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　　辽宁省实验中学分校2014-2015学年高二10月月考英语试题
　　第一部分听力（略）
　　第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
　　第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
　　阅读下列短文，从所给题的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
　　A
　　Jerome Kern is often called “The father of American musical theater (音乐剧)”. 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.
　　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 it 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. 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 by 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 later in New York City. 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 19 shows. 
　　Other people wrote the words for Kern’s songs. Kern wrote only the music. And he worked on each song endlessly until he was satisfied that the music was perfect. He almost never changed his music to fit the words.
　　One critic wrote this about his music: Kern’s songs are like black and white drawings. They need no color,no decoration. His song is always in balance, perfect in form and pleasing in design.
　　21. Jerome Kern does best in       .
　　A. directing movies           B. singing songs
　　C. writing songs for musical theater         D. writing plays and movies
　　22. What do we know about Kern’s childhood?
　　A. He received little education.          B. He was born into a poor family.
　　C. His mother influenced him a lot.       D. His father expected him to become a musician.
　　23. What’s mainly talt in the fourth paragraph?
　　A. Kern’s hope about his future.          B. Kern’s achievements.
　　C. The awards Kern gained.             D. The advantages Kern had.
　　24. According to the critic’s comments in the last paragraph,       .
　　A. Kern’s works are pure without any unnecessary decorations 
　　B. Kern’s works will be better with more colors and decorations
　　C. Kern’s works always present sadness and other bad emotions
　　D. Kern’s works are looked down upon by critics
　　B
　　My friend Jessie and I have known each other since we were very young. Friendships get more precious as we get older, and when we reached our forties, we decided we needed to put in a little more work to r friendship strong, healthy and growing. We pict one Saturday a month and promise to do something together. So