The opera house in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is one of the most beautiful in the Uni

Theopera house in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is one of the most beautiful in the UnitedStates. It is small and open, with one roof over the stage where singersperform and another roof over part of the audience. This opera house in themountain is one of the best in the country, which may seem surprising becauseperformances are only given during seven weeks in  summer, and because Santa Fe is a very small city.

Onereason why the Santa Fe Opera is so good is that it attracts many excellentyoung singers. They all hope to sing in famous opera houses like Metropolitanin New York someday, and they work hard to become well-know during the summer.The musicians and directors are experts who come from the best orchestras(管弦乐队) and operas in the country during theirvacations. They enjoy working there because they like to live in Santa Fe,which is near both the mountains and the desert. It is very beautiful there insummer.

Thestate government of New Mexico advertises the Santa Fe Opera in newspapers allover the country, and a great many tourists come to New Mexico because of theopera. Still, most of the audiences do come from Santa Fe and other nearbycities, and all the seats in the theater are sold for every show.

Thereis only one thing that some people do not like about the Santa Fe Opera, andthat is the cold weather. Because the theater is open, performances can’tstart before it gets dark at nine o’clock in the evening, and then themountain air becomes very cool. Sometimes people complain about the cold air,but because the operas are good, these people come back again—wearing warmcoats.

1.This passage mainly introduces__________.

A.mountain city   B.young mountains

C.an opera house D.the tourism in Santa Fe

2.Young singers come to perform in Santa Fe Opera because__________.

A.the music’s quality is high

B.they enjoy the climate there

C.they want to be famous

D.they like the scenery there

3.It seems surprising that Santa Fe becomes famous because__________.

A. it is only a very small place

B.it is between the mountain and desert

C.all the seats are sold for every show

D.musicians there are from the best orchestras

4.From the passage, we can learn that__________.

A.the opera house is open without any roofs

B.musicians always spend vacation in Santa Fe

C.the government advertises to attract more musicians

D.performances are held in Santa Fe only after sunset

试题答案

答案：1C2C3A 4D