题目内容
There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint 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 between them. One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.
The other picture had mountains, too. But these were rugged(高低不同的) and bare. Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightening played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all.
But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush(灌木丛) growing in a crack(缝隙) in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the middle of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest—in perfect peace.
Which picture do you think won the prize? The king chose 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, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the middle of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”
56. What was in the first picture?
A. A mirror with a mountain in it. B. A river connected with a lake.
C. A mountain with a lake circling it. D. A lake with mountains around it.
57. The underlined “tumbled” in Paragraph 2 is closest to the meaning of ________.
A. opened B. fell C. climbed D. saw
58. Why did the king think the second picture was better?
A. There was rugged and bare mountains in it.
B. There was an angry sky in which lightning played.
C. There was a mother bird sitting peacefully with much noise on.
D. There was a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock.
59. The passage mainly tells us ________.
A. how to paint
B. what kind of work will win in the contest
C. the real meaning of peace
D. a particular story of the king
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America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending sometimes deeply into both families.
ericans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily. Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home.
【小题1】In which part of a newspaper can this article be found?
A.Culture. | B.News. | C.Story. | D.Travel. |
A.Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families. |
B.Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives. |
C.Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy. |
D.Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break. |
A.weaken | B.develop | C.stretch | D.disappear |
A.treated hospitably at his home | B.offered a ride to his home |
C. warmly welcomed at the airport | D.treated to dinner in a restaurant |
A.friendships between Chinese | B.Americans’ hospitality |
C.different views of friendship | D.friendships between Americans |