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Directions:ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.
Thefirstattemptofeventhemosttalentedartists,musicians,andwritersisseldomamasterpiece,Ifyouconsideryourdraftsasdressrehearsals(彩排),ortr youts,revisingwillseemanaturalpartofthewriting___50___.
Whatisthepurposeofthedressrehearsalsandtheout-of-townpreviewsthatmanyBroadwayshowsgothrough?Theanswerisadding,deleting,replacing,reordering,___51___revising.AndrewLloydWebber'smusicalPhantomoftheOperaunderwentsuchaprocess.
WhenLloydWebberbeganwritingin1984,hehadinmindafunny,excitingproduction.However,whenPhantomopenedinLondonin1986,theaudiencesawamovingpsychologicallovestorysettomusic.Themusicalhad.___52___severalrevisionsdue,inpart,toproblemswithcostumingandmakeup(戏服和化妆).Forinstance,LloydWebber___53___someofthemusicbecausethePhantom'smakeuppreventedtheactorfromsingingcertainsounds.
Whenyourevise,youchangeaspectsofyourworkin___54___toyourevolvingpurpose,ortoinclude___55___ideasornewlydiscoveredinformation.
Revisionisnotjustanafterthoughtthatgetsonlyasmuchtimeasyouhaveattheendofanassignment.___56___,itisamajorstageofthewritingprocess,andwritersreviseeverystepoftheway.Evenyourdecisionto___57___.topicswhileprewritingisatypeofrevising.However.don'tmakethemistakeofskippingtherevisionstagethatfollows___58___.Alwaysmaketimetobecomeyourown___59___andviewyourdressrehearsal,sotospeak.Reviewingyourworkinthiswaycangiveyou___60___newideas.
Revisinginvolves___61___theeffectivenessandappropriatenessofallaspectsofyourwriting,makingyourpurposemoreclearly,andrefocusingordevelopingthefactsandideasyoupresent.Whenyourevise,askyourselfthefollowingquestions,keepinginmindtheaudienceforwhomyouarewriting:Ismymainideaorpurpose___62___throughoutmydraft?DoIeverlosesightofmypurpose?HaveIgivenmyreadersallofthe___63___thatis,facts,opinions,inferences---thattheyneedinordertounderstandmymainidea?Finally,haveIincludedtoomany___64___detailsthatmayconfusereaders?
A.technique
B.style
C.process
D.career
正确答案：C参照下文的“AndrewLloydWebber'smusicalPhantomoftheOperaunderwentsuchaprocess.”和“However.don'tmakethemistakeofskippingtherevisionstage”。名词technique（技术）、style（风格）、career（事业、生涯）都不符题意。本题难度适中。
