A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool. A letter can be enjoyed, read and   21  . It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart (远离的); it can keep a   22   with very little effort.

I will give   23  . A few years ago my older brother and l were not getting   24  . We had been close as   25   but had grown apart. Our meetings were not   26  ; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels; and every effort to clear the air seemed to only   27   our misunderstanding. Then he   28   a small island in the Caribbean and we   29   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   30 . Rereading the letter, I was   31   by its humor and clever expressions. These were all qualities for which I had   32  respected my older brother but   33   he no longer had them. I had never known he could write so   34  . And with that one letter we became friends   35  .

It might never have occurred to   36  to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no   37  . 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    38   communication, people often   39   that they don’t always have to phone or email. They have a   40  . And that is to write.

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

22. A. bookmark           B. promise                    C. friendship             D. secret

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

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

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

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

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

28. A. toured                B. stopped over             C. reached                D. moved to

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

36. A. us                    B. anyone else               C. someone                D. my brother

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

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

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

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