A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool.

翻譯：一個人如果會寫私人書信，那么他就掌握了一種非常強有力的工具。

A letter can beenjoyed, read and     D    . ( A. received  B. rewritten  C.returned D. reread)

翻譯：一封信可以被欣賞并一讀再讀。

解析：And連接并列結(jié)構(gòu)。

It can set up awarm conversation between two people far apart; it can keep a     C     (A.record  B. promise  C. friendship  D. secret) with very little effort.

翻譯：信件能讓分隔兩地的人進行溫暖的交流；信件也能讓我們用最小的努力來維持親友之間的感情。

I will give     A   .（A.an example  B. a lesson C. an experience  D. a talk）

翻譯：我來舉個例子。

A few years agomy older brother and I were not getting      C . (A. through  B.together  C. along  D. away)

翻譯：幾年前我和哥哥相處得并不融洽。

解析：四個選項之中，get through 通過，get together 積累，get along 相處，get away 逃脫。

We had been close as      B    but I had grown apart.(A. brothers  B. children  C. fellows D. classmates)

翻譯：小時候，我們親密無間，但是長大后就疏遠了。

Our meetings were not    C  ; (A. normal  B. necessary C. pleasant  D. possible) ourconversation was filled with arguments and quarrels; and every effort to clearthe air seemed to only      A  (A. deepen  B. start  C. express D. settle ) our misunderstanding.

翻譯：我們每次會面都不是那么愉快；我們的談話總是充斥著辯論和爭吵；并且所有彌補裂痕的努力只是加深了彼此的誤解。

解析：四個選項之中，deepen 加深，start 開始，express表達，settle 解決；只有deepen能與misunderstanding連用。

Then he   D  (A. toured  B. stopped over  C. reached D. moved to )  a smallisland in the Caribbean and we    A    touch. (A. lost B. kept in C. needed D.got in)

翻譯：后來，他搬到加勒比海的一座小島生活，我們失去了聯(lián)系。

解析：題四個選項之中，toured 旅行，stopped over 短暫停留，reached 到達，moved to 搬到。

One day he wrote me a letter. He described his island and its people, told me what he was doing,said how her felt, and encouraged me to   B  （A. think  B. write  C. enjoy D. read）

翻譯：一天，他給我寫了一封信，在信中他描述了小島上的風土人情，告訴我正在做什么和他的感想，并且鼓勵我回信。

Rereading the letter, I was    C   (A. driven  B. beaten  C. surprised  D. honored) by its humor and clever expressions.

翻譯：重讀這封信，我對他的幽默和巧妙的用詞感到驚訝。

解析：四個選項之中，driven 被驅(qū)使的，beaten 筋疲力盡的，surprised 驚訝的，honored 受尊敬的。

These were all qualitiesfor which I had D    (A.never  B. seldom  C. sometimes D. once)respected my older brother but    C   (A. realized  B. judged C. thought  D. expected )heno longer had them.

翻譯：我曾經(jīng)因為哥哥擁有這樣的品質(zhì)而尊敬他，但是后來我以為他不再具備這些品質(zhì)了。

解析：once 曾經(jīng)；realized意識到，judged 判斷，expected 期待。

I had neverknown he could write so    A  (A. well  B. often  C. much D. soon).

翻譯：我從來不知道他的信寫得這么好。

解析：well寫得好，soon 寫得快，much 寫得多，often 寫得勤。

And with that oneletter we became friends    D  (A. later  B. anyhow  C. too D. again).

翻譯：通過這封信，我們又變成了朋友。

It might never haveoccurred to    D   (A. us B. anyone else  C. someone  D. my brother) to write me if he hadnot been in a place where there were no    C   (A. mail services  B. transport services  C. phones  D. relatives).

翻譯：如果不是哥哥搬到了一個沒有電話的地方，他也絕對不會想到給我寫信。

For him, writing was anecessity.

翻譯：對他而言，寫信是必需的。

It also turned out to bethe best way for us to get back in touch.

翻譯：事實證明這也是能幫我們恢復聯(lián)系的最好方式。

Because we live in an ageof    B   (A. poor B. easy  C. popular  D. busy) communication, people often    D  (A. believe  B. decide  C. argue  D. forget) that they don’t always haveto phone or email.

翻譯：正因為我們現(xiàn)在生活在一個通訊非常便捷的時代，所以人們常常忘記他們并不是必須用電話或電子郵件交流。

解析：easy communication 便捷的通訊。

They have a   B (A. habit  B. choice  C. method C. plan) . And that is to write.

翻譯：他們還有一種選擇：寫信。