There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists _____1_____. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he ____2_____
liked and he had to choose between them.
One picture was of a ___3___ lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering ___4____ were all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a _____5_____ picture of peace.
The other picture had mountains too. But there were rugged and ____6____. Above was an ____7____ sky from which rain fell, in which lightening ____8____. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look ____9____at all.
But when the King looked, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny ____10____growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her ____11____. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, ____12____ the mother bird on her nest…perfect peace.
Which picture do you think won the prize?
The King ____13____ the second picture.
Do you know why?
“Because,” explained the king, “peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, ___14___, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your ____15___. That is the real meaning of peace.”
| 小题1: | | A．tied | B．tried | C．died | D．mined |
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| 小题2: | | A．probably | B．generally | C．really | D．finally |
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| 小题3: | | A．calm | B．clean | C．clear | D．beautiful |
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| 小题4: | | A．houses | B．mountains | C．fields | D．deserts |
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| 小题5: | | A．awful | B．fearful | C．terrible | D．perfect |
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| 小题6: | | A．bare | B．thick | C．strong | D．handsome |
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| 小题7: | | A．sunny | B．happy | C．angry | D．kind |
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| 小题8: | | A．predicted | B．drowned | C．expected | D．played |
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| 小题9: | | A．dreadful | B．peaceful | C．grateful | D．respectful |
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| 小题10: | | A．tree | B．grass | C．bush | D．flower |
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| 小题11: | | A．room | B．kitchen | C．toilet | D．nest |
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| 小题12: | | A．sat | B．trembled | C．shook | D．strained |
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| 小题13: | | A．removed | B．chose | C．abandoned | D．postponed |
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| 小题14: | | A．excitement | B．happiness | C．trouble | D．joy |
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| 小题15: | | A．hand | B．mouth | C．stomach | D．heart |
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