2014高中考试英语阅读理解-完形填空钻石练习.doc

第  PAGE 7 页 共  NUMPAGES 7 页 2014高考英语 阅读理解、完形填空钻石训练（4） 完形填空 Words：270　难度系数：★★★　建议用时：16分钟 A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool.A letter can be enjoyed, read and __1__.It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart(远离的)；it can keep a __2__ with very little effort. I will give __3__.A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting __4__.We had been close as __5__ but had grown apart.Our meetings were not __6__；our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels；and every effort to clear the air seemed to only __7__ our misunderstanding.Then he __8__ a small island in the Caribbean and we __9__ touch.One day he wrote me a letter，which was beyond my wildest dream.He described his island and its people，told me what he was doing，said how he felt，and encouraged me to __10__.Rereading the letter，I was __11__ by its humor (幽默)and clever expressions.These were all qualities for which I had __12__ respected my older brother but __13__ he no longer had them.I had never known he could write so __14__.And with that one letter we became friends __15__. It might never have occurred to __16__ to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no __17__.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 __18__ communication (通讯)，people often __19__ that they don’t always have to phone or email.They have a __20__.And that is to write. 【解题导语】　在当今通讯发达的时代，除了电话和电子邮件等便利的通讯工具外，还有一种似乎已经被人们忘却的选择，那就是书信。正是因为书信，作者和哥哥才言归于好。 1．A.received　　　　　　　　 B．rewritten C．returned D．reread 解析：选D。信件可以被欣赏，被读，被“重新读”。前三项都与本句内容不符。 2．A.record B．promise C．friendship D．secret 解析：选C。根据前一个分句中的内容可知几乎不费力气就可以用信件保持“友谊”。 3．A.an example B．a lesson C．an experience D．a talk 解析：选A。上文叙述的是信件的益处，本段则用作者与哥哥重归于好的例子进行证明，由此可知是??例证”。 4．A.through B．together C．along D．away 解析：选C。本段中间部分提到两人之间存在误解，由此可知两个人