单选题 The letter you write is your personal representative. It takes your place when circumstances make it impossible for you to be there in person. It goes to the hospital to cheer a sick friend. It goes to your hostess to thank her for entertaining you. It conveys your best wishes, congratulations, condolences-when you are not able to do so in person.
A friendly letter is like a visit on paper. If you "hate to write letters", it's simply because you have not yet discovered the fun it can be to write and receive letters that are good talk on paper. Many people neglect to answer letters from relatives and friends. To a letter unanswered is like saying, "I don't think you are worth the time and effort it takes to write a letter./

单选题 According to the passage, when you can't come to a certain place in person, you can ______.
A. send somebody else instead B. make a telephone call
C. send a telegraph D. write a letter
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据题干找到第一段第二句,It takes your place when circumstances make it impossible for you to be there in person作出该项选择。
单选题 Letter can express your ______.
A. congratulations B. condolences
C. best wishes D. all of the above
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据第一段最后一句,It conveys your best wishes,congratulations,condolences-when you are not able to do so in person作出该项选择。
单选题 If you send your friend a letter, it seems that he ______.
A. will be greatly worried B. will be angry about it
C. will award you D. will see you on paper
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据题干找到第二段第一句,A friendly letter is like a visit on paper作出该项选择。
单选题 In line with the passage, if you don't like to write a letter, it's simply because ______.
A. you are lazy enough
B. you are busy enough
C. you haven't found the advantages of letters
D. you can't afford too many letters
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】根据题干找到第二段第二句,It's simply because you have not yet discovered the fun it can be to write作出该项选择。
单选题 If you don't answer your friends' letters, it seems to say that
A. your friends is too busy to read a letter
B. your friend hates to receive a letter
C. your friend is not worthy of your letter
D. your friend should not have written you a letter
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】根据题干找到第二段最后一句,To a letter unanswered is like saying, "I don't think you are worth the time and effort it takes to write a letter. " 作出该项选择。