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 （默默無聞）．

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 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 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．“Yet the focus is firmly on following your dream．”

1.The first paragraph is mainly to _________．

A．inform us of the importance to marry a prince

B．remind us why Cinderella is popular all the years

C．build interest and lead us to Mary’s secret dream

D．tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is

2.In the movie, Mary Santiago is the main character who _________．

A．is badly treated by the stepmother

B．is brave in expressing her love

C．has a dream of meeting a prince

D．is embarrassed by the pop singer

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A．Joey is just like other boys in Mary’s class．

B．The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary．

C．Not many people have a dream to be realized．

D．Mary’s mother influences her a lot in singing．

4.What does movie critic Amber Wilkinson mean by his words about Another Cinderella Story?

A．The movie is exactly another copy of the Cinderella fairytale．

B．The movie is as good as the story Cinderella．

C．The movie and Cinderella both focus on following your dream．

D．The movie is based on the story Cinderella while a little different from it．

5.The passage is mainly about _________．

A．a(chǎn)n introduction to Mary Santiago

B．a(chǎn) review about a film

C．a(chǎn)n essay about dreams

D．a(chǎn)n advertisement of Cinderella

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