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_1_What is the purpose of the dress rehearsals and the out­of­town previews that many Broadway shows go through？The answer is adding，deleting，replacing，reordering，_2_，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_3_several revisions due，in part，to problems with costuming and makeup(戲服和化妝)For instance，Lloyd Webber_4_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_5_ to your evolving purpose，or to include_6_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._7_，it is a major stage of the writing process，and writers revise every step of the way.Even your decision to_8_topics while prewriting is a type of revising.However，don't make the mistake of skipping the revision stage that follows_9_Always make time to become your own_10_and view your dress rehearsal，so to speak.Reviewing your work in this way can give you_11_new ideas.Revising involves_12_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_13_throughout my draft？Do I ever lose sight of my purpose？Have I given my readers all of the_14_that is，facts，opinions，inferencesthat they need in order to understand my main idea？Finally，have I included too many_15_details that may confuse readers?1A.technique Bstyle Cprocess Dcareer2A.in particular Bas a resultCfor example Din other words3A.undergone BskippedCrejected Dreplaced4A.rewrote Breleased Crecorded Dreserved5A.addition BresponseCopposition Dcontrast6A.fixed BambitiousCfamiliar Dfresh7A.However BMoreoverCInstead DTherefore8A.discuss BswitchCexhaust Dcover9A.drafting BrearrangingCperforming Dtraining10A.director BmasterCaudience Dvisitor11A.personal BvaluableCbasic Ddelicate12A.mixing BweakeningCmaintaining Dassessing13A.amazing BbrightCunique Dclear14A.angles Bevidence Cinformation Dhints15A.unnecessary BuninterestingCconcrete Dfinal【語篇解讀】 修改是作品寫作過程中非常重要且必須的步驟。本文講述了作品修改的目的和途徑。1C2答案B考查介詞短語辨析。前面adding，deleting，replacing，reordering都是revising的某一方面，即revising和這些名詞同義；in other words表示“換句話說”，符合句意。而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)都不符合題意。難度適中。3A4.A5答案B考查介詞短語辨析。in addition to表示“而且；除之外還有”，in opposition to表示“與意見相反”，in contrast to表示“與形成對(duì)比”，都與句意不符。in response to(作為對(duì)的反應(yīng))在本句中表示“你修改作品是對(duì)你想改進(jìn)作品目的的一種回應(yīng)”。難度大。6D7.C8.B9.A10.C11.B12.D13.D14.C 15A