Question

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 ___21___.
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, __22___ revising. Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Phantom of the Opera underwent（經(jīng)歷）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 ___23___ several revisions due to problems with costuming andmakeup (戲服和化妝). For instance, Lloyd Webber ___24___ 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 ___25___ to your evolving(不斷演變的) purpose, or to include ___26___ 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. ___27___, it is a major stage of the writing process, and writers revise every step of the way. Even your decision to ___28___ topics while prewriting is a type of revising. However, don't make the mistake of skipping the revision stage that follows training. Always make time to become your own __29__and view your dress rehearsal, so to speak. Reviewing your work in this way can give you ___30___ new ideas.
Revising involves __31__ the effectiveness and appropriateness（恰當(dāng)）of all aspects of your writing, making your purpose more ___32____, 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 ___33__ throughout my draft? Do I ever lose sight of my purpose? Have I given my readers all of the __34___; that is, facts, opinions, inferences --- that they need in order to understand my main idea? Finally, have I included too many___35___ details that may confuse readers?

【小題1】

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

【小題2】

A．in particular B．a(chǎn)s a result C．for example D．in other words

【小題3】

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

【小題4】

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

【小題5】

A．a(chǎn)ddition B．response C．opposition D．contrast

【小題6】

A．fixed B．a(chǎn)mbitious C．familiar D．fresh

【小題7】

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

【小題8】

A．discuss B．switch C．exhaust D．cover

【小題9】

A．director B．master C．a(chǎn)udience D．visitor

【小題10】

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

【小題11】

A．mixing B．weakening C．maintaining D．a(chǎn)ssessing

【小題12】

A．specifically B．freshly C．swiftly D．loosely

【小題13】

A．a(chǎn)mazing B．bright C．unique D．clear

【小題14】

A．a(chǎn)ngles B．evidence C．information D．hints

【小題15】

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

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】A
【小題4】A
【小題5】B
【小題6】D
【小題7】B
【小題8】B
【小題9】C
【小題10】B
【小題11】A
【小題12】A
【小題13】D
【小題14】C
【小題15】A

解析試題分析：修改是作品寫作過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。
【小題1】考查名詞辨析,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。選C。
【小題2】考查介詞短語辨析，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in other words表示“換句話說”。介詞短語in particular（尤其、特別表強(qiáng)調(diào)）、as a result（因此，表結(jié)果）、for example（例如，表舉例說明）都不符題意。選D。
【小題3】考查動詞辨析，動詞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.”對應(yīng)。選A。
【小題4】考查動詞辨析，動詞release（釋放、赦免、發(fā)行）、record（記錄、錄音）、reserve（保留、預(yù)訂）都不符題意。動詞rewrite表示“重寫、修改”，與動詞revise同義，與本篇文話題相關(guān)。選A。
【小題5】考查介詞短語辨析，介詞短語in addition to表示“而且、除…之外還有”，in opposition to表示“與...的意見相反”，in contrast to表示“與...形成對比”，都與本題不符。in response to（作為對┄的反應(yīng)）在本句表示“你修改作品是對你想改進(jìn)作品目的的一種回應(yīng)”選B。
【小題6】考查形容詞辨析，fresh ideas 與后面的newly discovered information對應(yīng)。選D本題難度適中。
【小題7】考查副詞辨析，副詞Moreover（而且）類似與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。B本題難度適中。
【小題8】考查動詞辨析，switch topics（變換標(biāo)題）屬于修改作品的一部分。動詞discuss（討論）、exhaust（汲干、使筋疲力盡）、cover（覆蓋、包含）都不符題意。B本題難度適中。
【小題9】考查名詞辨析，，名詞audience（觀眾）與下句view your dress rehearsal對應(yīng)。名詞director（導(dǎo)演）、master（主人、大師）、visitor（來訪者）都與題意不符。選C。
【小題10】考查形容詞辨析，形容詞valuable表示“做自己作品的觀眾能給你有價值的新信息”。形容詞personal（個人的）、basic（基本的）、delicate（嬌貴的、纖弱的、精美的）都與題意不符。選B。
【小題11】考查動詞辨析，，動詞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”。選A
【小題12】考查副詞：A. specifically專門地B. freshly新鮮地C. swiftly快速地D. loosely松散地，更加具體的制定目標(biāo)，選A。
【小題13】考查形容詞辨析，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。選D。
【小題14】考查名詞辨析，后句名稱facts、opinions、inferences都屬于information，與上句newly discovered information對應(yīng)。C本題難度適中。
【小題15】考查形容詞辨析， unnecessary details表示“多余的信息”反而使讀者困惑、誤導(dǎo)讀者。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。選A。
考點(diǎn)：考查文化類短文
點(diǎn)評：修改是作品寫作過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。文章是有些難度的，但文章層次分明結(jié)構(gòu)嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)，立足語篇，側(cè)重通過上下文信息考查考生的綜合運(yùn)用英語的能力，注重語篇的理解，學(xué)生平時要培養(yǎng)自己駕馭語篇的能力，培養(yǎng)自己根據(jù)語篇綜合運(yùn)用英語的能力。