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(默默无闻). Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured(特点) 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 movie critic Amber Wilkinson, “The focus is firmly on following your dream.”
小题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小题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.小题3:The passage is mainly about ____________.
A．an introduction to a novel
B．a review about a film
C．a passage about dreams
D．an advertisement of Cinderella
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:B
题目分析：本文讲述的是现代版的灰姑娘的故事，这是一部电影，在文章中具体描述这里这部电影的细节内容和特色之处。
小题1:A 推理题。在文章第一段中用灰姑娘的故事引出下面要讨论的关于这部电影的话题，主要是为了引起人们的兴趣，让我们想了解这部电影。故A正确。
小题2:D 推断题。根据第二段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.可知这个MP3成为他唯一的线索，故D正确。
小题3:B 主旨大意题。本文讲述的是现代版的灰姑娘的故事，这是一部电影，在文章中具体描述这里这部电影的细节内容和特色之处，故这是一篇影评。B正确。
点评：本文讲述的是现代版的灰姑娘的故事，这是一部电影，在文章中具体描述这里这部电影的细节内容和特色之处。本文主旨鲜明,很容易在文中找到答案。做题时要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因为它们往往就是文章的主题句。阅读中要注意要点之间的关系。然后带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读任务。