阅读下面短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。A man who

阅读下面短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。
A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool. A letter can be enjoyed, read and reread. It can set up a warm conversation     【小题1】_ two people far apart (远离的); it can keep a _【小题2】       (friend) with very little effort.
I will give an example. A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting along. We had been close as children 【小题3】_ had grown apart. Our meetings were not _【小题4】     (pleasure); our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels: and every effort to clear the air seemed to only _【小题5】     (deep) our misunderstanding. Then he moved to a small island in the Caribbean and we lost touch. One day he wrote me a letter. He described his island and _【小题6】_ people, told me what he was doing, said how he felt, and encouraged me to write. Rereading the letter, I _【小题7】_ (drive) by its humor（幽默）and clever expressions. These were all qualities for     【小题8】_ I had once respected my older brother but thought he no longer had them. I had never known he could write so well. And with that one letter we became friends again.
    【小题9】_ might never have occurred to my brother to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no phones. 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     【小题10】     age of easy munication（通讯）, people often forget that they don’t always have to phone or email. They have a choice. And that is to write.between