Question

【題目】 The majority of us have read Cinderella, the fairy tale of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone’s heart-we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity（默默無聞）.Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.

Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenage pop singer, Joey Parker, appears. Joey is every-thing the rest of the boys in her class are not-kind, handsome and desirable. Mary’s and Joey s paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked（邪惡的）stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn’t get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.

The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern-day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.

“The movie takes the Cinderella fairy tale as its jumping-off point,” writes Amber Wilkinson, a movie critic. “The focus is firmly on following your dreams.”

【1】What’s the main purpose of the first paragraph?

A.To inform us of the background of Cinderella.

B.To remind us why Cinderella is popular all the years.

C.To build interest and lead us to Mary’s secret dream.

D.To tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is.

【2】What can we infer from the text?

A.Joey is just like other boys in Mary s class.

B.The MP3 player helps Joey to find Mary.

C.Not many people have a dream to realize.

D.Mary’s mother influences her a lot in singing.

【3】What does Amber Wilkinson think of Another Cinderella Story?

A.The movie is as good as Cinderella.

B.The movie is exactly another copy of Cinderella.

C.The movie and Cinderella both focus on following your dreams.

D.The movie is based on Cinderella but a little different from it.

【4】What is the text mainly about?

A.A review of a film.B.An introduction to a book.

C.An essay about dreams.D.An advertisement for Cinderella.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。每個人也許都有一個灰姑娘的夢想，文章介紹了一部名Another Cinderella Story的電影，講述了電影的劇情以及與《灰姑娘》原著的比較。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中“Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone’s heart-we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity（默默無聞）.Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too.”可知，本段作為引出文章主題的段落，從灰姑娘的故事展開，繼而將話題轉(zhuǎn)向Mary的故事，也就是要介紹的這部電影，C選項“吸引讀者興趣并引出Mary的神秘夢想”符合要求。故選C項。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中“But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams.”可知，就像灰姑娘的劇情一樣，Mary匆匆離去只留下一個MP3，而這就成為了Joey尋找他的唯一線索，最終也勢必是通過這個MP3找到Mary的，與B選項說法相符。故選B項。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段引述Amber Wilkinson的原話“The movie takes the Cinderella fairy tale as its jumping-off point…The focus is firmly on following your dreams.”可知，這部電影將灰姑娘的故事作為出發(fā)點、立足點，也就是根據(jù)其改編，但電影的重心則落在了追求夢想上，與原故事是有區(qū)別的。故選D項。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句“Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.”并結(jié)合全文內(nèi)容可知，文章由灰姑娘的故事引出一部電影，然后介紹劇情，最后引述影評人的評價，是一篇標準的影評。故選A項。