二、用方框中合适的句子完成短文。
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful girl called Cinderella. Her
mother died and Cinderella's father had a new wife who only loved her two
ugly daughters. 1. The ugly sisters had beautiful clothes but
Cinderella stayed at home in the kitchen. A fairy(仙女) helped Cinderella and
used magic to give her pretty clothes and a carriage(四轮马车) to go to the
dance but told her to leave at midnight because the magic would end by then.
2. Then the clock started ringing at 12 p.m. and Cinderella ran out
of the hall leaving one glass shoe behind.
The prince wanted the lovely girl to be his wife. 3. The ugly
sisters wanted to marry the prince and tried to put the shoe on but their feet
were like elephants'. Then the prince asked Cinderella to try. The mother and
ugly sisters laughed but they stopped when the shoe went on Cinderella's foot.
4.
A. The prince liked Cinderella a lot and danced with her.
B. He walked around the town with the shoe trying to find her.
C. The prince made Cinderella his wife and they lived happily ever after.
D. A handsome prince wanted to find a wife and invited all the girls to a dance.

1.D 2.A 3.B 4.C

【分析】
这是经典童话《灰姑娘》的情节补全题，解题时首先通读全文和所有备选句子，梳理故事的时间发展逻辑，结合每处空格前后的线索信息匹配对应选项：先明确故事的常规先后顺序：交代灰姑娘家庭背景→引出舞会邀请→灰姑娘赴舞会和王子跳舞→午夜逃离落下水晶鞋→王子持鞋全城寻人→试鞋成功→幸福结局，顺着这个情节线逐一匹配空缺处的内容，就能快速选出正确答案。
【解析】
1. 空格1前介绍了灰姑娘在家中受排挤的处境，后文提到了“去参加舞会”的相关内容，D选项“一位英俊的王子想要寻找妻子，邀请所有女孩参加一场舞会”刚好引出舞会的背景设定，完美衔接前后文，因此选D。
2. 空格2前提到仙女帮助灰姑娘获得服饰和马车前往舞会，后文提到午夜钟声响起灰姑娘匆忙逃离，A选项“王子非常喜欢灰姑娘，一直和她跳舞”是舞会上发生的核心情节，符合叙事逻辑，因此选A。
3. 空格3前提到王子想要灰姑娘成为自己的妻子，后文提到灰姑娘的两个继姐试穿鞋子的情节，B选项“他拿着这只玻璃鞋走遍全镇，试图找到鞋子的主人”承接王子寻找灰姑娘的行为，引出后续试鞋的情节，因此选B。
4. 空格4前提到玻璃鞋刚好合灰姑娘的脚，故事推进到收尾阶段，C选项“王子娶了灰姑娘，从此他们幸福地生活在一起”是童话的经典圆满结局，符合叙事逻辑，因此选C。
【答案】
1.D 2.A 3.B 4.C
【知识点】
阅读补全，逻辑衔接，童话常识
【点评】
本题依托学生熟知的经典灰姑娘故事命题，难度较低，既考查学生的英语上下文逻辑匹配能力，也借助学生已有的童话常识降低了解题门槛，做这类题时只要顺着故事发展的先后顺序，抓住前后文的关键词对应选项，就能轻松得出正确答案。
【难度系数】
0.9