4．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，F(xiàn)anny，loved the piano．She began to teach Jerome how to play when he was very young．He became a fair piano player but not so good that anyone expected him to become a great musician．
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．Mr．Kern said his son could never make money writing music．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．Success came quickly．By the early 1920s，Kern was a successful young composer for Broadway musical comedies．In one three-year period alone，he wrote music for 19shows．
Other people wrote the words for Kem's songs．Kern wrote only the music．And he worked with each song until he was satisfied that the music was perfect．He almost never changed his music to fit the words．One of Kern's best-loved songs is"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes，"sung by Dinah Washington．
67．Which of the following elements is of little help in Jerome's success？C
A．His mother's influence．
B．His years of devotion．
C．His father's encouragement．
D．His studying music in Europe．
68．The underlined word"composer"in paragraph 4can be replaced byA．
A．songwriter B．singer C．musician D．playwright
69．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage？D
A．Everyone expected him to become a great musician when he was young．
B．Not only did Kern write the words for the songs，he also wrote the music．
C．There is no possibility that Jerome Kern would change his music to fit the words．
D．Kern succeeded shortly after he began his career in theaters in London and New York．
70．The passage is mainly talking aboutD．
A．Jerome Kem's daily life
B．The great contributions made by Kern
C．Some famous songs written by Kern to us
D．Jerome Kem's life and main achievements．
分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章向我們介紹了Jerome Kem的生平和主要成就，他出生于一個中產階級家庭，受母親的影響他喜歡上了音樂，去歐洲學習音樂，在他成功后不久，他在倫敦劇院和紐約開始了他的職業(yè)生涯．
解答 67．C 細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)第三段Mr．Kern said his son could never make money writing music．But he later came to believe that Jerome might do better in music than in business after all．可知父親的鼓勵對Jerome的成功沒有什么幫助，故選C．
68．A 詞義猜測題，根據(jù)第四段Kern was a successful young composer for Broadway musical comedies．In one three-year period alone，he wrote music for 19 shows．可知Kern 是一個成功的年輕作曲家，他為19個表演寫了音樂，故選A．
69．D 細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)第四段Jerome Kern began his career as a songwriter in theaters in London and New York．可知克恩成功后不久，他在倫敦劇院和紐約開始了他的職業(yè)生涯，故選D．
70．D 主旨大意題，通讀全文可知本文主要向我們介紹了Jerome Kem的生平和主要成就，故選D．
點評 考查學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力．做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確選擇．在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
