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The Picture of Peace

When Mike was seven, he knew his dream was to be a photographer. He kept working on ________ for years. Recently, he was trying to take a picture of a sunset to enter the school ________ competition.

“Mom, it has been cloudy these days. I don’t think I can get this picture!” Mike complained.

“Why not use one of your photos on the ________?” suggested Mom.

“I can’t—the rules say the photos have to be ________ with a traditional camera. We hand in a roll of film, it gets developed, and we ________ one photo for the competitions.

“Why is a sunset so important?” Mom asked.

“The ________ of the competition is peace,” Mike explained, “And I feel most peaceful seeing a sunset.”

Zach, his six-year-old brother came out of the bedroom. “Hey, you want to take a picture of me? Look!” He put both arms over his head.

“Not right now,” said Mike, laughing.

That very afternoon, Mike felt excited when he saw ________ skies. He carefully lined up his shot (镜头) and waited hopefully ________ the sun reached the ground.

“That’s it! ________ !” he shouted cheerfully.

The next morning, Mike noticed he could take one more picture to complete the roll of film, so he walked into Zach’s room. Zach was ________ quietly with a teddy bear under his arm. Mike didn’t wake Zach up, and ________ took a picture of him.

A week later, Mike got the photos. The sunset picture was the one he was most eager to see. There it was! It was as nearly perfect as Mike had expected. Then, he ________ the other photos. Suddenly, he stopped. His ________ shone as he studied the photo of Zach. He looked back at the photo of the sunset, which seemed less perfect now. He weighed the two ________.

Finally, he decided to ________ the photo of Zach for the competition.