Opera producers have found that to attract this crowd, they need to make the opera closer to common people. That means no formal suits or old-styled theatre. And 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 搈obile operas? shortened versions of child friendly operas. This summerth’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 this year, is staging Cinderella free of charge, keeping costs down by employing students from its Young Artist’s Training Program.

　　1. 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. Young people aren’t interested in opera.

　　D. Opera companies are trying to keep opera alive.

　　2. The underlined phrase in the second paragraph “loosening their ties and kicking off their shoes” means

　　_______.

　　A. breaking up the old rules

　　B. changing the formal suits

　　C. making the audience at ease

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