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.”
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:D
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:D
小题9:B
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:B
小题14:C
小题15:D
题目分析：文章通过国王征集最宁静的艺术品，通过两幅画的对比告诉我们真正的宁静是心底的宁静。
小题1:B 动词辨析。A系，捆；B尝试；C死亡；D采矿；指很多艺术家都尝试创作这样一幅作品。
小题2:C 副词辨析。A可能的；B一般。C真地；D最后。指有两幅画都是他真正喜欢的。
小题3:A 上下文串联。根据下文对这幅画的描述，说明这是一个宁静的湖泊。
小题4:B 上下文串联。根据下段第一句The other picture had mountains too说明这幅画里也有山。
小题5:D 形容词辨析。A可怕的；B糟糕的；C可怕的；D完美的；指这是一幅完美的宁静的画。
小题6:A 形容词辨析，A光秃的；B厚的；C强壮的；D英俊的；指山是光秃的。
小题7:C 形容词辨析。根据下文下雨，这是一种修辞的法。说明太空好像在发怒；
小题8:D 动词辨析。A预测；B淹死；C期待；这里的play与In连用表示闪电在划过天空。
小题9:B 上下文串联。这样的场景是一点也不宁静。
小题10:C 上下文串联，根据下文可知在灌木丛中有一个鸟窝。
小题11:D 名词辨析，A房间；B厨房；C厕所；D窝。进行同上。
小题12:A 动词辨析。本题是一个倒装句，指鸟妈妈站在窝中央。
小题13:B 动词辨析。A去除；B选择；C抛弃；D推迟；指国王选择了第二幅。
小题14:C 上下文串联。上文的noise下文的hard work说明都是指一些困难麻烦的事情，故trouble正确。
小题15:D 上下文串联。真正的宁静是在心里。
点评：整个完形填空大题，设空科学合理，考生不难从中领会大意，从而下手会比较顺利，从选项中可以看出，本大题主要还是考查了词汇的辨析与运用，但更加注重综合语言能力的运用，需要根据故事情节，了解词汇用法的同时，结合语境，做出准确的判断。