Section B 话题阅读一、完形填空
George Gershwin's first song came out when he was just eighteen years old
During the next twenty years ， until his death ， he__1__more than five hundred songs
Many of George Gershwin's songs were first written for musical__2__performed in theaters in New York City
These comedies， with plenty of__3__， were a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and the 1930s
Many songs that George Gershwin wrote for musical plays and movies have been as__4__as ever
Over the years ， they have been sung and played in__5__possible way——from jazz to country music
George Gershwin__6__in 1937 ， just days after doctors learned he had brain cancer
He was only thirty nine years old
__7__all over the world reported his death on__8__front pages
Everyone mourned ( 哀痛 ) the death of
