If you ask most Americans, they would say their favorite season of the year is summer. The weather is warm. They do not have to wear heavy clothes to keep warm. Young people do not have to go to school. They can do many activities outside, like playing sports and swimming at the beach or the pool. They like the sunshine during the day and the warm summer nights. People have written and recorded hundreds of songs about summer. These are some of our favorites.
One of the most famous songs about summer is from George Gershwin's opera "Porgy and Bess." He wrote the music in nineteen thirty-five. The opera takes place in the southern United States. It opens with these words: "Summertime and the livin' is easy. Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high." Leontyne Price sings the song.
The nineteen fifties and sixties produced many songs about teenagers enjoying their summer vacation from school. The songs are about having fun, swimming in the ocean, driving in cars. However, for some teenagers, summer vacation was not all fun and games. Some of them had to work to earn money.
1、Why do most Americans like summer?
A、The weather is warm.
B、People do not have to go to schools.
C、Sunny days and warm nights.
D、Both A and C.
2、Why did people write and record so many songs about summer?
A、Summer is warm.
B、They do not have to wear heavy clothes to keep warm.
C、They can do many activities outside.
D、They like summer.
3、What is NOT true about "Porgy and Bess"?
A、Porgy and Bess is an opera.
B、Porgy and Bess appeared in 1935.
C、Porgy and Bess was written by Leontyne Price.
D、Porgy and Bess is about summer.
4、Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A、There are 1950 or 1960 songs about teenagers enjoying their summer vacation from school.
B、Many songs are about teenagers having fun in summer.
C、Teenagers have not only fun and games but other things in summer.
D、Some teenagers have to work to earn money in summer.
5、Please choose an appropriate title for the passage.
A、Summer
B、Children in Summer
C、Summer and Children
D、Songs about Summer
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