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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

 works

 made/changed

 68

 developed

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了美國音樂劇之父杰羅姆科恩的生平事跡。

 根據第一段Jerome Kern is often called the father of American musical theater. 及下文描述，可知本文主要講述的是美國的音樂劇之父杰羅姆科恩。故填father，父親。

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

 根據第二段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,可知他對商業不感興趣，故填interest，興趣。

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

 根據第三段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，寫。

 根據第四段  Kern wanted to try something completely new.可知他想讓他的音樂不同于其它作品。故填different，不同的。

 聯系右列描述，可知此處指的是他的作品，故填works，作品。

 根據But "Show Boat" has been performed thousands of times 可知這本書被改編成了音樂劇，故填made/changed，制作、改編。

 根據Kern died in 1945計算可知2013-1945=68。

 根據第四段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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