Snow White is the story of an Evil(邪恶的) Queen who is jealous(妒忌的)of her beautiful stepdaughter and asks a huntsman(猎人) to kill her. After the huntsman is unable to complete the task, Snow White runs throughout the forest and finds a small house of seven dwarfs(小矮人). Hearing that the huntsman didn’t kill the Snow White from her magic mirror, the Evil Queen takes matters into her own hands and decides to find and kill Snow White herself. Pretending to be an old beggar, the Evil Queen gives Snow White a dangerous apple. Snow White falls into a deep sleep after eating the apple and is later woken up by a handsome Prince. They live happily ever after.
In the original Brothers Grimm tale, the above isn’t the end of the story as the Evil Queen unknowingly is invited to the wedding of Snow White and Prince. Once she arrives at Snow White’s big day, hot iron shoes are placed in front of her and she is forced to step into the burning shoes and dance until she drops dead. This ending is much darker than that seen in the 1937 Disney film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The Disney film adds a childlike wonder to the tale with the dwarfs each being named and therefore they all have their own personalities: Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy and Dopey. Also in_variation_to the original tale, the Prince and Snow White have met before her eating the apple and Snow White wakes up immediately after the Prince kissed her. They live happily ever after.
The 2012 film Snow White and the Huntsman added something new to the tale. The Huntsman is told to return Snow White to the Evil Queen. If he does that, the Evil Queen will bring his wife back from the dead. Upon realizing that this was an empty promise, the Huntsman decides to teach Snow White how to fight against the Evil Queen.
The moral(寓意) of the story hasn’t changed over time: good will win in the end over evil.
【解题导语】 《白雪公主》这个故事家喻户晓，但是这个故事不是只有一个版本。
1．What’s the purpose of the author’s writing Paragraph 1?
A．To tell what happens to Snow White in the end.
B．To tell what story Snow White tells about.
C．To tell the original story of Snow White.
D．To tell about a jealous stepmother.
B 解析：写作意图题。根据第一段的内容可知，本段主要介绍了Snow White这个故事的梗概。
2．What’s the ending of the original Brothers Grimm Snow White?
A．The Evil Queen is directly killed by Snow White.
B．Snow White is killed by the Evil Queen.
C．Snow White becomes evil in the end.
D．The Evil Queen dies in great pain.
D 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段的Once she arrives at Snow White’s big day, hot iron shoes are placed in front of her and she is forced to step into the burning shoes and dance until she drops dead.可知，这个版本的结局是：恶毒王后在痛苦中死去了。
3．What does the underlined part “in variation to” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．Similar to. B．Better than.
C．Important to. D．Different from.
D 解析：词义猜测题。这里是在介绍迪士尼的版本跟原版的不同之处，故划线部分意为“与……不同”。
4．Which of the following hasn’t changed in the different versions of Snow White?
A．The huntsman’s ending.
B．The theme of the story.
C．The scene in the story.
D．Snow White’s kindness.
B 解析：细节理解题。根据末段的The moral(寓意) of the story hasn’t changed over time: good will win in the end over evil.可知，尽管故事的版本有很多个，但万古不变的是故事的主题：邪不胜正。
