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 I 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 describeb 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(幽默)and clever expressions,These were all qualities for which I had 32 respected my order 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(通讯),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.record 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 C.phones D.relatives
38.A.poor B.easy C.popular D.busy
39A.believe B.decide C.argue D. forget
40.A.habit B.choice C.method D. plan
