Question

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

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

【答案】

 

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】

內(nèi)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(shè)獎尋找最能生動體現(xiàn)“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(xiàn)的是群山圍繞的靜謐如鏡的湖；而另一幅畫則呈現(xiàn)了雷鳴閃電，風(fēng)雨交加，瀑布咆哮的畫面。國王選擇了后一幅，是因?yàn)楫嬛续B媽媽在紛擾的環(huán)境中所保持的寧靜心態(tài)打動了他

1.該句意思為“國王提供一份獎項(xiàng)”。offer意為“提供”；afford意為“擔(dān)負(fù)得起”；accept意為“接受”；cancel意為“取消”

2.該句意思為“許多藝術(shù)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(dǎo)”

3.該句意思為“但只有兩幅是他真正喜歡的”，故選“really”

4.名詞辨析，對靜謐的湖水的形容應(yīng)當(dāng)是“如鏡子”般的，故選mirror

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

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

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”

8.該句已經(jīng)使用了“l(fā)arge，rough”來描繪前句中的“山”，與之呼應(yīng)的應(yīng)是“bare”意為“光禿禿的”。因?yàn)榫涫子小癰ut”，因此排除“fresh（新鮮的）”和“green（綠色的）”

9.該句意思為“上方是憤怒的天空，下著雨扯著閃電”�！皃lay”意為“閃耀”；scream意為“尖叫”；wander意為“徘徊”；cheer意為“歡呼”

10.該句是一個倒裝句。還原后應(yīng)為“A foaming waterfall fell down the side of the mountain”。connect意為“聯(lián)系”；float意為“漂浮”；rise意為“上升”

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

12.此處強(qiáng)調(diào)“當(dāng)國王仔細(xì)看這幅畫時”。國王只有仔細(xì)地看這幅畫，才能發(fā)現(xiàn)畫中平靜的鳥媽媽。closely意為“仔細(xì)地”； regularly意為“規(guī)律地”；suddenly意為“突然地”；casually意為“隨便地”

13.下文有提示“In the bush a mother bird…”，因此此處應(yīng)選“bush（灌木）”

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）

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

16.動詞辨析。choose意為“選擇”；protect意為“保護(hù)”；force意為“逼迫”；depend意為“依靠”

17.該句意思為“國王解釋說…”，故選explain（解釋）

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

19.該句意思為“寧靜意味著即使身處紛擾之中，也能在內(nèi)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”

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”