C 

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．

46．This passage is mainly for                 ．

A．people who live in Liverpool       B. students who want to study in UK

C．foreigners who want to visit Great Britain  D. people who are interested in history

47．The word ferry in the first paragraph is most likely to be a kink of ________.

A．bus    B．boat   C. train  D. bicycle

48．Liverpool first became famous for________.

A. its important in international business. B. a group of pop singers

C. a beautiful river called River Mersey  D. a big museum in the town

49．For people who are interested in music，the place they want to visit most would be______

A．the Maritime Museum    B．the Tate Gallery

C．the Beatles Story    D．the Walker Art Gallery

50．Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A．A good place to visit in UK              B．The history of Liverpool

C．The most famous and of the world  D．The most friendly people in UK

【主旨大意】本文主要介绍了利物浦，从18世纪成为国际重要的国际商业性城市。20世纪利物浦是以音乐闻名世界，令无数流行乐迷倾倒的甲壳虫乐队的故乡。乐队的四人－保罗•麦卡特尼、乔治•哈里森、林格•斯塔尔、约翰•列农都出生、成长在这里。

46. C【解析】综合理解题。本文主要是介绍利物浦位置重要，文化悠久，教育状况，民俗文化，及环境优美，就是为了让更多的外国人参观利物浦。故选C。

47. B 【解析】细节推断题。由第一段第二句“he first thing to do is to take a ferry across the River Mersey”可推断出，过默西河需乘船，故选B。

48. C【解析】细节理解题。阅读第一段可知，到利物浦最快乐的事情是渡船。利物浦的渡船服务在欧洲是最古老的，已有800多年的历史了。故选C。

49. C【解析】细节理解题。由第三段句“The boys in the rock group，the Beatles，all came from Liverpool”可知。

50. A【解析】主旨理解题。阅读全文可知利物浦是一个风景优美，富于创新的城市，孕育了许多世界闻名的艺术家。故选A。

D

To most of us, school means classes, teachers, schedules, grades and tests. But for the children at Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts, school is very different.

Firstly, there are no lessons. All the children, aged between 4 and 19, do whatever they want. There are no teachers, only “staff members”. The idea behind this is that you do not need to make children learn, because children want to learn anyway. “You do not need to say to a three-year-old, ‘Go explore your environment.’ You can’t stop them!”says Daniel Greenberg, a founder of the school. “But if you make children do what you want all day… they will lose all taste of learning.” At Sudbury Valley School, you will find children talking, reading, painting, cooking, working on computers, studying French, playing the piano, climbing trees, or just running around. Two boys spent three years just fishing!

The other way that Sudbury Valley School is different is that the children can decide the rules. Every week, there is a school meeting where both children and staff have one vote (投票)each—even the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules, how to spend the school money, and even which staff they want and do not want anymore.

When the school first opened in 1968, people said it would never work. But today, the school h as 200 students, and 80% of its students go on to college. Even the two boys who went fishing all the time have successful careers today. One of them is a musician and the other is a computer scientist.

51. What's special about the school?

A. There is nobody but students there.

B. All the students are of the same age.

C. There are no classes for the students.

D. There are no rules in the school.

52. What do the students do in the school?

A. They learn everything there from the staff members.

B. They grow up there without learning anything.

C. They spend all the time with their parents.

D. They do whatever they are interested in.

53. The school seems to believe that children________.

A. learn best when they are doing what they want

B. are too young to learn anything by themselves

C. can look after themselves without any help

D. can't go to college without any hard work

54. The last paragraph wants to tell us that               .

A. the writer doesn't like the idea of the school

B. the school is quite successful in its work

C. most of the parents don't believe in the school

D. younger students learn bet ter there than older ones

55. The underlined word career in the last paragraph most probably means_      

A. family   B. money    C. lifestyle    D. job

【主旨大意】本文主要讲述了美国第一家提倡“自主学习”的学校，此类型学校基本理念为民主式管理和自由式教育，教学特点为弱化班级概念，混合年龄，以及学生、教员完全平等的民主式管理。学校认为学生学习无需定式，学习完全可以在任何的日常活动中进行，学生应自主决定学习方式和人生方向。

51. C【解析】主旨理解题。由于瑟谷学校教学特点为弱化班级概念，混合年龄，以及学生、教员完全平等的民主式管理。故选C。

52. D【解析】细节理解题。由第二段第一句“Firstly, there are no lessons. All the children, aged between 4 and 19, do whatever they want”可知学生在学校做他们感兴趣的事情。

53. A【解析】细节理解题。由第二段最后一句可知，学校倡导学生“自主学习”。故选A。

54. B【解析】细节推理题。由最后一段可知，80%的学生能上大学，甚至每天钓鱼的两个学生，一个成了音乐家，另一个科学家。说明了瑟谷学校的“自主学习”模式是成功的。故选B。

55. D【解析】细节理解题。由第四段最后一句“一个成了音乐家，另一个科学家”可知，career表示“职业”，在四外选项中，只有job具有职业的意思，故选D。