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It must be something in the air as every company that possibly can is having a baby contest. Of course, babies are wonderful , and many parents would be the first to agree. Companies really bring in much money.
Walgreens Baby Contest
If you play the new Baby Milestones Challenge Contest by BabyCenter & Walgreens, you could be entered to win $1,000 in Walgreens & Beauty.com Gift Cards and Certificates. You can play the instant win to see if you get a $25 Walgreen’s gift card, but you have to plug in your email address and receive all their sales and other information for the contest.
Kids and Babies
Kids and Babies are accepting entries for May 2012 Free Photo Contest. Baby Photo Gallery with theme albums and age group albums is moved to the new website Cute Baby Gallery. Check KidsandBibs.com for their Baby Photo Contest blog’s latest update. Grand prize is $25,000. The catch: Winners are decided by the visitors coming to the site and voting for their favorite babies, so you have to advertise their site for them.
Parents.com
Perents.com has a website only for their members, but if you are into “baby” photos, it is well worth surfing. You could receive offers on free samples, money- saving coupons (优惠券), and chances to win the latest contests.
Avon
Avon is another company that has a baby photo contest this spring. Avon is advertising their newest collection. It is Avon’s only collection for the photos of babies. Babies’ age: newborn to 2 years. Just go to TinyTillia.com and upload your recent baby’s photos. First place Baby will be featured in a Tiny Tillia Storybook and win a $5,000 U.S. Savings Bond. The Cuties will win $300 in Tiny Tillia products.
The tip is to run a search engine for all the latest contests going on and start entering them today. You could be lucky and win enough to put “Baby” through college! Have fun!
小题1:In the author’s opinion, holding a baby contest __________.
A.is not reasonable at all
B.is funny and interesting
C.attracts parents’ attention
D.can cost a company much money
小题2:If your baby enters for the 2012 Free Photo Contest, you will __________.
A.have to help to advertise their site
B.take your baby to the gallery in May
C.advise the visitors to come to the site
D.see the Baby Photo Gallery’s update about Babies’ photos of the contest
小题3:What can we learn from this passage?
A.Free Photo Contest will be held in March, 2012.
B.Avon is a website that will hold a baby photo contest.
C.Parents.com only accepts the photos of its members’ babies.
D.You can upload your one-year-old baby’s photos to TinyTillia.com.
小题4:In the last paragraph, the author advises you to __________.
A.try your best to bring up your baby well
B.enter for all the contests as soon as possible
C.let your kid go to college when he grows up
D.get more information about these contests

小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B

试题分析:本文介绍了在春天会有许多网站和公司会举行宝宝摄影大赛,详细说明参加比赛的条件、要求和奖金等内容。
小题1:推理题:根据第一段内容可知获奖了还会有奖金,这会吸引家长的注意。故选C。
小题2:细节题:根据第三段最后一句“so you have to advertise their site for them”所以你不得不为他们宣传他们的网站。故选A。
小题3:细节题:根据第三段中“Grand prize is $25,000. ”奖金是2万5千美元,可知A错误;根据第五段第一句“Avon is another company that has a baby photo contest this spring”雅芳是这个春天另外一家举行婴儿照片比赛的公司,因此B错误;根据第四段第一句“Perents.com has a website only for their members”Perents.com网站只对自己成员开放,而不是成员的孩子,因此C错误;根据第五段中“Babies’ age: newborn to 2 years. Just go to TinyTillia.com and upload your recent baby’s photos”婴儿年龄是新生儿到2岁,就去TinyTillia.com上传你家孩子最近的照片,由此可知把一周岁大的孩子的照片传到TinyTillia.com是可以的。故选D。
小题4:推理题:根据最后一段第一句“The tip is to run a search engine for all the latest contests going on and start entering them today. ”小窍门就是运用搜索引擎找到所有最近将要进行的比赛,今天就进入,可知是在告诉你进入尽可能多的比赛的方法。故选B。
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