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根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，完成文后任務(wù)。注意：每個(gè)空格只填一個(gè)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

小題1:father   
小題2:first      
小題3:interest    
小題4: became/was
小題5: wrote
小題6: different 
小題7: made/changed    
小題8: 68     
小題9: popular  
小題10: developed

試題分析：本文屬于任務(wù)型閱讀，在完成此類(lèi)題目時(shí)，要仔細(xì)閱讀短文和表格，根據(jù)文章的篇章結(jié)構(gòu)找出原文中的相應(yīng)的語(yǔ)群，從同義詞，近義詞，反義詞等角度出發(fā)，尋找原詞再現(xiàn)，進(jìn)行歸納總結(jié)，確定合適的答案。
小題1:father 原詞再現(xiàn)。根據(jù)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。
小題2: first   推理題。根據(jù)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(xué)習(xí)音樂(lè)，是他的第一位老師。
小題3:interest  推理題。根據(jù)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(rèn)為他可能更擅長(zhǎng)音樂(lè)，而不是做生意。他對(duì)做生意也沒(méi)有表現(xiàn)出很大的興趣。
小題4: became/was 推理題。根據(jù)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(kāi)始了自己的音樂(lè)生涯，成為了一名寫(xiě)歌的作家。
小題5: wrote 詞義轉(zhuǎn)換。根據(jù)Kern was a successful young composer for Broadway musical comedies可知他成為百老匯的音樂(lè)劇的作曲家，也就是說(shuō)他為百老匯音樂(lè)劇寫(xiě)哥，故write正確。
小題6: different 詞義轉(zhuǎn)換。根據(jù)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。
小題7: made/changed    推理題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段It was the book “Show Boat” by American writer Edna Ferber.可知這本書(shū)是別人的作品，被他改編成了音樂(lè)劇。故使用changed/made。
小題8: 68   計(jì)算題。根據(jù)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。
小題9:popular 原詞再現(xiàn)。根據(jù)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(guó)的流行音樂(lè)帶來(lái)了藝術(shù)性。
小題10:developed 原詞再現(xiàn)。根據(jù)文章第一段最后一句he led the development of the first truly American theater music.