Question

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

I will give . A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting We had been close as but had grown apart. Our meetings were not ; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels; and every effort to clear the air seemed to only our misunderstanding. Then he a small island in the Caribbean and we touch .One day he wrote me a letter. He describeb his island and its people, told me what he was doing,said how he felt,and encouraged me to . Rereading the letter, I was by its humor(幽默)and clever expressions,These were all qualities for which I had respected my order brother but he no longer had them.I had never known he could write so .And with that one letter we became friends .

It might never have occurred to to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no ,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 communication(通讯),people often that they don’t always have to phone or email. They have a . 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 over 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 else C.someone D.my brother

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

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

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.D

16.D

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.B

【解析】

1.Rewritten表示“重写”。

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12.Once 曾经

13.Thought说明过去的想法

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15.Again“再一次，又”

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