Question

【题目】There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who painted the best picture of peace. Many artists tried The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose 【1】 them. One picture was a quiet lake. The lake was a perfect mirror(镜子) for peaceful high mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with white clouds. All who saw this picture 【2】 that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had 【3】 , too. But these were rocky. Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played Down the side of the mountains fell a waterfall. This did not look 【4】 at all.

But when the king looked 【5】 , he saw behind the waterfall a small bush(灌木) 【6】in a crack(裂缝) in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built 【7】 nest(巢). There, sat the mother bird in her nest-in perfect peace.

Which picture do you think won the prize? The king chose the 【8】 picture. Do you know why?

" 【9】 peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no 【10】 , trouble, or hard work." explained the king, "Peace means to be in the middle of all those things and still be peaceful in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace."

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】between

【2】thought

【3】mountains

【4】peaceful

【5】carefully

【6】growing

【7】her

【8】second

【9】Because

【10】noise

【解析】

试题分析：文章通过国王征集最宁静的艺术品，通过两幅画的对比告诉我们真正的宁静是心底的宁静。

【1】考查介词。空格前：But there were only two he really liked描述可知有两个他真正的喜欢的，所以只能从两个中选择。根据语意和提干所给单词选between在两者之间。

【2】考查动词。空格前：看到这幅画的所有人。空格后：它是一副完美的和平图画。根据前后句的意义选think并用一般过去时，故答案选thought。

【3】考查名词。根据空格后：“但是这些是岩石的……”描述，可知答案选mountain并且用复数。故答案为mountains。

【4】考查形容词。根据空格前“……瀑布沿着山侧面流下来。”可知空格处的句意：它们看起来一点也不平静。故答案选peace的形容词peaceful平静的。

【5】考查副词。空格后“他看见瀑布后的小灌木丛……”，空格前“但是当国王看的时候”。根据空格前后的意义可知答案是副词“仔细地”，故答案是carefully 。

【6】考查动词。空格前“他看见瀑布后的小灌木丛……”，空格后“在岩石的裂缝里”根据前后空格的意思和题干中的单词，故填growing，表示伴随的动作。

【7】考查代词。空格前：在灌木丛里，一只母鸟已经建造了她的巢。根据句中a mother bird可知答案填“她的”her。

【8】考查数词。空格前：你认为那一幅画能获奖呢？句意：国王挑选了第二副画。根据空格前句意和题干所给单词，故填second第二。

【9】考查连词。根据前句：你知道为什么吗？答案选Because因为。

【10】考查名词。句意：因为和平不不是指在和平的地方就没有噪音、麻烦和艰苦的工作。根据语意和题干可知答案选noise。