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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

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 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 a 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 make me feel good, too, when she died, I was 　　16　　 , but I was 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．

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　　As an engineering student, I had a degree and three good job offers．I can’t help trembling when I hear about studies that show that women are at a 　　1　　 when it comes to math．However, I discovered：just because a subject is 　　2　　 to learn, it does not 　　3　　 you are not good at it．You just have to grit your teeth and work harder to get good at it．　　4　　 you do, there’s a strong chance you will enjoy it more than anything else．

　　In eighth grade I took algebra(代数学)．On one test I got only 36 percent of the 　　5　　 answers．I failed the next one, too．I started to 　　6　　．Maybe I’m just not good at this．I was lucky enough to have a teacher who didn’t take my bad grades as a judgment of my 　　7　　, but 　　8　　 as an indication that I should study more．He 　　9　　 me aside and told me he knew I could do better．He let me 　　10　　 the tests, and I pulled my grade up to an A．

　　I studied a lot in college, too．I had moments of fear while sitting below the buzzing fluorescent lights in the 　　11　　 library on Saturday afternoons, when I 　　12　　 that the estrogen(雌性激素)in my body was 　　13　　 me from understanding thermodynamics(热力学)．But the 　　14　　 in my classes had to work just as hard, and I knew that I couldn’t 　　15　　 to lose confidence in myself．I didn’t want to choose between my femininity(女性)and a good career．　　16　　 I reminded myself that those 　　17　　, the ones that say that math comes more naturally to men, are faulty．

　　Here’s a secret：math and science don’t go 　　18　　 to most people．No one was 　　19　　 born knowing calculus．A woman can learn anything a man can, but first she needs to know that she can do it, and that takes a leap of 　　20　　．It also helps to have selective hearing．

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