A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very 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 with very little effort.
I will give
38 .A few years ago my older brother and l were not getting
39 .We had been close as
40 but had grown apart. Our meetings were not
41 ; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels: and every effort to clear the air seemed to only
42 our misunderstanding. Then he
43 a small island in the Caribbean and we
44 touch. One day he wrote me a letter. He described his island and its people, told me what he was doing, said how he felt, and encouraged me to
45 . Rereading the letter, I was
46 by its humor（幽默）and clever expressions. These were all qualities for which I had
47 respected my older brother but
48 he no longer had them. I had never known he could write so
49 . And with that one letter we 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 the best way for us to get back in touch. Because we live in an age of
53 communication（通讯）, people often
54 that they don’t always have to phone or email. They have a
55 . And that is to write.
| 小题1: | | A．received | B．rewritten | C．returned | D．reread |
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| 小题2: | | A．record | B．promise | C．friendship | D．secret |
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| 小题3: | | A．an example | B．a lesson | C．an experience | D．a talk |
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| 小题4: | | A．through | B．together | C．along | D．away |
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| 小题5: | | A．brothers | B．children | C．fellows | D．classmates |
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| 小题6: | | A．normal | B．necessary | C．pleasant | D．possible |
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| 小题7: | | A．deepen | B．start | C．express | D．settle |
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| 小题8: | | A．toured | B．stopped | C．reached | D．moved to |
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| 小题9: | | A．lost | B．kept in | C．needed | D．got in |
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| 小题10: | | A．think | B．write | C．enjoy | D．read |
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| 小题11: | | A．driven | B．beaten | C．surprised | D．honored |
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| 小题12: | | A．never | B．seldom | C．sometimes | D．once |
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| 小题13: | | A．realized | B．judged | C．thought | D．expected |
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| 小题14: | | A．well | B．often | C．much | D．soon |
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| 小题15: | | A．later | B．anyhow | C．too | D．again |
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| 小题16: | | A．us | B．anyone | C．someone | D．my brother |
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| 小题17: | | A．mail services | B．transport services | C．phones | D．relative |
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| 小题18: | | A．poor | B．easy | C．popular | D．busy |
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| 小题19: | | A．believe | B．decide | C．argue | D．forget |
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| 小题20: | | A． habit | B．choice | C．method | D．plan |
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