The first attempt of even the most talented artists, musicians, and writers is s

The first attempt of even the most talented artists,musicians, and writers is seldom a masterpiece. If you consider your drafts asdress rehearsals (彩排), or tryouts, revising will seem a naturalpart of the writing ___21___.

What is the purpose of the dress rehearsals and theout-of-town previews that many Broadway shows go through? The answer is adding,deleting, replacing, reordering, __22___ revising. Andrew Lloyd Webber'smusical Phantom of the Opera underwent（经历）such aprocess.

When Lloyd Webber began writing in 1984, he had inmind a funny, exciting production. However, when Phantom opened in London in1986, the audience saw a moving psychological love story set to music. Themusical had ___23___ several revisions due to problems with costumingandmakeup (戏服和化妆). For instance, Lloyd Webber ___24___ someof the music because the Phantom's makeup prevented the actor from singingcertain sounds.

When you revise, you change aspects of your work in___25___ to your evolving(不断演变的) purpose, or toinclude ___26___ ideas or newly discovered information.

Revision is not just an afterthought that gets only asmuch time as you have at the end of an assignment. ___27___, it is a majorstage of the writing process, and writers revise every step of the way. Evenyour decision to ___28___ topics while prewriting is a type of revising.However, don't make the mistake of skipping the revision stage that followstraining. Always make time to become your own __29__and view your dressrehearsal, so to speak. Reviewing your work in this way can give you ___30___new ideas.

Revising involves __31__ the effectiveness andappropriateness（恰当）of all aspects of your writing, making yourpurpose more ___32____, and refocusing or developing the facts and ideas youpresent. When you revise, ask yourself the following questions, keeping in mindthe 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 myreaders all of the __34___; that is, facts, opinions, inferences --- that theyneed in order to understand my main idea? Finally, have I included toomany___35___ details that may confuse readers?

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

2.                A．in particular     B．as a result       C．for example   D．in otherwords

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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1.C

2.D

3.A

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.A

13.D

14.C

15.A

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