四、阅读短文,在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
It's a Wonderful Life (《生活多美好》) is 1 American Christmas drama film. It was produced and directed by Frank Capra. It was based on the short story The Greatest Gift. The short story was written by Philip Van Doren Stern. The movie came out in 1946.
The famous actor, James Stewart, played the role of George Bailey in the film. George is not a 2 (success) man and he isn't pleased with his life. He feels 3 (hope) and wants to kill himself on Christmas Eve. His guardian angel(守护天使), Clarence Odbody (played by Henry Travers), comes 4 (save) him. Clarence shows George some facts he hasn't found out. George realizes that he can bring good luck and 5 (happy) to others. He finds out the value of his life. 6 (final), he gives up the idea of killing himself, 7 he hopes for a better life.
It's a Wonderful Life was nominated for five Oscars without 8 (win) any of them. However, it was still a popular film. The American Film Institute once 9 (place) it number one on its list of the most encouraging American films of all time. It is a successful movie 10 doubt.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. an 2. successful 3. hopeless 4. to save
5. happiness 6. Finally 7. and 8. winning
9. placed 10. without

【分析】
本题为英语短文填空题，需结合语境、语法规则及固定搭配完成填空。解题思路：先通读短文理解大意，再逐个分析每个空格的语法功能、词性要求，结合所给提示词或语境确定答案：1空泛指元音开头的单数可数名词前用an；2空修饰名词需用形容词；3空根据语境（想自杀）用否定形容词；4空come to do表目的；5空与名词并列需用名词；6空修饰句子用副词；7空前后分句并列用连词；8空介词后接动名词；9空由once确定用过去式；10空固定短语without doubt。
【解析】
1. 此处泛指“一部美国圣诞剧情片”，American以元音音素开头，故填不定冠词an；
2. 空格修饰名词man，需用形容词，名词success的形容词形式为successful；
3. 由后文“想自杀”可知，George是“绝望的”，名词hope的否定形容词形式为hopeless；
4. 固定搭配come to do sth表示“来做某事（表目的）”，故填to save；
5. 空格与good luck并列作动词bring的宾语，需用名词，形容词happy的名词形式为happiness；
6. 空格修饰整个句子，需用副词，形容词final的副词形式为Finally；
7. 前后两个分句为并列顺承关系，故用连词and；
8. 介词without后需接动名词，动词win的动名词形式为winning；
9. 由时间状语once（曾经）可知，句子用一般过去时，动词place的过去式为placed；
10. 固定短语without doubt意为“毫无疑问”，故填without。
【答案】
1. an 2. successful 3. hopeless 4. to save 5. happiness 6. Finally 7. and 8. winning 9. placed 10. without
【知识点】
冠词用法、词性转换、固定搭配
【点评】
本题考查英语基础语法知识，涵盖冠词、词性转换、固定搭配等，需结合语境分析，难度适中，能有效考查学生的英语基础知识掌握情况。
【难度系数】
0.6

五、阅读理解。（2025·江苏淮安·一模）
Let’s enjoy a movie!

I’ve never imagined the movie is so interesting. There are 64 kinds of animals in it. After watching the movie, I learned more about animals. I would recommend this movie to those animal lovers.
—John
I have seen many cartoons of this kind, but the plots(情节）are surprisingly funny and I love the sweet voice in it. My brother and I just couldn’t help laughing from the beginning to the end.
—David
This movie is so well made. I went to see it with my 5-year-old son last Sunday afternoon. I love the beautiful music while my son loves the rabbit police officer Judy very much. It shows that small animals like Judy can also do serious work.
—Nancy
()1. The poster shows that is spoken in the movie.
A. English B. French C. Japanese D. Chinese
()2. David likes this movie because of .
A. the 64 kinds of animals B. the funny plots and the sweet voice
C. the low price D. the beautiful music
()3. It cost Nancy and her five-year-old son to watch the movie last Sunday.
A. $60 B. $75 C. $80 D. $100

1. A 【点拨】根据“Language:English”可知,海报表明电影中讲英语。故选 A。
2. B 【点拨】根据“but the plots(情节) are surprisingly funny and I love the sweet voice in it”可知,戴维喜欢这部电影,是因为它有趣的情节和甜美的声音。故选 B。
3. B 【点拨】根据“Weekends—$50, $25 (kids under 6)”可知,周末电影票价是成人 50 美元,六岁以下的孩子 25 美元,所以南希和她 5 岁的儿子上星期天看电影花了 75 美元(50+25)。故选 B。

【分析】
本题为阅读理解题，需结合海报信息和文中人物评价，定位每道题对应的关键信息，逐一分析选项得出答案。第1题需确定电影使用的语言，第2题需找出David喜欢电影的原因，第3题需根据周末票价计算总花费。
【解析】
1. 根据海报中“Language: English”可知，电影使用英语，对应选项A。
2. 根据David的评价“but the plots(情节）are surprisingly funny and I love the sweet voice in it”，可知他喜欢这部电影是因为有趣的情节和甜美的声音，对应选项B。
3. Nancy是上周日（周末）去看的电影，根据海报中“Weekends—$50, $25(kids under 6)”，成人票50美元，6岁以下儿童票25美元，Nancy的儿子5岁符合儿童票标准，总花费为50+25=75美元，对应选项B。
【答案】
1.A 2.B 3.B
【知识点】
阅读理解，信息提取，价格计算
【点评】
本题结合海报信息与人物评价，考查学生快速定位关键信息的能力，涉及简单的价格计算，属于基础阅读理解题，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.7