The most enjoyable way to discover Liverpool is by boat．The first thing to do is to take a ferry across the River Mersey. It’s the best way to find out about this city’s long and interesting history. The Liverpool Ferry，which is the oldest ferry service in Europe，started more than 800 years ago．

In the l8th century Liverpool became an important city for international business across the Atlantic Ocean．Ships sailed from Liverpool to the United States and Africa．The place to learn more about Liverpool’s importance is the Maritime Museum．
Liverpool was important because of its industry and trade in the 18th century．In the 20th century it became famous for music．The boys in the rock group，the Beatles，all came from Liverpool．The city is very proud of them．It named its airport John Lennon International Airport。after one of the Beatles．Tourists can take a bus tour to visit some of the places the Beatles mention in their songs, 1ike Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields．They can also visit the Cavern Club—the group first played there in 1961．The Beatles Story is a museum and gallery．Here you can find out more about these world—famous musicians．
But there’s more to see and do in Liverpoo1．At the Walker Art Gallery you can see the best art in the North of England．If you like modern art，the place to visit is the Tate Gallery．But above all，it’s the friendly and welcoming people of Liverpool who make this a city you should visit when you come to Great Britain．
【小题1】This passage is mainly for   ．

动词填空（10分）
1. Your brother ___________ (practice) dancing at the moment, isn’t he?
2. My cousin _____________(not swim) so fast as I when we were young.
3. Everyone knows that it’s much easier to say than ___________. (do)
4. The day before yesterday, he made up his mind ______________(lose) weight.
5. The teacher said as much as he could _____________(help)Peter not to drop Chinese.
6. Be quiet! The Greens ______________(plan) their trip to the USA.
7. Look! The new pair of glasses your mother gave you __________(match) your coat very well.
8. Do you have any time ____________(prepare) the dinner for us?
9. Each of us ___________(tell) you the truth when we arrive home.
10. Would you please make all the boys there__________( not talk) in class?

词汇运用（10分，每空一词）

1.No one is    （允许）to drive after drinking.

2.As soon as I arrived in Hong Kong, I sent a    （信息）to Mum.

3.About two hundred people _________( 死 )in Ya’an Earthquake on April 20^th .

4.The moon light shines in    (通过) the window and the room seems quiet and beautiful.

5.The teacher spent a long time     (解释)the problem to the boys after class.

6.Now Father’s Day becomes very popular. It is on the      (three) Sunday every June.

7.Teenagers should be encouraged to make decisions by     (they).

8.It’s much     (sun) this weekend. Why not go camping, David? ——Sounds great.

9.Everyone likes Mary in our class because she always talks to others     (polite).

10.The telephone was one of the most important   (invent) of the 19th century.