Question

Few of us haven’t read Cinderella, 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 or neglect.

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 teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.

Joey is everything that 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(邪恶的) 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 the movie critic Amber Wilkinson. “The focus is firmly on following your dream.”

1.In the movie, Mary Santiago _____________.

A. is brave in expressing her love    B. has a dream of meeting a prince

C. is badly treated by the stepmother    D. is embarrassed by the pop singer

2.What does the underlined word in Paragraph1 probably mean？

A. being popular    B. being selfish    C. being famous    D. being unknown

3.According to the passage, Another Cinderella Story ________.

A. follows Cinderella with nothing new special

B. encourages young people to follow their dreams

C. pays more attention to the looks of the actors

D. focuses more on materialism than other films

4.The passage is mainly about ___________.

A. a fairy tale    B. an essay about dreams

C. a film review    D. an advertisement of a film

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】本文是一篇影评。本文介绍了电影《另外一个灰姑娘》的故事情节以及人们对这部电影的评价。

1.推理判断题。由第四段Of course, there is a wicked(邪恶的) 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.可知在电影中，Mary Santiago被她的继母虐待，选C。

2.词义猜测题。由第一段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 or neglect.可知划线部分的词应该是消极意义的词，且与neglect意思相近，故选D。

3.推理判断题。由最后一段“The focus is firmly on following your dream.”可推断出另外一个灰姑娘的故事鼓励年轻人追随他们的梦想，选B。

4.细节理解题。由最后一段“The movie takes the Cinderella fairytale as its jumping off point,” writes the movie critic Amber Wilkinson. “The focus is firmly on following your dream.”可知这篇文章主要讲的是电影《另外一个灰姑娘》的影评，选C。