题型：语法填空（语篇） 题类： 难易度：困难
湖南省长沙市华益中学2023-2024学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试卷
A kid's business
Thirteen-year-old Porter Schapiro began baking(烘焙) at a young age. In 2020, he even started his own business.
"Since I was 6 years old, I (love) baking," said Porter. "I love making carrot cake. I want to be a baker have my own store when I grow up."
Porter's dad's best friend, Mark Bistline, loved to eat his carrot cake. When he was sick in hospital, Porter tried to help in any way possible, including baking him his favorite dessert. One of Mark's (nurse) tried a piece of the cake and told Porter that he should sell it. Then Porter started a business called Nothing But Carrot Cake. He first made around 200 cakes. He sold them to his friends at school and their family, his neighbors, and teachers.
Porter's older brother made a logo(标志) for his business and many people loved it. Porter made a lot of money. However, he gave away the money instead keeping it. He was proud of (he).
Many months went by and one day, Porter's dad (find) a post by Granny Squibb's Organic Iced Tea for kids to draw their own flavor(口味). He printed it out for his son, and Porter created "Porter's Peach". His dad shared the picture online. It interested the owners of the company who heard about Porter behind Nothing But Carrot Cake. They wanted (do) something meaningful like him, so they reached out to him.
Porter, young boy, was in surprise when knowing the company would like to have their next flavor after him. "Porter's Peach" came out in June, 2022. The label(标签) on the bottle, shown on the back, has a picture of Porter's drawing and idea. It also has a short description(描述) of him and his business.
"It's so cool now when I go into stores and see ‘Porter's Peach' named after me," Porter said. "I feel (real) happy. And I think I'm the (lucky) boy in the world."
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