题目内容
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A, B, C和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 ________. It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart; it can keep a ________ with very little effort. I will give ________. A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting ________. We had been close as ________ but had grown apart. Our meetings were not ________; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels; and every effort to clear the air seemed to only ________ our misunderstanding. Then he ________ a small island in the Caribbean and we ________ 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 ________. Rereading the letter, I was ________ by its humor and clever expressions. These were all qualities for which I had ________ respected my older brother but ________ he no longer had them.I had never known he could write so ________. And with that one letter we became friends ________. It might never have occurred to ________ to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no ________. 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 ________ communication, people often ________ that they don’t always have to phone or email. They have a ________. And that is to write.
1.A. receivedB. rewrittenC. returnedD. reread
2.A. recordB. promiseC. friendshipD. secret
3.A. an exampleB. a lessonC. an experienceD. a talk
4.A. throughB. togetherC. alongD. away
5.A. brothersB. childrenC. fellowsD. classmates
6.A. normalB. necessaryC. pleasantD. possible
7.A. deepenB. startC. expressD. settle
8.A. touredB. stopped overC. reachedD. moved to
9.A. lostB. kept inC. neededD. got in
10.A. thinkB. writeC. enjoyD. read
11.A. drivenB. beatenC. surprisedD. honored
12.A. neverB. seldomC. sometimesD. once
13.A. realizedB. judgedC. thoughtD. expected
14.A. wellB. oftenC. muchD. soon
15.A. laterB. anyhowC. tooD. again
16.A. usB. anyone elseC. someoneD. my brother
17.A. mail servicesB. transportC. phonesD. relatives
18.A. poorB. easyC. popularD. busy
19.A. believeB. decideC. argueD. forget
20.A. habitB. choiceC. methodD. plan