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 make 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. sinceB. or C. before D. unless

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

3.A. education B. changeC. tourD. career

4.A. balanceB. homeworkC. degreeD. interest

5.A. reportedB. wrote C. lied D. talked

6.A. carefulB. lonelyC. curiousD. guilty

7.A. experiment B. game C. argument D. defence

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

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

10.A. usB. them C. whichD. whom

11.A. hopeB. hobbyC. attitudeD. 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. seeC. declareD. guess

16.A. homelessB. hopelessC. bad-tempered D. heartbroken

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

18.A. improveB. faceC. forget D. analyze

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

20.A. likeB. miss C. wonder D. expect

 

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3.B

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.B

9. D

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：作者講述了自己從一個自私的人變成現(xiàn)在能為他人著想的人的感受和過程。上大學(xué)時一心只想著拿學(xué)位而拼搏，結(jié)果一個朋友都沒有感到很孤單。后來作者在Vista 護(hù)理之家，結(jié)識了一位改變了她、把她當(dāng)作女兒的重病纏身的老婦人。老人告訴她：只有別人感到高興自己才快樂。

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she died, but I was also very grateful to her.可知作者當(dāng)時的心情肯定是悲傷的。選D。

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