阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　There are more than forty universities in Britain—nearly twice as many as in 1940.During the 1960s eight completely new ones were founded，and ten other new ones were created__16__converting old colleges of technology into universities.In the same period the__17__of students more than doubled，from 70,000 to __18__than 200,000.By 1973 about 10% of men aged from eighteen__19__twenty­one were in universities and about 5% of women.

　　All the universities are private institutions.Each has its __20__governing councils，__21__some local businessmen and local politicians as __22__as a few academics(大学教师)．The state began to give grants to them fifty years__23__，and by 1970 each university derived nearly all its __24__ from state grants. Students have to __25__ fees and living costs，but every student may receive from the local authority of the place __26__he lives a personal grant which is enough to pay his full costs，including lodging and __27__unless his parents are__28__ .Most __29__ take jobs in the summer __30__about six weeks，but they do not normally do outside __31__during the academic year.The Department of Education takes __32__ for the payments which cover the whole expenditure of the __33__ ，but it does not exercise direct control.It can have an important influence __34__ new deveplopments through its power to distribute funds，but it takes the advice of the University Grants Committee，a body which is mainly __35__ of academics.

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