02 2010全國新課標2卷

A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool. A letter can be enjoyed, read and(21)__________. It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart（遠離的）; it can keep a(22)__________ with very little effort.

I will give(23)__________. A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting(24)__________. We had been close as(25)__________ but had grown apart. Our meetings were not(26)__________; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels; and every effort to clear the air seemed to only(27)__________ our misunderstanding. Then he(28)__________ a small island in the Caribbean and we(29)__________ 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(30)__________. Rereading the letter, I was(31)__________ by its humor （幽默） and clever expressions. These were all qualities for which I had(32)__________ respected my older brother but(33)__________ he no longer had them. I had never known he could write so(34)__________. And with that one letter we became friends(35)__________.

It might never have occurred to(36)__________ to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no(37)__________. 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(38)__________ communication （通訊）, people often(39)__________ that they don’t always have to phone or email. They have a(40)__________. And that is to write.

21. A. received B. rewritten C. returned D. reread

22. A. record B. promise C. friendship D. secret

23. A. an example B. a lesson C. an experience D. a talk

24. A. through B. together C. along D. away

25. A. brothers B. children C. fellows D. classmates

26. A. normal B. necessary C. pleasant D. possible

27. A. deepen B. start C. express D. settle

28. A. toured B. stopped over C. reached D. moved to

29. A. lost B. kept in C. needed D. got in

30. A. think B. write C. enjoy D. read

31. A. driven B. beaten C. surprised D. honored

32. A. never B. seldom C. sometimes D. once

33. A. realized B. judged C. thought D. expected

34. A. well B. often C. much D. soon

35. A. later B. anyhow C. too D. again

36. A. us B. anyone else C. someone D. my brother

37. A. mail services B. transport services C. phones D. relatives

38. A. poor B. easy C. popular D. busy

39. A. believe B. decide C. argue D. forget

40. A. habit B. choice C. method D. plan

必背單詞

 1  apart adj. 遠離的

 2  record n. 記錄

 3  normal adj. 正常的

 4  argument n. 爭論

 5  clear★ v. 清除

例句 Snowplows have been out clearing the roads.

掃雪機被開出去清掃路面了。

 6  deepen v. 加深

 7  tour v. 周游

 8  drive v. 驅使

 9  beat v. 打敗

 10  expression n. 表達

 11  quality n. 品質

 12  judge v. 評判

詞組搭配

 1  get through★ 通過；接通電話

例句 I’ve been trying to ring up all day and I couldn’t get through.

我整天都在撥電話，但總是撥不通。

 2  get along 融洽相處

例句 They seemed to be getting along fine.

他們好像相處得頗為融洽。

 3  get away 逃脫

例句 She’d gladly have gone anywhere to get away from the cottage.

只要能逃脫那個小屋，去哪兒她都樂意。

 4  it occurs to sb. that 某人想起某事

例句 It occured to her that she should adopt the homeless boy.

她想到她應該收養這個無家可歸的男孩。

全文翻譯

一個知道如何去寫個人信件的人有一個強有力的工具。一封信可以被喜歡，被讀，被（21）重讀。它可以讓兩個相距甚遠的人建立起溫暖的對話；它可以不費力地維持一段（22）友誼。

我來舉個（23）例子。幾年前，我的哥哥和我（24）相處得不好。我們（25）孩提時很親密，但是長大便疏遠了。我們的見面（都）不（26）開心；我們的談話充滿了爭執和吵架；而且每一次努力去消除這種（緊張）氣氛都好像只會（27）加深我們的誤解。后來他（28）搬去了加勒比的一座小島，我們便（29）失去了聯系。有一天他給我寫信。他描述他（住）的島和島上的人。告訴我他在做什么，他的感受，并鼓勵我（30）寫信。重讀那封信，我被其中幽默睿智的表達所（31）驚訝。我（32）曾經因為這些品質而尊敬我哥哥，但（我）（33）以為他再也沒有這些品質了。我從來不知道他可以寫得這么（34）好。因為那封信我們（35）又成了朋友。

也許（36）我哥哥永遠想不起來要給我寫信，如果不是他去了一個沒有（37）電話的地方。對于他來說，寫信是必須的。這也是我們重新獲得聯系的最好方式。因為我們生活在一個通信（38）便利的時代，人們常常（39）忘記他們其實不用一直用手機和電子郵件的。他們還有一個（40）選擇，那就是寫（信）。