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根據短文內容，完成文后任務。注意：每個空格只填一個單詞。

 Jerome Kern is often called the father of American musical theater. Kern is remembered for the hundreds of songs he wrote for musical plays and movies. Music historians say that Kern gave artistic importance to American popular music for the first time. And, they say, he led the development of the first truly American theater music.

Jerome Kern was born into a middle-class family in New York City in 1885. Jerome’s mother, Fanny, loved the piano. She began to teach Jerome how to play when he was very young.

Jerome was a quiet boy and not a top student. When he completed high school, his father said he would have to work in the family’s store. But he later came to believe that Jerome might do better in music than in business after all. So he let the boy go to Europe to study music, as almost all serious young musicians did at the time.

    Jerome Kern began his career as a songwriter in theaters in London and New York City. Success came quickly. By the early nineteen twenties, Kern was a successful young composer for Broadway musical comedies. In one three-year period alone, he wrote music for nineteen shows.

    Kern wanted to try something completely new. He thought a musical play should be a real work of art, not just a collection of songs and dances. Kern wanted to do a truly American musical, with real American characters and real situations.

In 1927, he found the story he wanted. It was the book “Show Boat” by American writer Edna Ferber. “Show Boat” takes place in the 1880 on a passenger steam boat that travels along the Mississippi River.

Kern died in 1945 at the age of sixty. But “Show Boat” has been performed thousands of times all over the world.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

 father   

 first      

 interest    

  became/was

  wrote

  different 

  made/changed     

  68     

  popular  

  developed

【解析】

試題分析：本文屬于任務型閱讀，在完成此類題目時，要仔細閱讀短文和表格，根據文章的篇章結構找出原文中的相應的語群，從同義詞，近義詞，反義詞等角度出發(fā)，尋找原詞再現，進行歸納總結，確定合適的答案。

 father  原詞再現。根據文章第一句Jerome Kern is often called the father of American musical theater可知本文講述的是American musical theater之父Jerome Kern。

  first    推理題。根據文章第二段最后一句She began to teach Jerome how to play when he was very young.可知他的母親教他學習音樂，是他的第一位老師。

 interest   推理題。根據文章第三段But he later came to believe that Jerome might do better in music than in business after all.可知他的父親認為他可能更擅長音樂，而不是做生意。他對做生意也沒有表現出很大的興趣。

  became/was 推理題。根據第四段第一行Jerome Kern began his career as a songwriter in theaters in London可知他在紐約和倫敦開始了自己的音樂生涯，成為了一名寫歌的作家。

  wrote 詞義轉換。根據Kern was a successful young composer for Broadway musical comedies可知他成為百老匯的音樂劇的作曲家，也就是說他為百老匯音樂劇寫哥，故write正確。

  different  詞義轉換。根據第五段第一句Kern wanted to try something completely new可知他希望自己的歌曲是新的，與眾不同。故使用different。

  made/changed     推理題。根據倒數第二段It was the book “Show Boat” by American writer Edna Ferber.可知這本書是別人的作品，被他改編成了音樂劇。故使用changed/made。

  68    計算題。根據Kern died in 1945 at the age of sixty.今年是2013年，可知他是在你68年前去世的。

 popular  原詞再現。根據文章第一段. Music historians say that Kern gave artistic importance to American popular music for the first time. And, they say, he led the development of the first truly American theater music.可知他給美國的流行音樂帶來了藝術性。

 developed  原詞再現。根據文章第一段最后一句he led the development of the first truly American theater music.

考點：考察人物型閱讀