Question

I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a person.

I think my started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So tried a(n) . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I to help. That was really a big for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of are still my best friends today.

A bigger cause of my new , however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my . Every time I came into her room, she was so because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never her, so I took her place. She let me that making others feel good made me feel good, too, when she died, I was , but I was very grateful to her.

I think I am a much person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not these experiences. They have me to care about other people more than about myself. I who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.

1.A. before B. since C. or D. unless

2.A. famousB. simpleC. different D. skilled

3.A. education B. careerC. changeD. tour

4.A. balanceB. homeworkC. interestD. degree

5.A. talked B. wrote C. lied D. reported

6.A. carefulB. lonelyC. curiousD. guilty

7.A. argument B. game C. experiment D. defence (防御)

8.A. offered B. dared C. hesitated D. happened

9.A. dream B. problemC. duty D. step

10.A. usB. which C. them D. whom

11.A. attitude B. hobbyC. hope D. luck

12.A. friendB. partner C. guide D. guest

13.A. politeB. happy C. strange D. confident

14.A. bothered B. answered C. visited D. trusted

15.A. explainB. guessC. declareD. see

16.A. homelessB. hopeless C. bad-tempered D. heartbroken

17.A. quieterB. busier C. better D. richer

18.A. forget B. faceC. improve D. analyze

19.A. forced B. preferred C. ordered D. taught

20.A. missB. like C. wonder D. expect

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.D

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了作者通過在養(yǎng)老院兼職照顧一位得了阿爾茨海默病的老太太，她把作者當成她女兒了，她們成為了好朋友。她讓作者明白了讓別人高興的時候自己也會高興的道理。之后在上大學期間作者學會了幫助別人，交到了好友。這些讓她從一個很自我的人變成了一個關(guān)心他人的人，變得很快樂。

1.根據(jù)前文，以前曾是一個以自我為中心的人，但過去兩年已經(jīng)開始改變。因此我已經(jīng)開始為他人考慮了。為他人考慮就應該在考慮自己之前。故選A。

2.根據(jù)句意：我非常高興，以為我正變成一個與以前那個以自我為中心的人不一樣的人了。故選C。

3.考查名詞。education教育；career事業(yè)；change改變；tour旅游。根據(jù)句意：我認為我的變化是開始于就讀Palomar大學的時候。故選C。

4.考查名詞。Balance平衡；homework家庭作業(yè)；interest興趣；degree學位。根據(jù)句意：起初，我只是想要得到我的學歷，所以單獨呆著。故選D。

5.考查動詞。Talked談話；wrote寫；lied撒謊；reported報道。根據(jù)句意：我以為我比其他人都聰明，所以我很少跟班上的人說話。故選A。

6.考查形容詞。Careful小心翼翼的；lonely孤單的；curious好奇的；guilty有罪的。根據(jù)下文除了我每個人都交了朋友，都很快樂。因此，我確實很孤獨。故選B。

7.考查名詞。Argument論證；game游戲；experiment實驗；defence 防御。根據(jù)下文我開始詢問周圍的人怎么樣，可知我開始嘗試與人交流。此處experiment“實驗”，表示我開始嘗試一個實驗。故選C。

8.考查動詞。Offered提供；dared敢于；hesitated猶豫；happened發(fā)生。offer to help“主動提出幫助”，根據(jù)前后文語境，作者詢問他人是否有他可以幫忙的麻煩。故選A。

9.考查名詞。Dream夢；problem問題；duty責任；step步子。根據(jù)句意：對我來說，那確實是一個很大的進步。step“步伐，邁步”。此處意為我有了一次很大的邁步故選D。

10.

11.根據(jù)本段的敘述，我在Vista Nursing Home做兼職的時候所遇到的一件事是使我有了徹底轉(zhuǎn)變以前態(tài)度的動機。故此處選attitude。故選A。

12.

13.。故選B。

14.

15.她讓我明白，讓他人心情愉快同時也會讓自己心情很好。此處see的意思為明白的意思，而不是作看見講。故選D。

16.

17.Quieter更安靜的；busier更忙的；better更好的；richer更富有的。根據(jù)句意：比起以前，我覺得我現(xiàn)在是一個更好的人。故選C。

18.。故選A。

19.

20.

考點：考查人生感悟類短文