C

　　(2016·安徽省六校高三学生素质测试)

　　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. To a great extent, he led the development of the first truly American theater music.

　　Jerome Kern began his career as a songwriter in theaters in London and New York City. Success came quickly. By the early 1920s, Kern was a successful young composer for Broadway musical comedies. He worked with each song until he was satisfied that the music was perfect.

　　American musical plays at that time were still usually copied from European ones. 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. He thought songs should help move the action of the play along, by showing a person's feelings. 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 1880s on a passenger steam boat that travels along the Mississippi River. The boat is called a show boat because singers and dancers entertain the passengers. The captain of the show boat has a daughter who is a singer on the boat. She falls in love with a man who earns his money by gambling with cards.

【【三维设计】2017届高考英语二轮复习（通用版）练习：第2板块题型3 阅读理解主旨大意题专练（2）（含解析）】相关文章：

★ 【优化方案】2017届高考英语二轮复习全国卷Ⅱ规范练：1（含解析）

★ 【优化方案】2017届高考英语二轮复习全国卷Ⅱ规范练：6（含解析）

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习课时训练：17（含解析）

★ 山东省济宁市2016年高考英语复习：条件状语从句（含解析）

★ 【优化方案】2017届高考英语二轮复习全国卷Ⅱ题型重组训练：第20组（含解析）

★ 【三维设计】2017届高考英语（江苏专用）二轮复习阅读理解解题技法示范课件：9

★ 【三维设计】2017版（江苏专用）二轮复习练习：必修2 Unit 3《Amazing people》单元检测（含解析）

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习大题冲关秘籍完形填空之记叙文：创新押题（含解析）

★ 【三维设计】2017届高考英语二轮复习（通用版）练习：第2板块题型3 阅读理解主旨大意题专练（1）（含解析）

★ 【课堂新坐标】2017届高考英语（通用版）二轮复习短文改错专题训练：训练1 短文改错（Ⅰ）（含解析）