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The first attempt of even the most talented artists, musicians, and writers is seldom a masterpiece, If you consider your drafts as dress rehearsals (彩排), or tryouts, revising will seem a natural part of the writing ___50___.

    What is the purpose of the dress rehearsals and the out-of-town previews that many Broadway shows go through? The answer is adding, deleting, replacing, reordering, ___51___ revising. Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Phantom of the Opera underwent such a process.

When Lloyd Webber began writing in 1984, he had in mind a funny, exciting production. However, when Phantom opened in London in 1986, the audience saw a moving psychological love story set to music. The musical had. ___52___ several revisions due, in part, to problems with costuming and makeup (戲服和化妝). For instance, Lloyd Webber ___53___ some of the music because the Phantom's makeup prevented the actor from singing certain sounds.

     When you revise, you change aspects of your work in ___54___ to your evolving purpose, or to include ___55___ ideas or newly discovered information.

     Revision is not just an afterthought that gets only as much time as you have at the end of an assignment. ___56___, it is a major stage of the writing process, and writers revise every step of the way. Even your decision to ___57___. topics while prewriting is a type of revising. However. don't make the mistake of skipping the revision stage that follows ___58___. Always make time to become your own ___59___and view your dress rehearsal, so to speak. Reviewing your work in this way can give you ___60___ new ideas.

Revising involves ___61___ the effectiveness and appropriateness of all aspects of your writing, making your purpose more clearly, and refocusing or developing the facts and ideas you present. When you revise, ask yourself the following questions, keeping in mind the audience for whom you are writing: Is my main idea or purpose ___62___ throughout my draft? Do I ever lose sight of my purpose? Have I given my readers all of the ___63___ that is, facts, opinions, inferences --- that they need in order to understand my main idea? Finally, have I included too many ___64___ details that may confuse readers?

50. A. technique       B. style           C. process         D. career

51. A. in particular     B. as a result       C. for example     D. in other words

52. A. undergone       B. skipped        C. rejected         D. replaced

53. A. rewrote         B. released        C. recorded         D. reserved

54. A. addition         B. response       C. opposition        D. contrast

55. A. fixed           B. ambitious      C. familiar           D. fresh

56. A. However        B. Moreover      C. Instead           D. Therefore

57. A. discuss          B. switch         C. exhaust          D. cover

58. A. drafting         B. rearranging      C. performing      D. training

59. A. director         B. master          C. audience        D. visitor

60. A. personal         B. valuable        C. basic           D. delicate

61. A. mixing          B. weakening       C. maintaining     D. assessing

62. A. amazing         B. bright           C. unique         D. clear

63. A. angles          B. evidence         C. information     D. hints

64. A. unnecessary     B. uninteresting      C. concrete        D. final

  

Answer 1

【文章大意】修改是作品寫(xiě)作過(guò)程中非常重要且必須的步驟。文章講敘了作品修改的目的和途徑。

50.答案：C

考點(diǎn)：本題考查名詞辨析

解析：參照下文的“Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Phantom of the Opera underwent such a process.”和“However. don't make the mistake of skipping the revision stage”。名詞technique（技術(shù)）、style（風(fēng)格）、career（事業(yè)、生涯）都不符題意。本題難度適中。

51.答案：D

考點(diǎn)：本題考查介詞短語(yǔ)辨析

解析：前面adding, deleting, replacing, reordering都是revising的方面，所以revising和這些名詞同義；介詞短語(yǔ)in other words表示“換句話(huà)說(shuō)”。介詞短語(yǔ)in particular（尤其、特別表強(qiáng)調(diào)）、as a result（因此，表結(jié)果）、for example（例如，表舉例說(shuō)明）都不符題意。本題難度適中。

52.答案：A

考點(diǎn)：本題考查動(dòng)詞辨析

解析：動(dòng)詞skip（跳遠(yuǎn)）、reject（拒絕、抵制）replace（取代）都不符題意。人們觀看的是完美的表演，但表演之前作品經(jīng)歷了（undergo）多次修改，與上段的“Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Phantom of the Opera underwent such a process.”對(duì)應(yīng)。本題難度適中。

