题目内容：

完形填空。

Once there was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists        . The king looked at all pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose      them.

One picture was of a     lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful high mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with white soft clouds. All that saw this picture       it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had     , too. But these were rugged(崎岖的) and bare(光秃的). Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain was a waterfall. This did not look peaceful      . But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall a bush        in a crack(裂缝) in the rock. In the bush(灌木丛) a mother bird had built her nest. She sat on her nest, watching the running water.

After the king compared the two pictures         , he choose the second picture        explained. “Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means when facing unhappy situation, you can still be calm in your        . That is the real meaning of peace.

1.A. argued      B. invited      C. tried      D. invented

2.A. between     B. except     C. within     D. through

3.A. calm        B. round        C. small      D. deep

4.A. announced   B. thought    C. doubted    D. promised

5.A. lakes      B. clouds     C. mirror     D. mountains

6.A. at all      B. at last      C. at once    D. at present

7.A. lying      B. growing     C. dying      D. moving

8.A. actively    B. carefully    C. angrily   D. widely

9.A. so          B. but         C. or         D. and

10.A. voice     B. world      C. heart      D. view