英语完形填空练习

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

翻译：一个人如果会写私人书信，那么他就掌握了一种非常强有力的工具。

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

翻译：一封信可以被欣赏并一读再读。

解析：And连接并列结构。

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.

翻译：信件能让分隔两地的人进行温暖的交流；信件也能让我们用最小的努力来维持亲友之间的感情。

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

翻译：我来举个例子。

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

翻译：几年前我和哥哥相处得并不融洽。

解析：四个选项之中，get through 通过，get together 积累，get along 相处，get away 逃脱。

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

翻译：小时候，我们亲密无间，但是长大后就疏远了。

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.

翻译：我们每次会面都不是那么愉快；我们的谈话总是充斥着辩论和争吵；并且所有弥补裂痕的努力只是加深了彼此的误解。

解析：四个选项之中，deepen 加深，start 开始，express表达，settle 解决；只有deepen能与misunderstanding连用。

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)

翻译：后来，他搬到加勒比海的一座小岛生活，我们失去了联系。

解析：题四个选项之中，toured 旅行，stopped over 短暂停留，reached 到达，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）

翻译：一天，他给我写了一封信，在信中他描述了小岛上的风土人情，告诉我正在做什么和他的感想，并且鼓励我回信。

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

翻译：重读这封信，我对他的幽默和巧妙的用词感到惊讶。

解析：四个选项之中，driven 被驱使的，beaten 筋疲力尽的，surprised 惊讶的，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.

翻译：我曾经因为哥哥拥有这样的品质而尊敬他，但是后来我以为他不再具备这些品质了。

解析：once 曾经；realized意识到，judged 判断，expected 期待。

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

翻译：我从来不知道他的信写得这么好。

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

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

翻译：通过这封信，我们又变成了朋友。

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).

翻译：如果不是哥哥搬到了一个没有电话的地方，他也绝对不会想到给我写信。

For him, writing was anecessity.

翻译：对他而言，写信是必需的。

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

翻译：事实证明这也是能帮我们恢复联系的最好方式。

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.

翻译：正因为我们现在生活在一个通讯非常便捷的时代，所以人们常常忘记他们并不是必须用电话或电子邮件交流。

解析：easy communication 便捷的通讯。

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

翻译：他们还有一种选择：写信。