53.答案：A

考點(diǎn)：本題考查動(dòng)詞辨析

解析：動(dòng)詞release（釋放、赦免、發(fā)行）、record（記錄、錄音）、reserve（保留、預(yù)訂）都不符題意。動(dòng)詞rewrite表示“重寫(xiě)、修改”，與動(dòng)詞revise同義，與本篇文話(huà)題相關(guān)。本題難度適中。

54.答案：B

考點(diǎn)：本題考查介詞短語(yǔ)辨析

解析：介詞短語(yǔ)in addition to表示“而且、除…之外還有”，in opposition to表示“與...的意見(jiàn)相反”，in contrast to表示“與...形成對(duì)比”，都與本題不符。in response to（作為對(duì)┄的反應(yīng)）在本句表示“你修改作品是對(duì)你想改進(jìn)作品目的的一種回應(yīng)”本題難。

55.答案：D

考點(diǎn)：本題考查形容詞辨析

解析：fresh ideas 與后面的newly discovered information對(duì)應(yīng)。本題難度適中。

56.答案：B

考點(diǎn)：本題考查副詞辨析

解析：副詞Moreover（而且）類(lèi)似與but also表遞進(jìn)含義，與前面句not just（only）呼應(yīng)。副詞However（然而，表轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系）、Instead（作為替代、反而，表相反含義）、Therefore（因此，表原因）都不符題意。本題難度適中。

57.答案：B

考點(diǎn)：本題考查動(dòng)詞辨析

解析：switch topics（變換標(biāo)題）屬于修改作品的一部分。動(dòng)詞discuss（討論）、exhaust（汲干、使筋疲力盡）、cover（覆蓋、包含）都不符題意。本題難度適中。

58.答案：D

考點(diǎn)：本題考查動(dòng)名詞辨析

解析：名詞drafting（起草）、rearranging（重新安排）、performing（表演）都與題意不符。名詞training.（培訓(xùn)）在本句表示“排練”，與上文dress rehearsals / tryouts同義。本題難。

59.答案：C

考點(diǎn)：本題考查名詞辨析

解析：名詞audience（觀眾）與下句view your dress rehearsal對(duì)應(yīng)。名詞director（導(dǎo)演）、master（主人、大師）、visitor（來(lái)訪者）都與題意不符。本題難度適中。

60.答案：B

考點(diǎn)：本題考查形容詞辨析

解析：形容詞valuable表示“做自己作品的觀眾能給你有價(jià)值的新信息”。形容詞personal（個(gè)人的）、basic（基本的）、delicate（嬌貴的、纖弱的、精美的）都與題意不符。本題難度適中。

61.答案：A

考點(diǎn)：本題考查動(dòng)詞辨析

解析：動(dòng)詞mix在本句表示“修改就是把作品所有方面的有效性和適當(dāng)性融合在一起”。本題難。

62.答案：D

考點(diǎn)：本題考查形容詞辨析

解析：形容詞clear在本句表示“我的文章大意或?qū)懽饕鈭D是否清晰”，與下文confuse readers對(duì)應(yīng)。形容詞amazing（令人驚訝的）、bright（明亮的、聰明的）、unique（獨(dú)特的）都與題意不符。本題難度適中。

63.答案：C

考點(diǎn)：本題考查名詞辨析

解析：后句名稱(chēng)facts、opinions、inferences都屬于information，與上句newly discovered information對(duì)應(yīng)。本題難度適中。

64.答案：A

考點(diǎn)：本題考查形容詞辨析

解析：形容詞unnecessary details表示“多余的信息”反而使讀者困惑、誤導(dǎo)讀者。

形容詞uninteresting（單調(diào)的、乏味的）、concrete（具體的）、final（最終的、決定性的）都與題意不符。本題難。