Question

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.”

【小題1】

A．tied B．tried C．died D．mined

【小題2】

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

【小題3】

A．calm B．clean C．clear D．beautiful

【小題4】

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

【小題5】

A．a(chǎn)wful B．fearful C．terrible D．perfect

【小題6】

A．bare B．thick C．strong D．handsome

【小題7】

A．sunny B．happy C．a(chǎn)ngry D．kind

【小題8】

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

【小題9】

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

【小題10】

A．tree B．grass C．bush D．flower

【小題11】

A．room B．kitchen C．toilet D．nest

【小題12】

A．sat B．trembled C．shook D．strained

【小題13】

A．removed B．chose C．a(chǎn)bandoned D．postponed

【小題14】

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

【小題15】

A．hand B．mouth C．stomach D．heart

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】B
【小題5】D
【小題6】A
【小題7】C
【小題8】D
【小題9】B
【小題10】C
【小題11】D
【小題12】A
【小題13】B
【小題14】C
【小題15】D

解析試題分析：文章通過國王征集最寧靜的藝術(shù)品，通過兩幅畫的對比告訴我們真正的寧靜是心底的寧靜。
【小題1】B 動詞辨析。A系，捆；B嘗試；C死亡；D采礦；指很多藝術(shù)家都嘗試創(chuàng)作這樣一幅作品。
【小題2】C 副詞辨析。A可能的；B一般。C真地；D最后。指有兩幅畫都是他真正喜歡的。
【小題3】A 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文對這幅畫的描述，說明這是一個(gè)寧靜的湖泊。
【小題4】B 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下段第一句The other picture had mountains too說明這幅畫里也有山。
【小題5】D 形容詞辨析。A可怕的；B糟糕的；C可怕的；D完美的；指這是一幅完美的寧靜的畫。
【小題6】A 形容詞辨析，A光禿的；B厚的；C強(qiáng)壯的；D英俊的；指山是光禿的。
【小題7】C 形容詞辨析。根據(jù)下文下雨，這是一種修辭的法。說明太空好像在發(fā)怒；
【小題8】D 動詞辨析。A預(yù)測；B淹死；C期待；這里的play與In連用表示閃電在劃過天空。
【小題9】B 上下文串聯(lián)。這樣的場景是一點(diǎn)也不寧靜。
【小題10】C 上下文串聯(lián)，根據(jù)下文可知在灌木叢中有一個(gè)鳥窩。
【小題11】D 名詞辨析，A房間；B廚房；C廁所；D窩。進(jìn)行同上。
【小題12】A 動詞辨析。本題是一個(gè)倒裝句，指鳥媽媽站在窩中央。
【小題13】B 動詞辨析。A去除；B選擇；C拋棄；D推遲；指國王選擇了第二幅。
【小題14】C 上下文串聯(lián)。上文的noise下文的hard work說明都是指一些困難麻煩的事情，故trouble正確。
【小題15】D 上下文串聯(lián)。真正的寧靜是在心里。
考點(diǎn)：考查人生百態(tài)類完型
點(diǎn)評：整個(gè)完形填空大題，設(shè)空科學(xué)合理，考生不難從中領(lǐng)會大意，從而下手會比較順利，從選項(xiàng)中可以看出，本大題主要還是考查了詞匯的辨析與運(yùn)用，但更加注重綜合語言能力的運(yùn)用，需要根據(jù)故事情節(jié)，了解詞匯用法的同時(shí)，結(jié)合語境，做出準(zhǔn)確的判斷。