Once upon a time, a king offered a prize to the artist who could paint the best picture of peace. The king received thousands of paintings from many artists. He studied each one carefully and finally decided upon two that he really liked. He now had to choose between them.

The first was a painting of a beautiful calm lake with clear water. It was surrounded by green forests and high mountains. Overhead, the sky was blue with white clouds.

The other painting had mountains too, but these mountains were rugged (崎岖的). A huge waterfall fell down one side of the mountain. Above them was an angry sky, lit by lightning, from which heavy rain fell.   

Most people agreed that the first painting clearly showed a place of perfect peace. However, when the king looked at the second painting more closely, he found a tiny bush growing behind the waterfall. There, in the small bush, a mother bird had built her nest. In the middle of the rush of angry water, in the wind and the noise, the mother bird sat still on her nest – in perfect peace.

The king chose the second painting. When asked why, he said: “Peace does not mean being in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. Peace means being in the middle of all of these things and yet still being able to find calm and quiet in your heart, and to carry on with your life. This is the true meaning of peace.”

【小题1】According to the story, the first painting gave people a feeling of ______.

A．warmth

B．anger

C．noise

D．quietness

【小题2】The second painting of the story expresses peace by ______.

A．describing

B．comparing

C．speaking

D．watching

【小题3】Which of following describes the two paintings best?

A．The first painting had high mountains, but the second one had small ones.

B．It was sunny and the sky was blue with no clouds in the first painting.

C．In the second painting, a bird stayed calm in frightening surroundings.

D．In the second painting, the mother bird was frightened by the heavy rain.

【小题4】The king chose the second painting because ______.

A．it showed a new idea of peace

B．there was no noise in it

C．the artist worked hard on it

D．it was close to nature

【小题5】We can learn from the story that ______.

A．silence means peace

B．real peace means struggling against wild situations

C．real peace means keeping calm in difficult situations

D．peace only exists in your heart and in a quiet situation