【III.ReadingComprehensionSectionADirections:ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedABCandD.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.Thefirstattemptofeventhe】
III.ReadingComprehension
SectionA
Directions:ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedABCandD. Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.
ThefirstattemptofeventhemosttalentedartistsmusiciansandwritersisseldomamasterpieceIfyouconsideryourdraftsasdressrehearsals(彩排)ortryoutsrevisingwillseemanaturalpartofthewriting___50___.
Whatisthepurposeofthedressrehearsalsandtheout-of-townpreviewsthatmanyBroadwayshowsgothrough?Theanswerisaddingdeletingreplacingreordering___51___revising.AndrewLloydWebber'smusicalPhantomoftheOperaunderwentsuchaprocess.
WhenLloydWebberbeganwritingin1984hehadinmindafunnyexcitingproduction.HoweverwhenPhantomopenedinLondonin1986theaudiencesawamovingpsychologicallovestorysettomusic.Themusicalhad.___52___severalrevisionsdueinparttoproblemswithcostumingandmakeup(戏服和化妆).ForinstanceLloydWebber___53___someofthemusicbecausethePhantom'smakeuppreventedtheactorfromsingingcertainsounds.
Whenyoureviseyouchangeaspectsofyourworkin___54___toyourevolvingpurposeortoinclude___55___ideasornewlydiscoveredinformation.
Revisionisnotjustanafterthoughtthatgetsonlyasmuchtimeasyouhaveattheendofanassignment.___56___itisamajorstageofthewritingprocessandwritersreviseeverystepoftheway.Evenyourdecisionto___57___.topicswhileprewritingisatypeofrevising.However.don'tmakethemistakeofskippingtherevisionstagethatfollows___58___.Alwaysmaketimetobecomeyourown___59___andviewyourdressrehearsalsotospeak.Reviewingyourworkinthiswaycangiveyou___60___newideas.
Revisinginvolves___61___theeffectivenessandappropriatenessofallaspectsofyourwritingmakingyourpurposemoreclearlyandrefocusingordevelopingthefactsandideasyoupresent.Whenyoureviseaskyourselfthefollowingquestionskeepinginmindtheaudienceforwhomyouarewriting:Ismymainideaorpurpose___62___throughoutmydraft?DoIeverlosesightofmypurpose?HaveIgivenmyreadersallofthe___63___thatisfactsopinionsinferences---thattheyneedinordertounderstandmymain