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　　(2014·福建)

　　Walt Disney is credited for creating such wonderful things as Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse. However, he cannot take the credit for creating other well­loved characters, such as Cinderella and Snow White. They are almost automatically associated with Disney because Disney turned old fables(寓言) into cartoon movies.

　　The original Cinderella varies very much from the Disney version we know today. It started off with the girl mourning her mother's death and going to her tomb three times a day. In addition, there were only birds that helped Cinderella; there was no such thing as a fairy godmother or helpful mice, nor was there mention of a horse and carriage.

　　The stepsisters were cruel: they always threw Cinderella's food into the ashes of the fire, and made her sleep on the ashes on the floor, hence(因此)her name.

　　In the original story, the king's ball actually lasted for three days. With the help of the birds, the girl, beautifully dressed, danced with the prince on all three nights and the prince fell in love with her. However, she broke away from him to rush back home each night. On the last night, the prince placed something sticky on the stairs; as Cinderella made her escape, a shoe got stuck on it.

　　Here now is where the story becomes unpleasant: when the prince went to the house looking for the girl whose foot fit the shoe, the wicked(邪惡的) stepmother told one of her two daughters to cut off her big toe to fit into the shoe. The daughter did as told. So the prince took her away to be his bride. But, when they passed the tomb of Cinderella's mother, the birds called out to the prince，

　　“Turn and peep, there's blood within the shoe;

　　The shoe is too small, the true bride waits for you.”

　　Realizing he had been tricked, the prince returned the daughter to her mother. The other then had to cut off part of her heel in order to fit into the shoe, with the same result. Only Cinderella's foot fit perfectly and so the prince chose to marry her. The story ends with the wedding day; as Cinderella's two stepsisters followed her, pretending to be devoted to her so that they could enjoy the king's riches, two birds flew by and plucked(啄) out their eyes. Because of their wickedness and falsehood, they had to spend the rest of their days blind.

　　The original Cinderella is so different from the Disney version. Thank goodness Disney made such changes; it indeed was a wise move.

　　文章大意：Walt Disney在動(dòng)畫(huà)電影當(dāng)中所創(chuàng)造的灰姑娘與原著當(dāng)中的灰姑娘的情節(jié)很不一樣，原著當(dāng)中，灰姑娘的生活很不幸，繼母及繼母的兩個(gè)女兒都對(duì)灰姑娘很殘忍。當(dāng)然，我們還是應(yīng)該感謝Walt Disney所作出的改變。

　　1.What does the underlined word “They” in the first paragraph refer to?

　　A.Such wonderful things.

　　B.Other well­loved characters.

　　C.Old fables.

　　D.Cartoon movies.

　　答案：B　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文章第一段可知因?yàn)閃alt Disney將“灰姑娘”和“白雪公主”等老寓言故事改編成了動(dòng)畫(huà)電影，所以他們(they)這些“受歡迎的人物”(well­loved characters)被自然的與Walt Disney聯(lián)系起來(lái)。

　　2.How did Cinderella get her name?

　　A.The birds came up with it.

　　B.It was given by Disney.

　　C.It came from the word “ash”.

　　D.She got it from her mother.

　　答案：C　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文章第三段可知，繼母的兩個(gè)女兒經(jīng)常講灰姑娘的食物扔進(jìn)爐灰里面，并讓她在這些地板上的爐灰里面睡覺(jué)，而灰姑娘的名字也由此而來(lái)。

　　3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the original story?

　　A.Helpful mice got Cinderella a beautiful dress.

　　B.The ball was held to celebrate the prince's wedding.

　　C.Cinderella left her shoe on the stairs on purpose.

　　D.The birds told the prince that he had been cheated.

　　答案：D　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文章第二段當(dāng)中的句子“there was no such thing as a fairy godmother or helpful mice...”可排除A項(xiàng);由第四段可知王子是在舞會(huì)上認(rèn)識(shí)的灰姑娘，而非在婚禮舞會(huì)上，可排除B項(xiàng);在舞會(huì)的最后一晚，王子將很黏的東西涂在樓梯上，粘掉了灰姑娘的一只鞋子，故排除C項(xiàng)。由第五、六段可知是小鳥(niǎo)告訴王子他被騙了，故D項(xiàng)正確。

　　4.The moral of the original story is that ________.

　　A.a wicked person cannot escape punishment

　　B.a devoted person certainly deserves respect

　　C.a well­behaved child earns a great reward

　　D.a dishonest child cannot get mother love

　　答案：A　主旨大意題。原著的結(jié)尾時(shí)繼母的兩個(gè)女兒被小鳥(niǎo)啄瞎了眼睛，受到了懲罰，所以“邪惡的人不能逃脫懲罰”。故A項(xiàng)正確。

　　5.What does the author think of the Disney version?

　　A.Excellent.　　　　　 B.Ordinary

　　C.Dull. D.Ridiculous.

　　答案：A　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文章最后一段可知，應(yīng)該感謝Disney作出的改變，說(shuō)明作者對(duì)Disney的版本非常認(rèn)可，故應(yīng)選A項(xiàng)excellent“極好的;完美的”;ordinary“普通的;平凡的”;dull“無(wú)趣的;呆滯的”;ridiculous“荒謬的;可笑的”。