A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool. A lette

A man who knows how to write a personal letter has avery powerful tool. A letter can be enjoyed, read and   36  .It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart (远离的);it can keep a   37   withvery little effort.

I will give   38  .A few yearsago my older brother and l were not getting   39 .We had beenclose as    40    but had grown apart. Ourmeetings were not   41  ; our conversation was filledwith arguments and quarrels: and every effort to clear the air seemed to only  42   our misunderstanding. Then he   43   asmall island in the Caribbean and we   44   touch.One day he wrote me a letter. He described his island and its people, told mewhat he was doing, said how he felt, and encouraged me to   45 . Rereading the letter, I was   46   by itshumor（幽默）and clever expressions. These were allqualities for which I had   47   respected my olderbrother but   48   he no longer had them. I hadnever known he could write so  49  . And with that one letterwe became friends   50  .

It might never have occurred to   51  to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no  52  . For him, writing was a necessity. It also turned out to be thebest way for us to get back in touch. Because we live in an age of  53  communication（通讯）, people often   54   thatthey don’t always have to phone or email. They have a   55  . And that is to write.

1.A.received             B.rewritten                C.returned                          D.reread

2.A.record                          B.promise                  C.friendship                        D.secret

3.A.an example                  B.a lesson                   C.an experience                D.a talk

4.A.through               B.together                 C.along                                 D.away  

5.A．brothers           B.children                  C．fellows                           D．classmates

6.A．normal              B.necessary               C．pleasant                         D．possible

7.A．deepen             B.start                         C．express                          D．settle

8.A．toured                        B.stopped                 C．reached                         D．moved to

9.A．lost                     B.kept in           C．needed                          D．got in

10.A.think                           B.write                        C．enjoy                     D．read

11.A．driven                      B.beaten                    C．surprised                       D．honored

12.A．never                       B.seldom           C．sometimes           D．once

13.A．realized                   B.judged           C. thought                            D.expected

14.A．well                           B.often                       C.much                                D.soon

15.A．later                          B.anyhow                  C.too                                    D.again

16.A．us                             B.anyone                    C.someone                          D.my brother

17.A.mail services    B .transport  services       C.phones                    D.relative

18.A．poor                        B.easy                                 C.popular                            D.busy

19.A．believe       B. decide                                     C.argue                                D.forget

20.A. habit                        B.choice                              C.method                            D.plan

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1.D

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.D

16.D

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.B

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