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.tiedB.triedC.diedD.mined
【小题2】
A.probablyB.generallyC.reallyD.finally
【小题3】
A.calmB.cleanC.clearD.beautiful
【小题4】
A.housesB.mountainsC.fieldsD.deserts
【小题5】
A.awfulB.fearfulC.terribleD.perfect
【小题6】
A.bareB.thickC.strongD.handsome
【小题7】
A.sunnyB.happyC.angryD.kind
【小题8】
A.predictedB.drownedC.expectedD.played
【小题9】
A.dreadfulB.peacefulC.gratefulD.respectful
【小题10】
A.treeB.grassC.bushD.flower
【小题11】
A.roomB.kitchenC.toiletD.nest
【小题12】
A.satB.trembledC.shookD.strained
【小题13】
A.removedB.choseC.abandonedD.postponed
【小题14】
A.excitementB.happinessC.troubleD.joy
【小题15】
A.handB.mouthC.stomachD.heart

Here is a picture where we can see grass growing in stones strongly. This picture    36  me of my father, a most determined man. He was born in a very    37 black family in the country, and both of my grandparents were   38  .My father began to work in the cotton(棉花) fields when he was seven years old. He had a strong desire to change his own fate(命运) ever since he was a little boy. He   39 himself how to read and write in the evening. Later with his parents'    40    he managed to go to school where he studied computer science at Yale University. He later became a professor of Stanford University and was an expert in programming. He could   41  programs (程序) for supermarkets, restaurants, hotels, parks and bookstores all by himself. I'm    42  of my father   43   of his determination.
The best way to know a strong man, I think, is to let him   44   a severe test. Whenever we want to test a man's character, we should find out whether he can   45   __ adversity (逆境), because adversity can always prove the   46  character of a man.Only when we make up our own mind can we overcome any    47  . Some people would give up halfway. Such men can hardly expect to succeed. If we do not give up hope, nothing is impossible.

【小题1】
A.supposesB.demandsC.warnsD.reminds
【小题2】
A.oldB.poorC.largeD.happy
【小题3】
A.farmersB.workersC.doctorD.teachers.
【小题4】
A.respectedB.forcedC.taughtD.prepared
【小题5】
A.loveB.helpC.wishD.care
【小题6】
A.showB.designC.learn D.play
【小题7】
A.fondB.confidentC.proudD.certain
【小题8】
A.becauseB.differedC.sufferedD.dated
【小题9】
A.send forB.go throughC.get upD.try out
【小题10】
A.standB.chooseC.expect D.tear
【小题11】
A.lovelyB.liveC.trueD.weak
【小题12】
A.dangerB.difficultyC.question D.mistake

The writer Margaret Mitchell is best known for writing Gone with the Wind, first published in 1936. Her book and the movie based on it, tell a story of love and survival during the American Civil War. Visitors to the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta, Georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing the story and learn more about her life.

Our first stop at the Margaret Mitchell House is an exhibit area telling about the writer’s life. She was born in Atlanta in 1900. She started writing stories when she was a child. She started working as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal newspaper in 1922. One photograph of Ms. Mitchell, called Peggy, shows her talking to a group of young college boys. She was only about one and a half meters tall. The young men tower over her, but she seems very happy and sure of herself. The tour guide explains: “Now in this picture Peggy is interviewing some boys from Georgia Tech, asking them such questions as ‘Would you really marry a woman who works?’ And today it’d be ‘Would you marry one who doesn’t?’ ”

The Margaret Mitchell House is a building that once contained several apartments. Now we enter the first floor apartment where Ms. Mitchell lived with her husband, John Marsh. They made fun of the small apartment by calling it “The Dump ” .

Around 1926, Margaret Mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury. Her husband brought her books to read from the library. She read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book. Our guide says Gone with the Wind became a huge success. Margaret Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for the book. In 1939 the film version was released. It won ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

1.The book Gone with the Wind was _________.

A. first published on a newspaper            B. awarded ten Academy Awards

C. written in “The Dump”                  D. adapted from a movie

2.The underlined phrase “tower over” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_________.

A. be very pleased with                 B. show great respect for

C. be much taller than                  D. show little interest in

3.Why did Ms. Mitchell stop working as a reporter according to the passage?

A. Because she was rich enough.

B. Because she was injured then.

C. Because her husband didn’t like it.

D. Because she wanted to write books.

4.We can know about Margaret Mitchell from the passage that _________.

A. her height made her marriage unhappy

B. her interest in writing continued as an adult

C. writing stopped her working as a reporter

D. her life was full of hardship and sadness

5.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. A Trip to Know Margaret Mitchell.

B. Gone with the Wind: A Huge Success.

C. An Introduction of the Margaret Mitchell House.

D. Margaret Mitchell: A Great Female Writer.

 

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