用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空,使短文通顺正确连贯(每个单词限用一次)
What’s the real meaning of the word “peace(和平,安宁)”? The 1 _ story may tell us something about it .
There was once a king who offered an award to an artist who could paint the 2 picture of peace . _3 tried . The king looked at all the pictures .But there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between the two .
One picture was a calm lake .The lake was a perfect thing for peace _4__ of the high mountains around it .Overhead was a blue sky with clouds .Anyone who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.
The other picture had mountains too . But they were rugged(高低不平) .Above was the dark sky, from which heavy rain fell . A waterfall was rushing down the side of the mountain . This did not look peaceful at all . But when the king look __5__ ,he found behind the waterfall a very small bush _6__ in the middle of the waterfall and a mother bird sitting on her nest in perfect peace .
The king gave the award to the artist who painted the __7_ picture . Why?
“because” , explained the king. “ peace doesn’t mean __8_ in a place where there is no__9__ , no trouble or hard work” . Peace 10 in the midst of all those things, you’re still calm in you heart .This is the real meaning of peace.