Question

    After nearly half a mouth, the Christmas letter finally was here in my hand. Yes, writing letters is how my friend in the US and I exchange our greeting every Christmas. People ask why not send our greetings on Facebook, or on Wechat _____________  , and by the way, it’ll save money. For me, writing letters is more of a _____________habit than a quirk(怪癖) in modem times. I, an experienced letter writer, can tell you what writing letters bring me more emotional(情感的) communication.

In fact, only parts of our emotions can be found. Some professors in California State University found that electronic products, like smart phones, can greatly _____________people in many ways. They probably stop people from shaking their inner. (内心的) feelings._____________modem communication,writing letters has more advantages. When we write our brain  is given  the  chance  to  discover _____________between things we didn't see before. And we are forced to show our emotions fully.

If I am here to tell you why I love writing letters, one of the reasons would be something of the _____________— feeling of my band running through the pages, feeling of pen moving across the paper, and feeling of the smell of ink in the air.

It is believed that both your words and the letter itself can _____________you to express your feelings. Letters build a bridge between the writer and receiver. People _____________more when they receive  messages in the form of a letter rather than any other media.

1.A.completely B.recently C.simply D.exactly

2.A.natural B.boring C.crazy D.national

3.A.control B.improve C.lead D.influence

4.A.Looking through B.Suffering from C.Compared with D.Faced with

5.A.connections B.ways C.sights D.problems

6.A.sound B.touch C.taste D.sight

7.A.make B.keep C.remain D.encourage

8.A.feel B.experience C.expects D.present

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.B

【解析】

本文主要讲了，在现代生活中，智能手机这种电子设备以及微信、脸书等应用软件的广泛使用，很少有人再用写信的方式与其他人沟通和交流了。但是作者在圣诞节的时候，仍然用写信的方式与在美国的朋友互致问候。他觉得当你在书写的时候，你才能够完整地表达你的思想和感情。

1.

句意：人们问为什么不在脸书或者是仅仅是微信上发送我们的问候，而且也很省钱。

考查副词辨析。completely完全地；recently最近；simply仅仅，只；exactly恰恰，精确地。根据文意可知，人们觉得用脸书或者微信交流更加的方便，还能省钱，故这里应用simply表示加强语气。故选C。

2.

句意：对于我来说，写信与其说是现代的怪癖，不如说是一种自然的习惯。

考查形容词辨析。natural自然的；boring无聊的；crazy疯狂的；national全国的。根据下句话I, an experienced letter writer. can tell you that writing letters brings me more emotional(情感的) communication可知，作者是一个有经验的作家，他觉得写信能给他带来更多情感的交流，所以写信是他自然的习惯。故应选A。

3.

句意：加州州立大学的一些教授发现，电子产品，如智能手机，可以在许多方面对人们产生很大的影响。

考查动词辨析。control控制；improve提高；lead领导，引导；influence影响。根据后面句子“They probably stop people from shaking their inner. (内心的) feelings. 他们可能会阻止人们动摇他们的内心感受”可知，这是电子产品对人们产生的影响，结合选项可知，影响influence符合语境。故选D。

4.

句意：与现代通信相比，写信具有更多的优势。

考查动词短语辨析。Looking through浏览；Suffering from遭受；Compared with与……比较；Faced with面对。根据后面“writing letters has more advantages写信具有更多的优势”结合选项可知，这是与现代通信作对比后的结果，与……比较Compared with符合语境。故选C。

5.

句意：当我们写作时，我们的大脑有机会发现我们以前没有看到的事物之间的联系。

考查名词辨析。connections联系；ways方式，方法；sights视力，视野；problems问题。根据空后“between things we didn't see before”结合选项可知，此处是说以前没有看到的事物之间的“联系”，这样“我们被迫充分展示我们的情感”，也就是不得不完整地表达我们的感情。联系connections符合语境。故选A。

6.

句意：如果我是来告诉你为什么我喜欢写信的，原因之一是那种触摸的感觉——我的手滑过书页，笔在纸上移动的感觉，以及空气中墨水的味道。

考查名词辨析。sound声音；touch触摸时的感觉；taste味道；sight视力。根据空后的“feeling of my band running through the pages, feeling of pen moving across the paper, and feeling of the smell of ink in the air.”可知，这些都是“触摸时的感觉”；touch是后面的一个总括。故选B。

7.

句意：相信你的话和信本身都能鼓励你表达你的感情。

考查动词辨析。make让；keep保持；remain保留；encourage鼓励。根据空后的“to express your feelings.”结合make的用法make sb do sth可排除选项A；根据本句句意及选项B，C，D可知，此处应该是表达“鼓励”你表达你的感情。故选D。

8.

句意：当人们以信件的形式而不是任何其他媒体的形式收到信息时，他们会有更多的体验。

考查名词辨析。feel触觉; 手感 ；experience经历，体验；expects预料，预期；present礼物。根据前句“Letters build a bridge between the writer and receiver. 信件在作家和接受者之间架起了一座桥梁。”及后面“when they receive messages in the form of a letter rather than any other media.”结合前面作者说到书信的形式有更多的优点，可知，此处是说会有更多的“体验”。故选B。