Question

【题目】

You must have written your research paper, your personal essay, your book review-----whatever your school class requires. You think you have provided good information in the needed number of words.【1】

But is it really done? Many teachers and professional writers believe that writing is revision.【2】

Revision of writing is a necessary skill for students. The classroom is a good place to practice patience, concentration and listening. There are rewards with spending time with your thoughts and really taking time to compose your ideas in an orderly and reasonable way. You should put away your paper after you have written a first version, or draft. Wait several hours, maybe overnight, before working on it more.【3】 Not only are you refreshed, but you’re looking at things through different eyes. That’s what revision literally means—to see again through different eyes.

Following a four-step process may help you with your paper. The first step in the process is invention. It includes forming many questions about your subject. It is called “question-storming”.【4】Then comes the revision period. Take your time to read what you’ve written, to think about it, and maybe to re-shape it based on what you see now, as a kind of new person looking at it with a reader’s eyeglasses rather than a writer’s. The fourth step is called “publication”.【5】In a sense, anytime you turn it over to another person, that’s publication.

Probably, the process takes away some of the tension of writing. And worry about the quality of your writing often disappears when you share that writing.

A. Perfect writing is not possible.

B. In the second step, you draft and compose a paper.

C. And you feel good because your work is finished.

D. This is just like returning to a job after a vacation.

E. This does not mean your writing is professional publication.

F. What is most important is getting your thoughts and ideas on paper.

G. In other words, writing well means making needed changes and rewriting.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】G

【3】D

【4】B

【5】E

【解析】本文主要介绍了写作其实就是一个不断修正的过程，许多老师和专业的作家都有此感受。作者还介绍了写作的四个步骤。

【1】根据前一句“You think you have provided good information in the needed number of words.”你认为你已经用所需的字数提供了很好的信息，也就是说写好了。再根据下一段第一句“But is it really done?”但是真的写完了吗？可知此处是你觉得你完成了作业，而且感觉良好，故选C。

【2】根据“Many teachers and professional writers believe that writing is revision.”可知许多教师和专业作家都认为写作是修订，此句中的review和G选项中的changes and rewriting，改变和改写，属于同类的表达，而且G项中的in other words就是对前一句起到解释说明的作用，故选G。

【3】根据后一句“Not only are you refreshed, but you’re looking at things through different eyes.”意为不仅让您精神振作，而且会用不同的眼光看待事物。D项的意思是度假之后回来上班就会感觉精神满满，精神焕然，前后意思能很好的衔接起来，故选D。

【4】根据“Following a four-step process may help you with your paper. The first step…”可知第一步讲完，紧接着就讲第二步。故选B。

【5】根据前一句讲的The fourth step is called “publication”，其中有关键词“publication”选项中只有E项有此关键词，故选E。