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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