Legal information on call
1.Dial-A-Law is_______.
A. a group of lawyers B. a legal Internet message bank
C. a legal telephone service D. a collection of law suggestions
2.Dial-A-Law is available to customer_______.
A. at any time B. on weekdays only
C. during business hours D. for thirty minutes at a time
3.The Legal Referral Service will_______.
A. recommend a legal adviser
B. suggest three lawyers in the customer‟s area
C. choose the best of three lawyers for the customer
D. decide whether the customer must pay for a legal problem
A Doll from Santa
Alice‟s mother died when she was five years old. That year was 1925, and life was hard. Alice, who grew up to be my mother, told me that her family was too ________to even afford to give her a doll.
One afternoon in December 1982, I was decorating the tree to prepare for the Christmas season. A young lady ________me with a sample of her handiwork: beautiful handmade ______. She was taking orders for Christmas. I decided to get one for my daughter, Katie, who was almost five years old. Then I had an idea. I asked the lady if she could make me a _____doll for my mother — one with gray hair and a pair of glasses: a grandmother doll.
The doll maker felt that this idea was certainly ___and took it on as a creative challenge. So I placed my Christmas ___: two dolls, one blonde and one gray-haired for Christmas morning! Things really started to fall into place ________a friend had told me that his dad, who played Santa Claus in my area, would be willing to make a visit on Christmas morning to our home to __________my Katie her presents!
Christmas Day arrived and at the planned time, ___did Santa Claus. Katie was delighted that Santa had come to see her at her ________house, the happiest I had ever seen her in her young life. My mother was enjoying watching her granddaughter‟s _______to the visit from this special guest. As Santa turned to leave, he looked once more into his bag and took out one more _____. As he asked who Alice was, my mother, surprised by her name being called, ___that she in fact was Alice. Santa handed her the gift, which was accompanied by a message card that read: For Alice,
I was cleaning out my sleigh before my ________this year and came across this package that was supposed to be delivered on December 25, 1925. The present inside has _______, but I felt that you might _________wish to have it. Many apologies for the_________of the gift.
Love, Santa Claus
My mother‟s reaction was one of the greatest deeply ____scenes I have ever witnessed. She couldn‟t speak but only gazed at the doll she had _________fifty-seven years as tears of joy running down her cheeks. That doll, given by “Santa”, made my mother the happiest “__________” alive.
1.A. large B. busy C. poor D. crowded
2.A. approached B. educated C. helped D. joined
3.A. glasses B. dolls C. socks D. bags
4.A. special B. live C. cheap D. baby
5.A. fair B. impractical C. simple D. unique
6.A. wish B. order C. tree D. collection
7.A. because B. though C. when D. if
8.A. save B. sell C. find D. deliver
9.A. and B. or C. but D. so
10.A. own B. new C. former D. small
11.A. request B. dream C. reaction D. panic
12.A. letter B. gift C. candy D. bell
13.A. denied B. indicated C. pretended D. explained
14.A. trip B. plan C. try D. term
15.A. burnt B. reappeared C. gone D. aged
16.A. still B. never C. yet D. almost
17.A. weakness B. carefulness C. lateness D. darkness
18.A. lovely B. emotional C. beautiful D. unpleasant
19.A. chosen B. wasted C. waited D. spent
20.A. customer B. daughter C. seller D. child
Harry is an American businessman. His job requires him to do a lot of traveling. In the past six months he has made nine trips,1.purpose is to attend meetings and make presentations. Harry loves to travel and feels each country has a charm of its own. After graduation, Harry decided to make travel part of his career. He wanted to experience different cultures of other 2.(country). He was dreaming of3.(work) for an international company. Then his dream came true. Now he‟s working for a German hi-tech company.
Dough figurine(捏面人), also known as dough modelling, is a kind of Chinese folk art. It is 1.(simple) made but of high artistic value. It 2.(record) as early as the Han Dynasty. Dough craftsman draws materials based on the required. After a repetition of rubbing, twisting and lifting 3.hand, and poking, cutting, and carving by bamboo knife, the craftsman 4.(shape) the body and the face of the figurine gradually. Dressed up with hair accessories and clothes, all of a sudden, a vivid artistic figurine comes to life.
Our school planned a trip for us to study English in another country this holiday. I was excited for it was my first time1. (travel) abroad. I2. (pack) everything I thought I would need into my backpack. I knew I was going to have so much fun. After boarding the bus to the airport, I said goodbye to my parents. I looked out the window of the bus and dreamed about3. we would do while on our trip.
假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，写一篇英文周记，记述你与父母共度周末的全过程。
注意：词数不少于 60。 提示词：攀岩 rock climbing
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