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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 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 mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with white soft clouds. All that saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had mountains 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 lightening played. Down the side of the mountain was a waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all. But when the King looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall a bush, growing in a crack (裂缝) in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. She sat on her nest, watching the running water.

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 when facing unhappy situations, you can still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”

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A king 1. a prize for the artist that would paint the most peaceful picture. Finally he had to 2. one between the two that he really liked. One is a picture with very peaceful environment, including a calm lake, peaceful mountains, a blue sky and white soft clouds. Everyone thought this picture should win the prize. The other doesn’t look so peaceful as the first one. 3.it had rugged and bare mountains, an angry sky and so on, the king considered it to be the better of the two after taking a 4. look at it. Because peace means that you can be in calm in your heart when you 5. unhappy situations. The mother bird in the picture exactly showed the meaning of real peace

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The team talked with Colin and ________ him a one-day contract (合同). They told Colin they would allow him to join their team for their home game on Sunday. Colin would get his own jersey (球服), and even play with the players.

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So his mother created a “Happy Birthday Colin” Facebook page. However, the page went viral (中毒的) and drew more than 2 million “likes”. The page has become famous and many people have read it and have _____ about him.

“It’s been just overwhelming (势不可挡的),” said Colin’s mom. “It’s been hard to adjust (调整) to suddenly being ________. I have a pretty wild imagination, but I didn’t think that would

________.”

The ________ in Colin has been his mom’s best reward for her efforts. “I have seen him grow recently because he knows he has 2.1 million friends and that it is what nobody else around him has experienced. ________ this, his self-confidence has grown greatly. It doesn’t annoy (使烦恼) him that some kids don’t ________ him because he has 2.1 million friends.”

As to Colin’s one-day contract with the team, K-Wings Head Coach Nick Bootland said, “Obviously (明显的) there are things that are much ________ than the game. If we can put a smile on a young boy’s face who deals with a lot of adversity (逆境), we’re excited about being given that chance.”

1.A. made B. paid C. got D. offered

2.A. challenge B. knowledge C. promise D. competition

3.A. sharing B. telling C. hearing D. understanding

4.A. laughed B. thought C. known D. looked

5.A. famous B. hopeful C. important D. rich

6.A. appear B. happen C. agree D. achieve

7.A. need B. interest C. character D. growth

8.A. Instead of B. Because of C. In fear of D. According to

9.A. blame B. follow C. respect D. like

10.A. farther B. better C. bigger D. harder

There lived a couple in a small town in Australia. The lady was very talkative(多话的). Usually she kept talking with people on the phone hour after hour when she was alone at home. Once in a blue moon, she hung up in 30 minutes

At the end of every month, when the couple got the telephone bill, the husband was amazed by the cost and he was so worried about this. The lady promised to talk for a shorter time, but she didn’t keep her promise, though she really tried hard.

One Saturday evening, they were dining at the table and the phone rang.

The lady stood up immediately. She ran to the phone and started chatting.

After about 30 minutes, she hang up and came back to the table.

The husband was happy that she hang up in 30 minutes which was a good sign where she normally doesn’t hung up at least for 2 hours. So he asked happily, “________?”

“No, it was a wrong number.” replied the lady.

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

1.The underlined words “Once in a blue moon” most probably mean ________.

A. Always B. Sometimes C. Seldom

2.The husband was ________ when he got the telephone bill.

A. happy and excited B. surprised and worried C. angry and crazy

3.When the telephone rang, ________.

A. the lady went to answer the phone at once

B. the husband was not at home

C. the couple were watching TV in the sitting room

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the-passage?

A. The couple lived in a small city in Australia.

B. The lady usually spent at most 2 hours talking on the phone.

C. The phone call was from a stranger that Saturday evening.

5.“________” can be the missing sentence in the passage.

A. Was your friend busy so that she bung up so soon

B. Why did your father hang up first

C. Was it your father or your friend

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