Few of us haven’t read Cinderella(灰姑娘), the story 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(wú)聞). Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured(特點(diǎn)) 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 teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears. Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not—kind, handsome and desirable. Mary 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 fairytale as its jumping off point,” writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson, “The focus is firmly on following your dream.”
小題1:The first paragraph is mainly to ____________.
A．build interest and lead us to Mary’s secret dream
B．remind us why Cinderella is popular all the years
C．tell us what is the Cinderella Story
D．tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is
小題2:What can we infer from the passage?
A．Joey is just like other boys in Mary’s class.
B．Mary’s mother influences her a lot in singing.
C．Not many people have a dream to be realized.
D．The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary.
小題3:The passage is mainly about ____________.
A．a(chǎn)n introduction to a novelB．a(chǎn) review about a film
C．a(chǎn) passage about dreamsD．a(chǎn)n advertisement of Cinderella

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:B

試題分析：本文講述的是現(xiàn)代版的灰姑娘的故事，這是一部電影，在文章中具體描述這里這部電影的細(xì)節(jié)內(nèi)容和特色之處。
小題1:A 推理題。在文章第一段中用灰姑娘的故事引出下面要討論的關(guān)于這部電影的話題，主要是為了引起人們的興趣，讓我們想了解這部電影。故A正確。
小題2:D 推斷題。根據(jù)第二段4，5,6行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.可知這個(gè)MP3成為他唯一的線索，故D正確。
小題3:B 主旨大意題。本文講述的是現(xiàn)代版的灰姑娘的故事，這是一部電影，在文章中具體描述這里這部電影的細(xì)節(jié)內(nèi)容和特色之處，故這是一篇影評(píng)。B正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文講述的是現(xiàn)代版的灰姑娘的故事，這是一部電影，在文章中具體描述這里這部電影的細(xì)節(jié)內(nèi)容和特色之處。本文主旨鮮明,很容易在文中找到答案。做題時(shí)要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因?yàn)樗鼈兺褪俏恼碌闹黝}句。閱讀中要注意要點(diǎn)之間的關(guān)系。然后帶著問(wèn)題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀任務(wù)。
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A．the religious story of Adam and Eve
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