语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。迪士尼的卡通人物"灰姑娘"的故事几乎是家喻户晓，但你知道最初的灰姑娘的故事吗？大家赶快读文章，从中寻求一个不同的"灰姑娘"吧。

　　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.

　　解析：选B　代词指代题。根据画线单词所在句的前一句"However, he cannot take the credit for creating other well­loved characters ..."可以得出答案。

　　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.

　　解析：选C　细节理解题。根据第三段中可知，"灰姑娘"这个名字是从单词ash得出的。A项"鸟儿们想出的"，B项"迪士尼给的"，D项"她从她妈妈那里得到的"，都与原文的内容不符。

　　3．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

　　解析：选A　推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段中的冒名顶替的两个姐姐都被王子发现了，且小鸟把她们的眼睛啄瞎了可知，她们为自己的行为付出了代价，因此本文的寓意是"邪恶的人逃脱不了惩罚"，所以选择A项。

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

　　A．Excellent.　　　　　　 B．Ordinary.

　　C．Dull. D．Ridiculous.

　　解析：选A　推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的"Thank goodness Disney made such changes; it indeed was a wise move."尤其是"Thank goodness"以及"a wise move"可知，作者对迪士尼版本的灰姑娘比较认可，因此选A项"极好的，优秀的"。

　　B

If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a genius (天才), they will cause great damage to him. According to several leading educational experts, this is one