Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Once there was a king who liked pictures very much. One day, he1. a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists 2.. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he 3.liked, and he had to choose between them.

One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect 4.for peaceful towering mountains all around it. 5. was a blue sky with fluffy (蓬松的) white clouds. All who saw this 6. thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

7. picture had mountains, too. But these were large, rough and 8.. Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning 9.. Down the side of the mountain   10.a foaming (起泡沫的) waterfall. This did not look 11. at all.

But when the king looked 12., he saw behind the waterfall a tiny 13. growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her 14.. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest —15. perfect peace.

Which picture do you think won the prize? The king 16. the second picture. Do you know why?

“Because,” 17. the king, “peace does not mean to be in a place 18. there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and 19. be calm in your heart. That is the real 20. of peace.”

21. A. afforded             B. offered                  C. accepted            D. canceled

22.A. collected              B. planned             C. tried                 D. directed

23.A. hardly                 B. slightly             C. really                D. generally

24.A. bowl                   B. mirror               C. plate                 D. cover

25.A. Outward              B. Indoors             C. Overhead          D. Downhill

26.A. prize                   B. result                C. artist                 D. picture

27. A. The one                     B. Another             C. Other                D. The other

28. A. bare                   B. fresh                 C. green                D. distant

29. A. played                B. screamed           C. wandered          D. cheered

30.A. connected            B. floated                     C. fell                   D. rose

31.A. hopeful               B. peaceful            C. successful          D. careful

32. A. regularly             B. suddenly           C. closely                     D. casually

33.A. flower                 B. ground                  C. tree                   D. bush

34. A. house                 B. business            C. nest                  D. relationship

35.A. of                       B. in                            C. by                        D. for

36.A. protect                B. forced               C. depended           D. chose

37.A. explained             B. described           C. reminded           D. persuaded

38.A. which                  B. where               C. whose               D. that

39.A. thus                    B. even                 C. also                  D. still

40.A. story                   B. meaning            C. source               D. history

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.D

8.A

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.C

13.D

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.D

20.B

【解析】

内容提要：

这是一篇富含生活哲理的小短文。讲述了一个国王设奖寻找最能生动体现“宁静”的画作，最终在入选的作品中挑出了最令他满意的两幅画：一幅画呈现的是群山围绕的静谧如镜的湖；而另一幅画则呈现了雷鸣闪电，风雨交加，瀑布咆哮的画面。国王选择了后一幅，是因为画中鸟妈妈在纷扰的环境中所保持的宁静心态打动了他

1.该句意思为“国王提供一份奖项”。offer意为“提供”；afford意为“担负得起”；accept意为“接受”；cancel意为“取消”

2.该句意思为“许多艺术家（参赛）尝试”。collect意为“收集”；plan意为“计划”；try意为“尝试”；direct意为“指导”

3.该句意思为“但只有两幅是他真正喜欢的”，故选“really”

4.名词辨析，对静谧的湖水的形容应当是“如镜子”般的，故选mirror

5.该句意思为“（湖的）上方是湛蓝的天空和蓬松舒展的白云。”故选副词“overhead”

6.该句意思为“看到这幅画的所有人都认为它是一幅表达宁静的最好的画”。句中的picture对该空有提示作用

7.上文提到国王选了两幅画，上一段介绍了一幅，这一段将介绍另一幅。故选“the other”

8.该句已经使用了“large，rough”来描绘前句中的“山”，与之呼应的应是“bare”意为“光秃秃的”。因为句首有“but”，因此排除“fresh（新鲜的）”和“green（绿色的）”

9.该句意思为“上方是愤怒的天空，下着雨扯着闪电”。“play”意为“闪耀”；scream意为“尖叫”；wander意为“徘徊”；cheer意为“欢呼”

10.该句是一个倒装句。还原后应为“A foaming waterfall fell down the side of the mountain”。connect意为“联系”；float意为“漂浮”；rise意为“上升”

11.该句意思为“这些（上文所描述的画面）看起来一点儿也不宁静”，为下文引出真正的宁静埋下伏笔。故选“peaceful”

12.此处强调“当国王仔细看这幅画时”。国王只有仔细地看这幅画，才能发现画中平静的鸟妈妈。closely意为“仔细地”； regularly意为“规律地”；suddenly意为“突然地”；casually意为“随便地”

13.下文有提示“In the bush a mother bird…”，因此此处应选“bush（灌木）”

14.从下文提示“…sat the mother bird on her nest”可知，鸟妈妈在灌木上盖了个小窝，故选nest（窝）

15.固定搭配 — be in +抽象名词，表示“处于…（状态、情况）中”

16.动词辨析。choose意为“选择”；protect意为“保护”；force意为“逼迫”；depend意为“依靠”

17.该句意思为“国王解释说…”，故选explain（解释）

18.考查定语从句连接词，先行词是a place并在从句中做状语: “There is no noise, trouble, or hard work in this place”，因此只能选where

19.该句意思为“宁静意味着即使身处纷扰之中，也能在内心保持平静”。still意为“仍然”；thus意为“因此”；even意为“甚至”；also意为“而且”

20.该句意思为“这是宁静的真正意义”。meaning意为“意义”；story意为“故事”；source意为“来源”；history意为“历史”