首页 > 中学英语试题 > 题目详情
The first attempt of even the most talented artists, musicians, and writers is seldom a masterpiece....
题目内容:
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(经历)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 (戏服和化妆). 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(不断演变的) 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(恰当)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?
1. A.technique B.style C.process D.career
2. A.in particular B.as a result C.for example D.in other words
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
本题链接: