Fora400-year-oldartform,opera(歌剧)hadabadfame:overweight...
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For a 400-year-old art form,opera(歌剧) had a bad fame: overweight actresses singing the words which were hard to understand in one of those romance languages you were supposed to learn in high school. And with tickets costing as much as $145 a performance, opera-goers(常去看京剧的人) also had a certain appearance in people's mind: rich,well-dressed and old.
But now opera companies around the country are loosening their ties and kicking off their shoes in an attempt (尝试)to keep opera alive and take it to a younger and not so wealthy audience.
Opera producers have found that to attract this crowd, they need to make the opera closer to common people. Because young people don't or won't come to the opera, companies are bringing the opera to them, giving performances in such unusual places as parks, libraries and public schools.
The Houston Grand Opera's choice is the public library, where it performs “mobile operas”, shortened versions(简装剧本) of child-friendly operas. This summer's production is Hansel &Gretel. By performing smaller versions of large productions, producers are able to make people interested while keeping costs at a reasonable level. The San Francisco Opera, which will be celebrating its 75th anniversary(周年) this year, is staging Cinderella free of charge, keeping costs down by employing students from its Young Artists' Training Program.
46. Which is the main idea of this passage?
A. Opera is famous for its long history.
B. Opera is only performed for rich people.
C. Opera companies are trying to keep opera alive.
D. Young people are not interested in opera.
47. The underlined phrase in the second paragraph means __________.
A. breaking up the old rules
B. changing the dresses
C. making the audience at ease(轻松地)
D. advertising themselves
48. Opera companies prefer to perform short versions because __________.
A. they can be performed in public libraries
B. short versions are easy to perform
C. it is hard to find long versions
D. they can make more people come to opera
49. The San Francisco Opera employs students in order to _________.
A. celebrate its 75th anniversary B. reduce the cost
C. attract young people D. make Cinderella popular
50. From the passage we can infer that __________.
A. the tickets for operas are very expensive
B. operas are performed in a difficult language
C. operas are not so popular an art form today
D. students enjoy performing operas very much
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