55. A. fixed　　　　　 B. ambitious　　　 C. familiar　　　 　　D. fresh

54. A. addition　　　　 B. response　　　 C. opposition　　 　　D. contrast

53. A. rewrote　　　　 B. released　　　　 C. recorded　　　 　D. reserved

52. A. undergone　　　 B. skipped　　　　 C. rejected　　　　 D. replaced

51. A. in particular　　 B. as a result　　 　C. for example　　 D. in other words

50. A. technique　　　 B. style　　　　 　　C. process　　　　 D. career

55. 答案： off

解析：turn off意为“关掉”，即手机被关掉

Passage 4

(10·上海)

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 ___50___.

　　 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, ___51___ 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. ___52___ several revisions due, in part, to problems with costuming and makeup (戏服和化妆). For instance, Lloyd Webber ___53___ 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 ___54___ to your evolving purpose, or to include ___55___ 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. ___56___, it is a major stage of the writing process, and writers revise every step of the way. Even your decision to ___57___. topics while prewriting is a type of revising. However. don't make the mistake of skipping the revision stage that follows ___58___. Always make time to become your own ___59___and view your dress rehearsal, so to speak. Reviewing your work in this way can give you ___60___ new ideas.

Revising involves ___61___ 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 ___62___ throughout my draft? Do I ever lose sight of my purpose? Have I given my readers all of the ___63___ that is, facts, opinions, inferences --- that they need in order to understand my main idea? Finally, have I included too many ___64___ details that may confuse readers?

54. 答案：they

解析：该空在句中作主语且代指前面的people。故填they

53. 答案：For

解析：For another为固定搭配，意为“另一方面”

52. 答案：what

解析：该空引导宾语从句在句中作say的宾语