Question

【題目】完形填空。

Once there was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists ________ . The king looked at all pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose ________ them.

One picture was of a ________ 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 ________ it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had ________ , too. But these were rugged(崎嶇的) and bare(光禿的). Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain was a waterfall. This did not look peaceful ________ . But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall a bush ________ in a crack(裂縫) in the rock. In the bush(灌木叢) a mother bird had built her nest. She sat on her nest, watching the running water.

After the king compared the two pictures ________ , he choose the second picture ________ explained. “Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means when facing unhappy situation, you can still be calm in your________ . That is the real meaning of peace.

【1】A. argued B. invited C. tried D. invented

【2】A. between B. except C. within D. through

【3】A. calm B. round C. small D./span> deep

【4】A. announced B. thought C. doubted D. promised

【5】A. lakes B. clouds C. mirror D. mountains

【6】A. at all B. at last C. at once D. at present

【7】A. lying B. growing C. dying D. moving

【8】A. actively B. carefully C. angrily D. widely

【9】A. so B. but C. or D. and

【10】A. voice B. world C. heart D. View

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】A

【4】B

【5】D

【6】A

【7】B

【8】B

【9】D

【10】C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述的是國王征集最寧靜的藝術(shù)品的故事。文章通過兩幅畫的對比，告訴我們：真正的寧靜是心底的寧靜。

【1】C考查動詞及語境理解。argued：爭論， invited：邀請，tried：嘗試， invented：發(fā)明。根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是很多藝術(shù)家都嘗試創(chuàng)作這樣一幅作品。故應(yīng)選C。

【2】A考查介詞及語境理解。 between：表示兩者之間， except：除……之外，within：在……以內(nèi)，through：通過。根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是在兩幅作品之間選擇。故應(yīng)選A。

【3】A考查形容詞及語境理解。calm：寧靜的，round：圓的，small：小的，deep：深 的。根據(jù)下文對這幅畫的描述，說明這是一個寧靜的湖泊。故應(yīng)選A。

【4】B考查動詞及語境理解。announced：宣布，thought：思考、認(rèn)為，doubted：懷疑，promised：承諾。根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是那些看到這幅畫的人都認(rèn)為這是一副完美的寧靜的畫面。故應(yīng)選B。

【5】D考查名詞及語境理解。lakes：湖泊，clouds：云，mirror：鏡子，mountains：山峰。根據(jù)下文的描述可知，這里指的是另一副畫面也有山峰。故應(yīng)選D。

【6】A考查介詞短語及語境理解。at all：常與否定詞連用，表示“一點(diǎn)也不”；at last：最后、終于； at once“立刻、馬上；at present：此刻、目前。根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是這幅畫面一點(diǎn)也不寧靜。故應(yīng)選A。

【7】B考查動詞及語境理解。 lying：躺、放置，growing：生長，dying：死亡、奄奄一息， moving：移動。根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是一棵灌木生長在巖石的裂縫中。故應(yīng)選B。

【8】B考查副詞及語境理解。actively：積極地，carefully；仔細(xì)地，angrily：生氣地，widely：廣泛地。根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是國王仔細(xì)地比較兩幅畫。故應(yīng)選B。

【9】D考查連詞及語境理解。so：因此，表示順承；but：但是，表示轉(zhuǎn)折；or：或者，表示選擇；and：并且，表示并列。根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是國王選擇第二幅畫并解釋說。故應(yīng)選D。

【10】C考查名詞及語境理解。voice：聲音，world世界，heart：心，view：觀點(diǎn)。根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是在面對不開心的情形，你的心依然是寧靜的。故應(yīng)選C。