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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 (参赛作品) 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: 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. Photos must be taken by entrant, non-professional, unpublished and may not have won any prize or award.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 (格式) and cannot exceed 3 MB.
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. Photos must be taken by entrant, non-professional, unpublished and may not have won any prize or award.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.
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.
Photos must not contain material that infringes the rights of another, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright violation. Photos must not contain brand names or trademarks.
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. you should buy something first before you enter the contest
B. your entry will not be returned even if you don’t win 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 a description and an album title for the kid’s photos
B. go to Meredith Corporation to fill out the registration forms
C. complete the entry process separately for each of her kids
D. provide the information to Facebook if she chooses Facebook Entry
3.To enter the contest, photos must ________.
A. have won some prize or award
B. be taken by non-professional entrants
C. contain brand names or trademarks
D. contain parents’ personal information
4.What does the underlined word “infringes” mean?
A. violates. B. obtains.
C. grasps. D. cheats.
5.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
I never knew how well Mother could keep a trust until I was going through her things after she died. I discovered something I had _______ forgotten, something that happened to me as a child.
One day, as I went to sleep after my sisters and I had said our prayers, I recalled the events of the day and how _______ I had behaved toward Mother. “I must make things right now,” I thought.
Quietly I _______ out of bed and picked up the pencil and paper from the dresser, and then tiptoed into the hall. The _______ from the living room shone dimly. I knew Mother was downstairs still doing some sewing.
I quickly _______ a note asking Mother to excuse me for being so _______. I didn’t want my sisters to know my business so I _______ a postscript, “Please don’t let anyone else see this.” Then I _______ moved into my parents’ bedroom and put the letter under Mother’s pillow.
The next morning when I _______ my bed after breakfast, I ________ found a return note under my pillow. Mother wrote that she loved me and ________ me. This became my way of apologizing whenever I talked ________ or disobeyed. Mother always left a return note, but she never ________ our under-the-pillow messages in front of the family. Even when we were ________, she never mentioned them when we sisters ________ our childhood.
When Mother passed away, I had to go through her personal belongings. In her desk was a bundle of notes tied with a faded ribbon. On top was a message in handwriting which read, “In the event of my death, please ________ these.”
I ________ the package and glanced at the handwriting on the bottom. To my ________, I recognized my childish writing, “PS. Please don’t let anyone else see this. Love, Edie.” I gently placed the unopened bundle in the ________ along with other things for the rubbish burner. “Lord,” I prayed, “make me like ________.”
1.A. long B. hardly C. never D. often
2.A. well B. politely C. happily D. badly
3.A. went B. rushed C. slipped D. moved
4.A. moon B. light C. gas D. lamp
5.A. found B. sent C. wrote D. took
6.A. lazy B. late C. careless D. naughty
7.A. took B. added C. brought D. placed
8.A. quietly B. quickly C. calmly D. hurriedly
9.A. searched B. left C. made D. folded
10.A. secretly B. unexpectedly C. happily D. fortunately
11.A. favored B. understood C. supported D. forgave
12.A. over B. back C. loudly D. big
13.A. spoke about B. put on C. gave out D. got around
14.A. alone B. curious C. older D. interested
15.A. reminded B. forgot C. missed D. recalled
16.A. keep B. destroy C. hide D. announce
17.A. turned over B. tore open C. looked through D. picked up
18.A. sadness B. embarrassment C. surprise D. excitement
19.A. drawer B. wastebasket C. bedroom D. dresser
20.A. God B. an angel C. a bird D. Mother
--- I’ll pay a visit to Hong Kong. Would you mind keeping an eye on my house?
--- Not at all. ______.
A. I’d rather not B. I’d be happy
C. I’ve no time D. I’d like to
--- What did she want to know, Tom?
--- She wondered ______ we could complete the experiment.
A. when was it B. it was when that
C. it was when D. when it was that
--- Thank you for reminding me of the time, or I late for the flight yesterday.
--- Don’t mention it.
A. will have been B. would have been
C. must be D. could be
--- Dad, have you seen my Christmas card?
--- ______ you painted last night? I’m afraid I haven’t seen ______.
A. One ; one B. The one ; it
C. One ; it D. The one ; that
