完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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 the 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（崎岖的）and bare（光秃的）．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（灌木）      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, watching the running water.
After the king compared the two pictures       ,he chose 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 situations, you can still be calm in your     .That is the real meaning of peace."

A．argued B．invited C．tried D．invented

A．between B．except C．within D．through

A．calm B．round C．small D．deep

A．announced B．thought C．doubted D．promised

A．lakes B．clouds C．mirrors D．mountains

A．at all B．at last C．at once D．at present

A．lying B．growing C．dying D．moving

A．actively B．carefully C．angrily D．widely

A．so B．but C．or D．and

A．voice B．world C．heart D．view