Question

【题目】 Below is a web page from http://www.parents.com/ .

Kid of the Year Photo Contest

Enter your kid’s photo today and win! We’re giving away 52 weekly $250 prizes from Readers’ Choice votes. PLUS our editors will select one entry to win our grand prize of $7,000.

Official Contest Rules

No purchase necessary to enter or win. The Kid of the Year Photo Contest entry period begins at 12:00 a.m. March 23, 2019, and ends on January 21, 2020 (the “Entry Period”). Entries must be received by 9:00 p.m. on January 21, 2020 (“Entry Deadline”). Entries will not be acknowledged or returned.

SPONSOR: Meredith Corporation, 1716 Locust Street, Des Moines, Iowa.

ENTRY: Photos must be taken by entrant, non-professional, unpublished and may not have won any prize or award. Photos must be .jpeg or .bmp image formats and cannot exceed 3 MB.

There will be two methods of entry.

Share My Entry:

Visit http://www.parents.com/photos/photo-contests-1/kid-of-the-year/ and click the button to enter. Then complete the registration form and follow the instructions to upload one album of up to six photos of your child aged three months to eight years.

Facebook Entry:

Visit Facebook.com/ParentsMagazine and click the Kid of 2019 tab. Fill out the registration form and upload one album of up to six photos of your child aged three months to eight years. You may provide one description and one album title that will be applied to all photos. This promotion is in no way sponsored, supported or run by, or associated with Facebook. You are providing your information to Parents Magazine and not to Facebook. The information you provide will only be used to run the promotion and register for Parents.com.

LIMIT: One entry per household, per eligible (有资格的) child, per week. One weekly prize per child. For entries of more than one eligible child in the household, the entry process must be completed separately for each child. No group entries.

【1】We can learn from the passage that ________.

A.your entry will not be returned even if you don’t win the contest

B.you should buy something first before you enter the contest

C.you should send your entry before 12:00 p.m. on March 23, 2019

D.the editors of the contest will decide who will win the 20,000 dollars in prizes

【2】Linda, a mother with seven-year-old twins, wants to enter the contest. She must ________.

A.provide only one description and one album title for the kids’ photos

B.go to Meredith Corporation to fill out the registration forms

C.provide the information to Facebook if she chooses Facebook Entry

D.complete the entry process separately for each of her kids

【3】The purpose of the passage is ________.

A.to advertise the website Facebook.com

B.to make profits by attracting photographers’ interest

C.to introduce two methods of entering a photo contest

D.to encourage parents with children to enter a photo contest

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】D

【解析】

这是一篇应用文。一则来自http://www.parents.com/网页的广告：鼓励有孩子的父母参加摄影比赛以及介绍该活动的具体信息。

【1】细节理解题。根据Official Contest Rules中Entries must be received by 9:00 p.m. on January 21, 2020 (“Entry Deadline”). Entries will not be acknowledged or returned. 参赛作品必须于2020年1月21日（“报名截止日期”）晚上9点前收到。参赛作品将不被确认或退回。可知，即使你没有赢得比赛，你的参赛作品也不会被退回。故选A项。

【2】细节理解题。根据LIMIT中For entries of more than one eligible child in the household, the entry process must be completed separately for each child. No group entries. 如家庭中有多于一名符合资格的儿童参赛，则必须为每名儿童分别办理参赛手续。没有团体参赛。可知，琳达7岁的双胞胎想要参加比赛的话，她必须分别为每个孩子完成参赛手续。故选D项。

【3】推理判断题。根据Kid of the Year Photo Contest 中Enter your kid’s photo today and win! We’re giving away 52 weekly $250 prizes from Readers’ Choice votes. PLUS our editors will select one entry to win our grand prize of $7,000. 今天输入你孩子的照片并获胜！我们每周从读者的选择投票中发放52次250美元的奖励。此外，我们的编辑将选择一个参赛者赢得我们的7000美元大奖。可知，这篇文章的目的是鼓励有孩子的父母参加摄影比赛。故选D项。