题目内容
7.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 1880on a passenger steam boat that travels along the Mississippi River.
Kern died in 1945at the age of sixty.But"Show Boat"has been performed thousands of times all over the world.
62.father63.first64.interest65.became/was66.wrote67.different68.works69.made/changed70.7171.developed.
分析 美国音乐剧之父杰罗姆科恩来自一个中产阶级家庭,他的妈妈是他的钢琴老师,他对生意不感兴趣,所以他的爸爸送他去欧洲学习音乐.在伦敦和纽约,他成为一名作曲者,在仅仅3年的时间里,他创作了19首音乐作品.成为百老汇音乐喜剧的作曲者,他想让他的音乐不同于其它作品.他想做真实的美国音乐,有着真实的美国人物和实际情况.杰罗姆科恩将"演出船"改成了音乐剧,到现在一直都很流行.杰罗姆科恩对于音乐剧的兴起和发展起到了重要的作用,开启了剧本音乐剧的先河.
解答 62.答案:father.细节理解题.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.
63.答案:first:推理判断题.根据第二段She began to teach Jerome how to play when he was very young.她妈妈开始教他学习弹钢琴,所以他的妈妈是他的第一个老师,可知填:first,第一个.
64.答案:interest:推理判断题.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,故填名词interest,兴趣.作为show的宾语,故答案是interest.
65.答案:became/was:推理判断题.根据第三段Jerome Kern began his career as a songwriter in theaters in London and New York City.描述,可知他成为了一名歌曲作者,缺少谓语,这里是一般过去时,所以故填动词became/was,成为.
66.答案:wrote:推理判断题.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,可知他为百老汇音乐剧作曲,故填:wrote,写.
67.答案:different:推理判断题.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.结合后面的from,故填different,不同的.different from与…不同,故答案是different.
68.答案:works:推理判断题.联系右列描述,可知此处指的是他的作品,故填名词复数works,作品.
69.答案:made/changed:推理判断题.根据But"Show Boat"has been performed thousands of times all over the world. 可知这本书被改编成了音乐剧,故用动词make/change,制作、改编.主语the book是其承受者,构成被动关系,结合时态是一般过去时,用一般过去时的被动语态was/were+过去分词,make的过去分词是made,change的过去分词是changed,故答案是made/changed.
70.答案:71:推理判断题.根据Kern died in 1945计算可知2016-1945=71,可知是71年前去世的,故答案是71.
71.答案:developed:推理判断题.根据第一段And,they say,he led the development of the first truly American theater music.描述可知他领导了第一个真正的美国戏剧音乐的发展,这里是一般过去时,缺少谓语动词,故用动词develop的过去式developed.故填:developed.
点评 本题中个别小题不能直接从文中找到答案,需要自己根据相关内容分析总结.一定要弄懂全文后再动手解答问题.书写答案时,注意首字母大写.为避免不必要的错误,只要能使用原文的就尽量使用原文回答问题,自己总结的答案注意人称和数的变化,要符合语法规则.
| A. | good | B. | well | C. | bad | D. | badly |
| A. | 20 minutes ride | B. | 20 minute's ride | ||
| C. | 20-minutes ride | D. | 20-minute ride |