Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
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 out-of-town 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 (戏服和化妆). 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, inferences --- that they need in order to understand my main idea? Finally, have I included too many ___15___ 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. drafting B. rearranging C. performing D. training
10.A. director B. master C. audience D. visitor
11.A. personal B. valuable C. basic D. delicate
12.A. mixing B. weakening C. maintaining D. assessing
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
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
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A. additional B. producing C. regular D. predicted E. identified E atmosphere G. matched H. reducing I. carried J. increase |
Forests in the northern half of the globe could be growing faster now than they were 200 years ago as a result of climate change, according to a study of trees in eastern America. The trees appear to have faster growth rates due to longer growing seasons and higher concentrations (浓度) of carbon dioxide in the ___1.___.
Geoffrey Parker, a scientist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Centre in Edgewater. Maryland, said that the increase ha the rate of growth was unexpected and might be ___2.___ to the higher temperatures and longer growing seasons documented in the region. The growth may also be influenced by the significant ___3.___ in atmospheric CO2, he said.
"We made a list of reasons these forests could be growing faster and then excluded half of them," Dr. Parker said. Their study suggests that northern forests may become increasingly important in ___4.___ the influence of man-made CO2 on the climate.
Dr. Parker and his colleagues have ___5.___ out a detailed record of the trees on a(n) ___6.___ basis since 1987. They calculated that due to the global warming the forest is producing ___7.___ tons of wood each year.
The scientists ___8.___ the land with trees at different stages of growth and found that both young and old trees were showing increased growth rate. More than 90 per cent of the tree groups had grown by between two and four times faster than the scientists had ___9.___ from estimates of the long-term rates of growth.
Thai is the only way we can imagine the overuse of water in students' bathrooms.
A. reducing B. to reduce C. reduced D. reduce
our manage objects to Tom's joining the club, we shall accept him as a member.
A. Until B. Unless C. If D. After
Wind power is an ancient source of energy we may return in the near future.
A. on which B. by which C. to which D. from which
When changing lanes, a driver should use his turning signal to let other drivers know .
A. he is entering which lane B. which lane he is entering
C. is he entering which lane D. which lane is he entering
