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　　What's the real meaning of the word“peace”?The(1)________ story may tell us some-thing about it．

　　There was once a king who offered an award to an artist who could paint the(2)________ picture of peace．Many(3)________ 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 a calm lake．The lake was a perfect thing for peace because of the high mountains around it．Overhead was a blue sky with white clouds．(4)________ who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace．

　　The other picture had mountains too．But they were rugged(高低不平的)．Above was the dark sky, from which heavy rain fell．A waterfall was rushing down the side of the mountain．This did not look(5)________ at all．But when the king looked(6)________, he found behind the waterfall a very small bush(7)________ in the midst(在……中)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(8)________ picture．Why?“Be-cause,”explained the king,“peace does not mean to(9)________ in a place where there is no(10)________, no trouble or hard work．Peace means in the midst of all those things, you're still calm in your heart．That's the real meaning of peace．”

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1．following　2．best　3．artists　4．Anyone　5．peaceful　6．closely　7．growing　8．second　9．be　10．noise