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Once there was an artist who had painted many famous pictures found that he had not yet painted one “real” picture. In his  41  along a dusty road, he met an aged priest( 牧師) who asked him where he was going. “I do not know.” Said the artist, “I want to paint the most beautiful thing in the world . Perhaps you can  42  me to it.” “How simple,” replied the priest, “in any church, you will find it---‘Faith’ is the most beautiful thing in the world.”

The artist traveled on.  43 , he met a young bride who told him that the most beautiful thing in the world is “love”. “Love  44  the world go round. It  45  poverty into riches, sweetens tears and makes much of little.  46  love there is no beauty.

Still the artist  47  his search and met a weary（睏倦的） soldier. The artist asked him the  48  question and the soldier answered, “ ‘Peace’ is the most beautiful thing in the world, ‘War’ is ugly and  49  you find Peace， you’ll find Beauty, Faith and Love.”

“How can I  50  them—Faith, Love and Peace” thought the artist. As he continued his walk, his mind   51  the “real” picture he hoped to paint. He was  52  that without thinking where he was going, he had reached his  53  surroundings. As he entered the doorway, light glistened(閃光)in his eyes and he  54 that his search was over.

In the  55  of his wife and children, he saw Love and Faith, “Not a minute passed by that our children and I had not  56  you. We prayed that you would return to us  57  ,”his wife said as they embraced him . He sat on his  58  old chair and his heart was at  59  .

Finally, the artist painted the most beautiful thing in the world and called it “  60  ”.   41. A. path                      B. trip                          C. search                      D. imagination    42. A. adjust             B. direct                       C. apply                       D. force   43. A. Later              B. Earlier                      C. Nowadays                      D. Finally   44. A. expects           B. appreciates               C. demands                  D. makes   45. A. advises            B. charges                    C. results                      D. builds    46. A. Without           B. Except                            C. Including                  D. Besides   47. A. broke                     B. continued                 C. insisted                    D. stopped   48. A. opposite          B. important                  C. same                        D. boring    49. A. whenever        B. whichever                C. whatever                  D. wherever   50. A. paint               B. accept                      C. practice                    D. require   51. A. agreed             B. wondered                 C. remembered             D. looked   52. A. excited            B. interested                  C. surprised                  D. frightened    53. A. strange            B. familiar                     C. special                            D. suitable   54. A. realized            B. suggested                 C. followed                   D. repeated   55. A. memories        B. hopes                       C. faces                       D. praises   56. A. put up with      B. though of                 C. hunted for                D. watched out for   57. A. anxiously         B. eagerly                     C. happily                     D. safely   58. A. wide               B. single                       C. favourite                  D. present    59. A. loss                 B. time                         C. moment                   D. peace

60. A. Children          B. Home                       C. Faith                        D. Friendship

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