A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool. A letter can be enjoyed, read and 36 . It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart (远离的);it can keep a 37 with very little effort.
I will give 38 .A few years ago my older brother and l were not getting 39 .We had been close as 40 but had grown apart. Our meetings were not 41 ; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels: and every effort to clear the air seemed to only 42 our misunderstanding. Then he 43 a small island in the Caribbean and we 44 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 45 . Rereading the letter, I was 46 by its humor（幽默）and clever expressions. These were all qualities for which I had 47 respected my older brother but 48 he no longer had them. I had never known he could write so 49 . And with that one letter we became friends 50 .
It might never have occurred to 51 to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no 52 . 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 53 communication（通讯）, people often 54 that they don’t always have to phone or email. They have a 55 . 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 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 C. someone D. my brother
17.A. mail services B .transport services C. phones D. relative
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
Mr. Black is very happy because the clothes made in his factory have never been .
A. popular B. more popular
C. most popular D. the most popular
The teacher was worried about the boys in her class, for they spent ______ time playing computer games.
A. large amount of B. a large number of
C. a large amount of D. large numbers of
Grace doesn’t want to move to New York because she thinks if she _____there ,she wouldn’t be able to see her parents very often.
A. lives B. would live C. has lived D. were to live
It was almost midnight when the fire ____ in the neighborhood.
A. broke up B. broke down C. broke in D. broke out
____ you’ve grown up, you should be independent of your parents’ help.
A. Even though B. In case C. Just as D. Now that
