Question

根据短文内容，完成文后任务。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。

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

 father

 first

 interest

 became/was

 wrote

 different

 works

 made/changed

 68

 developed

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了美国音乐剧之父杰罗姆科恩的生平事迹。

 根据第一段Jerome Kern is often called the father of American musical theater. 及下文描述，可知本文主要讲述的是美国的音乐剧之父杰罗姆科恩。故填father，父亲。

 根据第二段She began to teach Jerome how to play when he was very young.可知填：first，第一次。

 根据第二段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,可知他对商业不感兴趣，故填interest，兴趣。

 根据第三段Jerome Kern began his career as a songwriter in theaters in London and New York City. 描述，可知填became/was，成为。

 根据第三段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.描述，可知填：wrote，写。

 根据第四段  Kern wanted to try something completely new.可知他想让他的音乐不同于其它作品。故填different，不同的。

 联系右列描述，可知此处指的是他的作品，故填works，作品。

 根据But "Show Boat" has been performed thousands of times 可知这本书被改编成了音乐剧，故填made/changed，制作、改编。

 根据Kern died in 1945计算可知2013-1945=68。

 根据第四段Kern wanted to do a truly American musical, with real American characters and real situations.描述，可知填：developed

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