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. 小题1: A．received B．rewritten C．returned D．reread 小题2: A．record B．promise C．friendship D．secret 小题3: A．an example B．a lesson C．an experience D．a talk 小题4: A．through B．together C．along D．away 小题5: A．brothers B．children C．fellows D．classmates 小题6: A．normal B．necessary C．pleasant D．possible 小题7: A．deepen B．start C．express D．settle 小题8: A．toured B．stopped C．reached D．moved to 小题9: A．lost B．kept in C．needed D．got in 小题10: A．think B．write C．enjoy D．read 小题11: A．driven B．beaten C．surprised D．honored 小题12: A．never B．seldom C．sometimes D．once 小题13: A．realized B．judged C．thought D．expected 小题14: A．well B．often C．much D．soon 小题15: A．later B．anyhow C．too D．again 小题16: A．us B．anyone C．someone D．my brother 小题17: A．mail services B．transport services C．phones D．relative 小题18: A．poor B．easy C．popular D．busy 小题19: A．believe B．decide C．argue D．forget 小题20: A． habit B．choice C．method D．plan