【完形填空JeromeKernisthefatherofAmericanmusicaltheatre.Heisremembered1thehundredsofsongshewroteformusicalplaysandmovies.Hehadanimportant2on】
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JeromeKernisthefatherofAmericanmusicaltheatre.Heisremembered 1 thehundredsofsongshewroteformusicalplaysandmovies.Hehadanimportant 2 onAmericanpopularmusic.Andhe 3 thedevelopmentofthefirsttrulyAmericantheatremusic.
Jeromewasaquietboyandnota 4 studentwhenhewasyoung.Whenhecompletedhighschoolhisfathersaidhewould 5 workinthefamily’sstore.ButhelaterrealizedthatJeromemightdobetterinmusicthanin 6 afterall.SohelettheboygotoEuropetostudymusic 7 almostallseriousyoungmusiciansdidatthetime.
JeromeKernbeganhis 8 asasongwriterintheatresinLondonandNewYorkCity.Successcame 9 .BytheearlynineteentwentiesKernwasafamousyoungcomposer(作曲家)forBroadwaymusicalcomedies.Ina 10 periodhewrotemusicfornineteenshows.
Jeromewantedtotry 11 completelynew.Hethoughtamusicalplay 12 bearealworkofartnotjustacollectionofsongsanddances.
Hismost 13 songwaswrittenforShowBoat.Itisaboutwhatlifewaslikeforblackpeople.Jeromediedin1945attheageofsixty.ButShowBoathasbeen 14 thousandsoftimesallovertheworld.Itis 15 tobeamilestone(里程碑)inhistory.
( )1.A.with B.for C.by D.as
( )2.A.experience B.effect C.affect D.education
( )3.A.led B.wrote C.ended D.broke
( )4.A.top B.shy C.useful D.silly
( )5.A.oughtto B.wantto C.haveto D.liketo
( )6.A.art B.drawing C.business D.theatre
( )7.A.when B.where C.until D.as
( )8.A.stage B.career C.skill D.talent
( )9.A.slowly B.hardly C.quickly D.quietly
( )10.A.threeyear B.three-yearC.threeyears D.threeyear’s
( )11.A.something B.somebody C.anything D.anybody
( )12.A.can B.could C.might D.should
( )13.A.terrible B.available C.careful D.famous
( )14.A.explained B.recorded C.perf