2017年吉林高考英語完型填空專題模擬7

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 fitted 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 fitted 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.

60.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.

61.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.

62.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.

63.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

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

A.Excellent. B.Ordinary.

C.Dull. D.Ridiculous.

【要點綜述】 本文是一篇記敘文。文章主要介紹了最初的《灰姑娘》的故事情節(jié)與Walt Disney依據(jù)此小說而改編的卡通電影之間的異同點。

60.B　代詞指代題。依據(jù)第一段和其中的“However, he cannot…”可知，“They”不可能指代A、C、D項，而是指代上文出現(xiàn)的well­loved characters。

61.C　細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的“…and made her sleep on the ashes on the floor, hence(因此) her name.”可知選擇C項。

62.D　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句可知A項錯誤;根據(jù)第四段第一句可知B項錯誤;根據(jù)第四段的第四句可知C項錯誤;根據(jù)第五段和第六段可知D項正確。

63.A　推理判斷題。綜合全文，尤其是第六段可知，邪惡的繼母和繼姐都受到了懲罰，故選擇A項。

64.A　推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段可知，作者認為Disney的改編非常好，故選擇A項。