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．tiedB．triedC．diedD．mined
小題2:
A．probablyB．generallyC．reallyD．finally
小題3:
A．calmB．cleanC．clearD．beautiful
小題4:
A．housesB．mountainsC．fieldsD．deserts
小題5:
A．a(chǎn)wfulB．fearfulC．terribleD．perfect
小題6:
A．bareB．thickC．strongD．handsome
小題7:
A．sunnyB．happyC．a(chǎn)ngryD．kind
小題8:
A．predictedB．drownedC．expectedD．played
小題9:
A．dreadfulB．peacefulC．gratefulD．respectful
小題10:
A．treeB．grassC．bushD．flower
小題11:
A．roomB．kitchenC．toiletD．nest
小題12:
A．satB．trembledC．shookD．strained
小題13:
A．removedB．choseC．a(chǎn)bandonedD．postponed
小題14:
A．excitementB．happinessC．troubleD．joy
小題15:
A．handB．mouthC．stomachD．heart

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

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鳥窩。
小題11:D 名詞辨析，A房間；B廚房；C廁所；D窩。進行同上。
小題12:A 動詞辨析。本題是一個倒裝句，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。
點評：整個完形填空大題，設(shè)空科學合理，考生不難從中領(lǐng)會大意，從而下手會比較順利，從選項中可以看出，本大題主要還是考查了詞匯的辨析與運用，但更加注重綜合語言能力的運用，需要根據(jù)故事情節(jié)，了解詞匯用法的同時，結(jié)合語境，做出準確的判斷。
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How easy it all was for police and emergency services. A siren, a flashing light? And like magic everyone was out the way. Going home from work one night he passed a garage. And there in front of him was the answer to his problems. An old ambulance(救護車) was for sale. The red cross had been removed. But not the flashing light, and the siren. He tried the light. It flashed magnificently. He tried the siren. That too sounded impressive. He bought the ambulance and opened up for himself a dream world of motoring. It began early in the morning, all his luggage in the back of the ambulance and motorway in Germany looking reasonably clear. Soon, as always, a long line of traffic appeared ahead. He switched on the flashing light and set off the siren. Cars swiftly slowed and pulled off the fast lane. Other cars stopped and drivers waved him ahead to an open road all his own. In record time he crossed the border into Austria. The big bluff was working. Police even waved him through the confusion caused by an accident.
But then the Yugoslav made his big mistake. Until then he had only stopped for petrol. Now he was driving past a real accident, lights flashing , to late realize that it was not another traffic jam as he assumed. They stopped him, and after hearing the story of his ride across two countries fined him 12. 5 pounds.
小題1:At long weekends and holidays Friedrich Dobl used to ____.
A．drive home in Germany
B．get caught in terrible traffic jams
C．meet other foreign workers
D．get to the place where he worked by a special quick route
小題2:Why did he decide to buy the ambulance?
A．because he had always wanted one
B．because he wanted to resell it at a higher price
C．because he liked the siren and the flashing light
D．because he knew that other traffic would get clear of the way for an ambulance.
小題3:The red cross had been removed ____.
A．but he soon put up a new one
B．because the vehicle did not look like an ambulance any more
C．so he asked the garage to paint another one on
D．but the siren and the flashing light still worked
小題4:Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A．How to Drive quicklyB．How to Avoid accidents
C．A quick Way Home? By An Ambulance D．A Safe way Home? Non-Stop

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

One day last summer, watching the boys and girls trying to catch butterflies I remembered something happened when I was young．When I was a boy of 12 in South Carolina, something happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cage.
We lived on the edge of a wood, and every evening at dusk the mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. No musician can sing more beautiful than the birds. I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way would have my own private musician.
I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, the bird flied about the cage, but eventually it settled down in its new home. I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musician.
I had left the cage out, and on the second day my new pet’s mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.
The following morning when I went to see how my bird was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was shocked! What had happened! I had taken good care of my little bird.
Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the time, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had occurred. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries. She thinks it better for her young to die than to live in cage.”
Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a right to live free.
小題1:Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12?
A．He had just got a new cage.
B．He liked its beautiful feather.
C．He wanted a pet for a companion.
D．He wanted it to sing for him.
小題2:The mockingbird died because it ______.
A．drank the poisonous water by mistake
B．was frightened to death
C．refused to eat anything
D．a(chǎn)te the poisonous food its mother gave it
小題3:An ornithologist probably means ______.
A．a(chǎn) religious personB．a(chǎn) kind person
C．a(chǎn)n expert in birdsD．a(chǎn) schoolmaster
小題4:What is the most important lesson the writer learned from the incident?
A．Freedom is very valuable to all living things.
B．All birds put in a cage won’t live long.
C．You should keep the birds from their mother.
D．Be careful about food you give to baby birds.

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