Beatles still rocking after half a century

Fifty years ago four normal boys from Liverpool，England，recorded their first song Love Me Do．This music shook the world．No one knew that later the four boys would become the most famous and successful music group of all time．They are the Beatles．

New York，London，Hamburg…The Beatles may have traveled the world，but they never forgot where they came from-Liverpool，a city with a rich history．

Many of the songs the Beatles wrote were about their hometown and personal lives．In the song Penny Lane，they sing of a small road from their Liverpool childhood that is"in my ears and in my heart"．The song Strawberry Fields Forever stands for a famous strawberry field in the city．The boys could go and pick fruit there．

The North West of England is famous for friendliness and helping others．This is found in the Beatles'music．The song Hey Jude，which was played at the Olympic Opening Ceremony（开幕式）in London in 2012，and is one of the most successful songs of all time，comes from real life．When John Lennon divorced （与…离婚） his wife，his son Julian was very upset．Paul McCartney wrote the song to comfort the boy，nicknamed（昵称）Jude．

The Beatles'role in Liverpool's history is everywhere．They are so important to the city that their airport is called the"John Lennon Airport"．Its motto is"above us only sky"，four words taken from the beautiful song Imagine．

51．The Beatles'songs were mainly about___．

A．their travel diary to different cities

B．their hometown and personal lives

C．their family life and friendship

52．Their first song___ shook the world．

A．Penny Lane B．Love Me Do C．Strawberry Fields Forever

53．Paul McCartney wrote the song Hey Jude___．

A．to cheer up the boy JulianB．to remember his wifeC．to remember their friendship

54．The motto"above us only sky"comes from___．

A．Im