Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool.A letter can be enjoyed,read and  1.  It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart(远离的)；it can keep a 2with very little effort.

I will give  3.  A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting 4We had been close as 5but had grown apart. Our meetings were not 6; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels; and every effort to clear the air seemed to only 7our misunderstanding. Then he 8a small island in the Caribbean and we 9touch .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 10. Rereading the letter, I was 11by its humor(幽默)and clever expressions,These were all qualities for which I had 12respected my order brother but 13he no longer had them.I had never known he could write so 14.And with that one letter we became friends15.

It might never have occurred to 16to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no 17,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 18communication(通讯),people often 19that they don’t always have to phone or email. They have a 20. 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.D

解析：前文有enjoy, read，不可能是received 或 returned, 只能是“重读”。Rewritten表示“重写”

2.C 表示保持两人的友谊

3.A 根据后文举例说明，故用give an example

4.C get through通过，完成； get together 聚会，聚焦； get along 相处； get away走开，离开

5.B Children 与后面的grow apart呼应

6.C 根据后文的our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels，推理出“不愉快”，选择pleasant

7.A 根据情感变化是“加深误解”，故选用deepen，该题主要考构词法

8.D 搬家，迁居，move to some place

9.A 失去联系lose touch with sb.

10.B 根据上下文，鼓励我写信 encourage me to write

11.A. drive 驾驶；驱动；驱赶。这里是为他的语言文字所驱使或驱动之意。

12.D 忆往昔，曾几何时，这些品质恰是我尊重哥哥的原因。Once 曾经

13.C 但“认为”他不再具备这些品质。Thought说明过去的想法

14.A 强调写信的好

15.D 我们再一次成为朋友。Again“再一次，又”

16.D 整句话是虚拟语气，“如果哥哥去的地方不是因为没有电话，他将不会给我写信”是哥哥的身上发生的事

17.C 同36题

18.B 当代是通讯发达的年代，故选easy，表示便捷的意思。

19.D 根据文章，人们忘掉了这一点（参考总体评析）。此处提醒人们要记得并非必须用电话、电子邮件才能交流

20.B 另一种选择 choice

     【总体评析】最近几年来的完形填空试题材料选材上，都力图选取一篇有教育意义和现实实用价值的文章。受到更多先进快捷媒体比如internet的冲击的现状，作者通过回顾和现状事实的对比描述，也表达了自己的担忧：未来书信何去何从？通常来讲，这样的文量均会是一篇记叙文或者一个与生活有关的一些经历描述：这篇文章就是亦属于与生活相关：这是一篇教育性或倡导性文章：通过描述自己与哥哥的交往变化来倡导书信在交流中的重要性作者措述了一个有趣的事实：在相聚中，自己与哥哥相处不好，忽视了它的优点：但是分开后．多亏了没有现代化的交通工具…电话、email.所以只能写信．再次展现哥哥的品质，所以连作者本人都发出感叹: “Because we live in an age of easy communication(通讯),people often forget  that they don’t always have to phone or email. They have a choice  . And that is to write.”（因为我们生活在通讯工具便捷的时代，人们难免会忘掉我们不必总得用电话或电子邮件联系，我们还有另一种选择，那就是写信。）

这样的记叙思路恰好是全国卷高考英语命题的潜在思想，达到了教育性

启迪性的目的。

该试题的难度和前几年相比，难度相当；用词选项方面，都间接考查了构词法：reread, deepem等，类似于去年的acceptance，难度上略微有所增加。