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.”

A．tied B．tried C．died D．mined

A．probably B．generally C．really D．finally

A．calm B．clean C．clear D．beautiful

A．houses B．mountains C．fields D．deserts

A．awful B．fearful C．terrible D．perfect

A．bare B．thick C．strong D．handsome

A．sunny B．happy C．angry D．kind

A．predicted B．drowned C．expected D．played

A．dreadful B．peaceful C．grateful D．respectful

A．tree B．grass C．bush D．flower

A．room B．kitchen C．toilet D．nest

A．sat B．trembled C．shook D．strained

A．removed B．chose C．abandoned D．postponed

A．excitement B．happiness C．trouble D．joy

A．hand B．mouth C．stomach D．heart