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What does peace mean to you? A place without noise, trouble, or hard work? There once was a king who 41 a prize to the artist who would 42 the best picture of peace. Many artists 43 king looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he really 44 and had to choose between them.

One picture was of a 45 lake. The lake was a perfect mirror, for peaceful towering mountains were all around it. Overhead was a blue sky 46 soft white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of 47 .

The other picture had 48 too. But these were uneven and bare. Above was an angry sky in which 49 played and from which rain fell. 50 the side of the mountain ran a foaming waterfall. This didn’t look 51 at all. But when the king looked carefully, he saw 52 the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the 53 a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the middle of the 54 of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest—perfect peace.

55 picture do you think won the prize?

The King chose the second picture. Do you know 56 ? “Because peace does not 57 being in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work.” 58 the King. “Peace means being in the 59 of all those things and still be calm in your 60 is the real meaning of peace.”

41. A. held	B. set	C. sent	D. offered
42. A. sell	B. paint	C. find	D. choose
43. ed	B. failed	C. believed	D. tried
44. A. understood	B. wanted	C. kept	D. liked
45. A. full	B. good	C. calm	D. round
46. A. with	B. in	C. around	D. of
47. A. peace	B. nature	C. arts	D. lakes
48. A. lakes	B. mountains	C. sky	D. trees
49. A. birds	B. storm	C. lightening	D. clouds
50. A. On	B. Down	C. Through	D. Beside
51. A. attractive	B. peaceful	C. still	D. natural
52. A. under	B. below	C. above	D. behind
53. A. waterfall	B. bush	C. crack	D. rock
54. A. rush	B. noise	C. trouble	D. place
55. A. why	B. Whose	C. Whatever	D. Which
56. A. why	B. how	C. where	D. what
57. A. enjoy	B. need	C. mean	D. require
58. A. decided	B. explained	C. thought	D. wrote
59. A. middle	B. way	C. front	D. place
60. A. head	B. brain	C. heart	D. body