Question

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。

Once there was a king who liked pictures very much. One day, he 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 liked, and he had to choose between them.

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

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

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

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

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

A. afforded              B. offered                  高☆考♂資♀源?網C. accepted            D. canceled

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

A. hardly                   B. slightly      高☆考♂資♀源?網                                C. really                D. generally

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Answer 1

【小題1】B

【小題2】C

【小題3】C

【小題4】B

【小題5】C

【小題6】D

【小題7】D

【小題8】A

【小題9】A

【小題10】C

【小題11】B

【小題12】C

【小題13】D

【小題14】C

【小題15】B

【小題16】D

【小題17】A

【小題18】B

【小題19】D

【小題20】B

解析:

內容提要：

這是一篇富含生活哲理的小短文。講述了一個國王設獎尋找最能生動體現“寧靜”的畫作，最終在入選的作品中挑出了最令他滿意的兩幅畫：一幅畫呈現的是群山圍繞的靜謐如鏡的湖；而另一幅畫則呈現了雷鳴閃電，風雨交加，瀑布咆哮的畫面。國王選擇了后一幅，是因為畫中鳥媽媽在紛擾的環境中所保持的寧靜心態打動了他

【小題1】該句意思為“國王提供一份獎項”。offer意為“提供”；afford意為“擔負得起”；accept意為“接受”；cancel意為“取消”

【小題2】該句意思為“許多藝術家（參賽）嘗試”。collect意為“收集”；plan意為“計劃”；try意為“嘗試”；direct意為“指導”

【小題3】該句意思為“但只有兩幅是他真正喜歡的”，故選“really”

【小題4】名詞辨析，對靜謐的湖水的形容應當是“如鏡子”般的，故選mirror

【小題5】該句意思為“（湖的）上方是湛藍的天空和蓬松舒展的白云。”故選副詞“overhead”

【小題6】該句意思為“看到這幅畫的所有人都認為它是一幅表達寧靜的最好的畫”。句中的picture對該空有提示作用

【小題7】上文提到國王選了兩幅畫，上一段介紹了一幅，這一段將介紹另一幅。故選“the other”

【小題8】該句已經使用了“large，rough”來描繪前句中的“山”，與之呼應的應是“bare”意為“光禿禿的”。因為句首有“but”，因此排除“fresh（新鮮的）”和“green（綠色的）”

【小題9】該句意思為“上方是憤怒的天空，下著雨扯著閃電”。“play”意為“閃耀”；scream意為“尖叫”；wander意為“徘徊”；cheer意為“歡呼”

【小題10】該句是一個倒裝句。還原后應為“A foaming waterfall fell down the side of the mountain”。connect意為“聯系”；float意為“漂浮”；rise意為“上升”

【小題11】該句意思為“這些（上文所描述的畫面）看起來一點兒也不寧靜”，為下文引出真正的寧靜埋下伏筆。故選“peaceful”

【小題12】此處強調“當國王仔細看這幅畫時”。國王只有仔細地看這幅畫，才能發現畫中平靜的鳥媽媽。closely意為“仔細地”； regularly意為“規律地”；suddenly意為“突然地”；casually意為“隨便地”

【小題13】下文有提示“In the bush a mother bird…”，因此此處應選“bush（灌木）”

【小題14】從下文提示“…sat the mother bird on her nest”可知，鳥媽媽在灌木上蓋了個小窩，故選nest（窩）

【小題15】固定搭配 — be in +抽象名詞，表示“處于…（狀態、情況）中”

【小題16】動詞辨析。choose意為“選擇”；protect意為“保護”；force意為“逼迫”；depend意為“依靠”

【小題17】該句意思為“國王解釋說…”，故選explain（解釋）

【小題18】考查定語從句連接詞，先行詞是a place并在從句中做狀語: “There is no noise, trouble, or hard work in this place”，因此只能選where

【小題19】該句意思為“寧靜意味著即使身處紛擾之中，也能在內心保持平靜”。still意為“仍然”；thus意為“因此”；even意為“甚至”；also意為“而且”

【小題20】該句意思為“這是寧靜的真正意義”。meaning意為“意義”；story意為“故事”；source意為“來源”；history意為“歷史”