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Many of you have heard a Cinderella story, but you may not
know that there are over a hundred different ways to tell the
Cinderella story. When writers tell the same story in a different
way, it is called their "version" of the story. The story of Cinderella
has many different versions. Let's read two of them and find out how
they are different.
The version that most people know is the oldest one written in
1697 by Charles Perrault from France. This is the version where the
birds help make Cinderella's dress and the mice turn into carriage
men(马车夫) and help Cinderella go to the dance in a pumpkin
carriage. In this version, many of the animals are Cinderella's
friends. They help her meet the prince. Cinderella marries the prince
and they live happily together ever after.
In another version of this story written in 1812 by Jacob and
Wilhelm Grimm from Germany, the birds help Cinderella in the
whole story. Cinderella's father gives her a small tree when he comes
back from a party. She plants the little tree and her tears water it
until it grows into a tall tree.
The birds now live in the tree and they give Cinderella a dress of
gold and shoes of gold. Cinderella goes to the party to meet and
dance with the prince. Later, he finds Cinderella at home doing work
for her stepmother(继母). Cinderella marries the prince and they
live happily ever after.
()38. In Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's story, Cinderella's father
.
A. gives her some birds
B. gives her a small tree
C. makes a gold dress for her
D. makes gold shoes for her
()39. The Chinese meaning of the underlined word "version" in
this passage is probably "".
A. 人物 B. 语气
C. 方法 D. 版本
()40. What do the two versions have in common according to the
passage?
A. The birds help Cinderella.
B. The birds live in the tree.
C. Cinderella dances with the prince.
D. Cinderella does work for her stepfather at home.
()41. What's the structure(结构) of the passage?

38. B 39. D 40. A 41. B

【分析】
这是一篇介绍灰姑娘不同故事版本的阅读理解题，解题时可以按题型逐个突破：
1. 细节类题目先根据题干关键词回原文精准定位，直接匹配原文信息即可得到答案；
2. 词义猜测题要结合前后句的语境逻辑，前文提到同一个故事用不同的方式讲述，由此推导划线单词的含义；
3. 找共同点类题目，需要分别梳理两个版本的所有细节，逐一对比选项排除不符合的内容；
4. 篇章结构题要先划分文章的段落功能：首段是总起引入，后面的内容分两个并列模块分别介绍两个不同的灰姑娘版本，其中第二个版本的介绍又分为两个段落，对应匹配给出的结构示意图就能选出正确答案。
【解析】
38. 细节理解题：根据原文第三段"In another version of this story written in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm from Germany...Cinderella's father gives her a small tree when he comes back from a party." 可直接得出，在格林兄弟的故事里灰姑娘的爸爸给了她一棵小树，对应选项B。
39. 词义猜测题：前文说明"当作者用不同的方式讲述同一个故事时，这就叫做这个故事的version"，结合上下文语境，这里指同一个故事的不同演绎内容，version的中文含义是"版本"，对应选项D。
40. 细节对比题：对比两个版本的细节：第一个版本里鸟类帮灰姑娘制作裙子，帮助她赴宴；第二个版本里鸟类全程帮助灰姑娘，因此两个版本的共同点是小鸟都帮助了灰姑娘。选项B仅属于格林兄弟版本的内容，选项C不是两个版本的核心共通设定，选项D表述和原文不符，因此选A。
41. 篇章结构题：本文第一段是总述部分，点明灰姑娘故事有大量不同版本，引出本文要对比两个版本差异的核心内容；第二段独立介绍法国作家Charles Perrault创作的第一个版本；第三、第四段共同介绍格林兄弟创作的第二个版本，整体为总-分结构，总起段后分出两个并列的大模块，第二个大模块包含两个段落，完全对应示意图B的结构。
【答案】
38. B 39. D 40. A 41. B
【知识点】
阅读理解细节定位，词义猜测，篇章结构梳理
【点评】
本题整体难度适中，重点考察学生的信息定位能力和对篇章整体逻辑的梳理能力，其中第40题容易误选C选项，需要学生仔细对比两个版本的核心共通设定，第41题需要学生准确区分不同层级的内容从属关系，避免误选其他结构示意图。
【难度系数】
0.7