There once was a king in a faraway country. One day, he decided to 36 a prize to

There once was a king in a faraway country. One day, he decided to  36 a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of   37.  So many artists   38   . The king looked at all the pictures.  39   there were only two he really liked, and he had to  40   between them. One picture was of a  41 lake. The lake was a perfect mirror with peaceful huge mountains all around it. Above was a  42   sky with light white clouds. All who  43   this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had  44 , too. But these were not flat at all. Above was an  45   sky, from which rain fell heavily and in which lightning played __46___. Down the side of the mountain was a waterfall with loud sound. This did not look __47___ at all.

But when the king looked  48, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush  49   in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had  50   her nest. There, with the current of angry water, the mother bird was ___51___ her hungry children in the nest, taking no attention to its __52___ surroundings — in perfect peace.

Which picture do you think   53   the prize? The king chose the second picture. Do you know why?

 “Because,” said the king. “Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no   54, trouble or hard work. Peace means although you are surrounded by noisy things you   55    keep calm in the heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”

A. take        B. offer       C. send        D. leave

A. peace      B. silence           C. beauty     D. honesty

A. managed  B. tried       C. succeeded   D. went

A. And     B. Or          C. Yet         D. But

A. like      B. choose           C. give        D. need

A. calm           B. noisy      C. beautiful    D. dirty

A. black       B. blue        C. gray        D. dark

A. saw      B. liked       C. painted       D. had

A. sky      B. mountains  C. peace      D. clouds

A. gentle    B. angry      C. calm       D. sunny

A. wildly    B. gently     C. slowly     D. happily

A. peaceful B. noisy      C. happy       D. beautiful

A. closely   B. strictly           C. quickly      D. seriously

A. planting B. growing     C. rising      D. coming

A. created  B. built       C. left         D. lain

A. beating  B. touching     C. feeding      D. speaking

A. silent     B. beautiful    C. noisy      D. faraway

A. want      B. lost         C. won        D. received

A. silence   B. noise       C. shock      D. joy

A. still      B. again      C. even       D. just

试题答案

【小题1】B

【小题2】A

【小题3】B

【小题4】D

【小题5】B

【小题6】A

【小题7】B

【小题8】A

【小题9】B

【小题10】B

【小题11】A

【小题12】A

【小题13】A

【小题14】B

【小题15】B

【小题16】C

【小题17】C

【小题18】C

【小题19】B

【小题20】A

解析:

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