There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between them. One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had mountains, too. But these were rugged(高低不同的) and bare. Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightening played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all.

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

Which picture do you think won the prize? The king chose 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, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the middle of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”

56. What was in the first picture?

   A. A mirror with a mountain in it.               B. A river connected with a lake.

   C. A mountain with a lake circling it.         D. A lake with mountains around it.

57. The underlined “tumbled” in Paragraph 2 is closest to the meaning of ________.

   A. opened                     B. fell                          C. climbed                   D. saw

58. Why did the king think the second picture was better?

   A. There was rugged and bare mountains in it.

   B. There was an angry sky in which lightning played.

   C. There was a mother bird sitting peacefully with much noise on.

   D. There was a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock.

59. The passage mainly tells us ________.

   A. how to paint                                                

B. what kind of work will win in the contest

C. the real meaning of peace

D. a particular story of the king

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