A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool. A letter can be enjoyed, read and 41 . It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart(远离的);it can keep a 42 with very little effort. I will give__43 A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting 44 . We had been close as 45 but had grown apart. Our meetings were not 46 ; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels; and every effort to clear the air seemed to only 47 our misunderstanding. Then he 48 a small island in the Caribbean and we 49 touch . However, 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 50 . Rereading the letter, I was 51 by its humor and clever expressions. These were some good qualities(品质) for which I had 52 respected my older brother but 53 he no longer had them. I had never known he could write so 54 .And with that one letter we became friends 55 . It might never have occurred to 56 to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no 57 . 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 58 communication(通讯), people often 59 that they don’t always have to phone or email. They have another 60 . And that is to write. 41. A. received B. reread C. returned D. rewritten 42. A. friendship B. promise C. record D. secret 43. A. a lesson B. an example C. an experience D. a talk 44. A. through B. down C. away D. along 45. A. brothers B. classmates C. fellows D. children 46. A. normal B. necessary C. possible D. pleasant 47. A. start B. deepen C. express D. settle 48. A. toured B. stopped over C. moved to D. reached 49. A. needed B. kept in C. lost D. got in 50. A. write B. think C. enjoy D. read 51. A. beaten B. driven C. surprised D. honored 52. A. never B. once C. sometimes D. seldom 53. A. thought B. judged C. observed D. expected 54. A. much B. often C. well D. soon 55. A. later B. again C. too D. anyhow 56. A. my brother B. anyone else C. someone D. us 57. A.mail services B.transport C. relatives D. phones 58. A. poor B. big C. easy D. lazy 59. A. forget B. decide C. argue D. believe 60. A. habit B. plan C. idea D. choice
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