Question

【题目】先阅读短文，再在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式，单词的第一个字母已给出。

Once there was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists

t【1】.The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose b【2】 them.

One picture was of a c【3】 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 t【4】 it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had m【5】, too. But these were rugged(崎岖的) and bare(光秃的).Above was an a【6】 sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain was a waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all. But when the king looked c【7】, he saw behind the waterfall a bush growing in the crack (裂缝) in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest(鸟窝).She sat on her nest, w【8】 the angry water.

After the king compared the two pictures carefully, he chose the second picture and explained, ＂Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means when f【9】 unhappy situations, you can still be calm in your h【10】.That is the real meaning of peace.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】tried

【2】between

【3】calm

【4】thought

【5】mountains

【6】angry

【7】close/closely

【8】watching

【9】facing

【10】heart

【解析】本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述国王选择表达平静的两幅画，最后国王选择了第二幅画，并告诉我们一个道理，即平静并不意味着没有噪音、问题以及艰难的工作，平静意为着面临不高兴的事情时，内心仍保持镇静。

【1】句意“从前有一个国王提供了奖励给那些能够画出最能表达安静的艺术家，一些画家尝试着”。try尝试，且根据全文可知，为过去时，根据句意以及首字母可知，故填tried。

【2】句意“但他最喜欢两幅画，他不得不在两者中做出选择”。between两者之间。根据But there were only two he really liked，故填between。

【3】??? 句意“一个图画中有一个安静的湖”。calm安静的，根据句意以及首字母可知，故填calm。

【4】句意“所有看过这个图画的人都认为这是表达安静最好的图画”。think认为，且根据全文可知，用过去时，根据句意以及首字母可知，故填thought。

【5】句意“另一张图画中也有山，但是崎岖的和光秃的”。根据too以及首字母可知，且空前没有a，用复数，故填mountains。

【6】句意“上方是风雨交加的天空”。angry sky风雨交加的天空。根据句意以及首字母可知，故填angry。

【7】句意“当国王靠近看时，他看到瀑布后的岩石夹缝中长着灌木丛”。close/closely靠近地。根据句意，空处修饰动词look，根据句意，故填close/closely.

【8】句意“她坐在窝里，看着汹涌的水”。空处填非谓语，主语时she，表示主动，故填watching。

【9】句意“平静意味着，当你面临不高兴的处境时，你的内心仍然保持平静”。face面对，主语为you，you与face之间为主动，故填facing。

【10】句意“平静意味着，当你面临不高兴的处境时，你的内心仍然保持平静”。heart心。根据句意，故填heart。