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【题目】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 【1】 I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a 【2】 person.

I think my 【3】 started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my 【4】 and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever 【5】 to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really 【6】 . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I tried a(n) 【7】. I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I 【8】 to help. That was really a big 【9】 for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of 【10】 are still my best friends today.

A bigger cause of my new 【11】 , however, came when I took a part-time job at Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my 【12】 . Every time I came into her room, she was so 【13】 because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never 【14】 her, so I took her place. She let me 【15】 that making others feel good made me feel good, too. When she died, I was 【16】, but I was also very grateful to her.

I think I am a much 【17】 person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not 【18】these experiences. They have 【19】me to care about other people more than about myself. I 【20】 who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.

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

A. famous B. simple C. different D. skilled

A. education B. career C. tour D. change

A. balance B. homework C. degree D. interest

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

A. careful B. lonely C. curious D. guilty

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

A. dared B. offered C. hesitated D. happene

A. dream B. problem C. duty D. step

A. us B. which C. them D. whom

A. attitude B. hobby C. hope D. luck

A. friend B. partner C. guide D. guest

A. polite B. happy C. strange D. confident

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

A. explain B. guess C. declare D. see

A. homeless B. heartbroken C. bad-tempered D. hopeless

A. quieter B. busier C. better D. richer

A. forget B. face C. improve D. analyze

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

A. miss B. like C. wonder D. expect

Answer 1

【答案】【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】C

【5】A

【6】B

【7】C

【8】B

【9】D

【10】C

【11】A

【12】A

【13】B

【14】C

【15】D

【16】B

【17】C

【18】A

【19】D

【20】B

【解析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章,主要叙述了作者从一个自私的女孩到关爱他人的转变过程,以及从中所学到的道理。

根据本段第一句: 我过去是一个以自我为中心的人,但在过去的两年里我真的变了。此空处【1】体现出的正是变化后的结果,那就是先考虑别人,再考虑自己。所以选B项before在……之前。

【2】根据in the past two years I have really changed可知作者现在正成为一个完全不同于过去的人。

【3】此处change对应前面I have really changed。A项education教育；B项career职业,生涯；C项tour旅行。

【4】结合前面when I was at Palomar College可知作者起初的目标应是获得学位(degree)。

【5】句意:我认为自己比班里任何人都聪明,所以从不和他们交谈(talk)。而B项write写信；C项lie说谎；D项report报告,均不符合语境。

【6】通过此空后面的It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun.可知,到这学期结束时作者很孤单(lonely)。A项careful仔细的；C项curious好奇的；D项guilty有罪的。

【7】面对现状,作者尝试了一个实验(experiment)。此处experiment引申为一种突破,一种改变。A项argument争论,辩论；B项game游戏；D项defence保卫,防御。

【8】句意:我开始问周围的人他们是怎样做的,并且如果他们有困难,我就主动提供帮助。offer to do sth.表主动提出做某件事情,更体现出作者想改变的决心。A项dare to do敢于做；C项hesitate to do犹豫做；D项happen to do恰巧做,不符合语境。

【9】那对于作者来说是一个很大的进步(step),因为下面说直到年末,她已经交了一些朋友。A项dream梦想；B项problem问题；C项duty职责,责任。

【10】作者交了一些新朋友,并且其中有两个现在还是她最好的朋友。and为并列连词,and后面是一个完整的句子,只能选them,容易误选whom。如果没有and,可以看成是定语从句。

【11】作者会有一个新的生活态度是在她在护理之家从事兼职工作的时候。此处的attitude呼应第一段中的changed。

【12】结合下一句生病的老太太把作者当成她的女儿,可知作者把老太太看成是她的朋友(friend)。B项partner伙伴；C项guide向导；D项guest客人。

【13】老太太把作者当成了她的女儿,所以见到她非常高兴(happy)。A项polite礼貌的；C项strange奇怪的；D项confident有信心的。

【14】老太太的女儿从来不看她,作者就代替了她的女儿。A项bother打扰；B项answer回答；D项trust信任。

【15】这个老太太使作者明白了(see)使别人感到愉悦也能使自己感到愉悦。A项explain解释；B项guess猜测；C项declare宣布。

【16】当老太太去世时作者非常难过、心碎(heartbroken)。A项homeless无家可归的；C项bad-tempered坏脾气的；D项hopeless无望的。

【17】作者认为自己现在要比过去更好,结合上文她以前以自我为中心而现在懂得关爱他人，可以推出答案。

【18】作者希望自己不会忘记这些经历。B项face面对；C项improve提高,改进；D项analyze分析。

【19】这些经历教会(taught)作者要关心别人多于自己。A项force强迫；B项prefer宁愿；C项order命令。

【20】作者喜欢(like)现在的自己,而几年前不敢那样说。A项miss想念；C项wonder想知道；D项expect期望,均不符合语境。