When I was a kid in Minnesota,watermelon was a kind of delicious fruit.One of my father^,s friends Bernie,was a fruit and vegetable wholesaler,　 1　 had a store in St.Paul.Every summer,when the first watermelon rolled in,Bernie would call Dad and I to　 2　 store.We would sit together and bury our faces in the watermelons,　 3　 (eat)only the heart,the reddest,juiciest,most seed free,most perfect part of them.

In my father^,s opinion,Bernie was a rich man.I always thought　 4　 was because he was such a　 5　 (succeed)businessman.Years later,I realized that 　6　 my father admired about Bernie^,s was his style　 7　 life.Bernie knew when　 8　 (stop)working,to get together with friends,and to eat only the heart of the watermelon.

What I learned?　 9　 Bernie is that being rich is a state of mind.Some of us,no matter how much money we have,will never be free enough to eat only the heart of the watermelon and enjoy life^,s small　 10　 (pleased).　

One of South Korea’s most famous actresses was found 　1　 in her home on Thursday in what the police called a suicide.They linked her death to hateful online 　2　，a growing social problem in South Korea，which has one of the world’s most active online communities and one of its highest 　3　 rates.

The body of the actress，Choi Jin­sil,39，was found in the bathroom of her 　4　 with a rope made out of bandages around her neck.

Already struggling with a messy divorce，she had been deeply troubled by online accusations that she had 　5　 another actor to kill himself in his car a month earlier.The actor，Ahn Jae­hwan，was struggling with 　6　，and the rumors said she had pressed him mercilessly to repay money she had 　7　.She complained to the police about the rumors，which she called 　8　，and they were 　9　 when she died.

The night before，according to the police，she came home drunk and 　10　 before her mother，crying and bitterly 　11　 　the Internet rumors.Then Ms. Choi sent cellphone text messages to her makeup assistant，asking her to look after her two children.Almost 80 percent of South Korea’s households have broadband 　12 ，bringing 　13 　　active online interactions.Most Web sites here have bulletin boards　 14　 　users can post unchecked，anonymous 　15　 ，and nearly all young people run their own blogs，updating 　16　 　cellphone.

Major Web sites have in recent years doubled the number of monitors to screen out __17__ character assassination and 　18　 　more quickly to complaints of hateful rumors.But many victims still complained that vicious rumors spread so fast their reputations were 　19　 　virtually overnight.

When two young female celebrities killed themselves last year，at least one of them，the singer Yoo Na，was found 　20　 　from hateful online rumors saying she had had plastic surgery.

[解题导语] 年底将年满40岁的崔真实10月2日凌晨被发现在家中浴室死亡。据韩国媒体报道，离婚后长期饱受抑郁症之苦的崔真实最近遭受“因借高利贷给男演员安在焕”传言的困扰。此前，崔真实还经常向朋友抱怨生活辛苦，担心自己人气下滑。

1．A.awake　 B．asleep　 C．dead　 D．sick

解析：从suicide一词可以判断是死在家中。

答案：C

2．A.rumors　 B．news　 C．reports　 D．articles

解析：后文(第三段)提及崔真实逼死安在焕的谣传，故选rumor。

答案：A

3．A.death　 B．accusation　 C．suicide　 D．crime

解析：联系全文所叙可知此处指自杀率，用suicide。

答案：C

4．A.hotel　 B．apartment　 C．building　 D．company

解析：由首句知崔真实死于家中，选项四个词之中与home最接近的是apartment。

答案：B

5．A.made　 B．forced　 C．driven　 D．caused

解析：由下文所叙可知，此处指崔真实迫使另一位男演员自杀，drive sb. to do sth.“驱使/驱动某人做某事”。

答案：C

6．A.poverty　 B．illness　 C．debt　 D．divorce

解析：由下文谣言说崔真实曾无情地逼迫他还钱可知，他债台高筑。选debt。

答案：C

7．A.lent　 B．paid　 C．borrowed　 D．charged

解析：逼迫他还的钱当然是她曾借给他的，lend sb. money“借给某人钱”。

答案：A

8．A.true　 B．baseless　 C．helpless　 D．reasonable

解析：崔真实向警察抱怨是因为她觉得谣言毫无根据，baseless“没有依据的”。

答案：B

9．A.investigating　 B．searching　 C．negotiating　 D．proving

解析：崔真实向警方抱怨谣言毫无根据，警方当然要调查。她死时警方正在调查此事。

答案：A

10．A.broke up　 B．broke out　 C．broke down　 D．broke in

解析：由她当时的表现可知应选break down，此处指精神方面的瓦解和崩溃。

答案：C

11．A.scolding　 B．protesting　 C．demonstrating　 D．blaming

解析：此处指她抗议网络流言，应用protest。

答案：B

12．A.link　 B．availability　 C．access　 D．connection

解析：此处指宽带服务。access通路，进入，使用的权力。

答案：C

13．A.out　 B．up　 C．down　 D．about

解析：此处是宽带普及造成的后果，bring about“使……产生，造成”。

答案：D

14．A.that　 B．what　 C．where　 D．how

解析：此处是由where引导的定语从句，修饰bulletin boards，where在从句中充当地点状语。

答案：C

15．A.attitudes　 B．opinions　 C．comments　 D．criticism

解析：由常识知，在网上发布的未经证实的、匿名的应是评论，comments指对某事的评论。

答案：C

16．A.with　 B．via　 C．through　 D．about

解析：via“通过”，表方式，后面的名词不用冠词。

答案：B

17．A.online　 B．present　 C．meanwhile　 D．Internet

解析：此处指在线的人身攻击，用online。

答案：A

18．A.react　 B．respond　 C．reflect　 D．reply

解析：此处指“对……的反应”，用respond to。

答案：B

19．A.damaged　 B．harmed　 C．injured　 D．ruined

解析：ruin“毁坏，毁灭(建筑物、前途、名声等)”，符合上下文意。

答案：D

20．A.suffering　 B．to suffer　 C．to have suffered　 D．suffered

解析：先遭受流言蜚语，而后自杀身亡，有先后因果关系，因此用不定式的完成式。

答案：C

5.as a result of

5．My little brother is unable to go to school ________ ________ ________ ________(由于)the fall from his house.

答案：1.first impressions　2.avoids making　3.with Mrs Chen teaching me　4.would rather　

4．He ________ ________(宁愿) keep time for his hobby.

3．I’ll do well in the exam ________ ________ ________ ________ ________(由陈老师教我)．

2．She ________ ________(避免使)you fall down.

1．They say that ________ ________(第一印象)are very important.

15．Isn’t it time you got down to ________ the papers?

A．mark　 B．be marked　 C．being marked　 D．marking

解析：get down to意为“开始，着手”，to是介词，后接名词或动名词，表示“难道没有到你给论文打分的时间吗？”

答案：D