five when he  31   the youngest person to be  32    a GCSE (General Certificated of Secondary Education), after passing maths. He was offered the    33   to learn at Cambridge in 2010, when he was 14, on the condition he gained an A-level in physics, which he   34  with an A+ grade. Arran had already gained an A grade in further maths last year.    Cambridge also asked him to attend three GCSEs in subjects which were not related to maths and physics to   35   his knowledge. He gained A+s in English literature and French and an A in English language this summer. 16.  A. educated              B. equipped                   C. arranged                  D. evaluated 17.  A. run                            B. operate               C. end                      D. start 18.  A. work out          B. make out                   C. help out                     D. break out 19.  A. before               B. after                            C. since                           D. but 20.  A. festivities          B. lectures                C. contests                    D. literature 21.  A. especially         B. already                C. hardly                  D. gradually 22.  A. difficult                    B. easy                      C. interesting         D. boring 23.  A. therefore         B. but                        C. additionally              D. and 24.  A. fortunately             B. merely                  C. actually                     D. mentally 25.  A. it                         B. them                           C. themselves        D. myself 26.  A. because of            B. instead of           C. except for                 D. as for 27.  A. pick out                   B. join in                    C. pick up                D. join up 28.  A. added                     B. addicted                   C. related                D. encouraged 29.  A. smoking                   B. singing                 C. drinking               D. dancing 30.  A. who                          B. which                   C. that                            D. he 31.  A. turned                     B. seemed               C. grew                           D. became 32.  A. presented              B. awarded                    C. rewarded                  D. submitted 33.  A. tendency        B. treaty                          C. profit                           D. opportunity 34.  A. improved         B. achieved                   C. reserved                    D. represented 35.  A. reduce                    B. improve               C. broaden                    D. insure 答案：ADACB BABCD ABCCA  DBDBC

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