It made him world­famous and showed that jazz music could be both serious and popular.

　　In 1928, Gershwin went to Paris.

　　He applied to study composition(作曲) with the well­known musician Nadia Boulanger, but she rejected him. She was afraid that classical study would ruin his jazz­influenced style. While there,

　　Gershwin wrote

　　An American in Paris. When it was first performed,

　　critics (评论家)were divided over the music. Some called it happy and full of life, to others it was silly and boring.

　　But it quickly became popular in Europe and the United States. It still remains one of his most famous works.

　　George Gershwin died in 1937, just days after doctors learned he had brain cancer. He was only thirty­nine years old.

　　Newspapers all over the world reported his death on their front pages.

　　People mourned the loss of the man and all the music he might have still written.

　　文章大意：本文是一篇人物传记，记述了George Gershwin的一生及其主要作品及贡献。

　　1．Many of Gershwin's musical works were ________.

　　A．written about New Yorkers

　　B．composed for Paul Whiteman

　　C．played mainly in the countryside

　　D．performed in various ways

　　答案：D　细节理解题。根据第二段的最后一句可知，George Gershwin的作品被每一种可能的方式所演唱。

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