单词拼写（每空一词，共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
【小题1】The whole city are discussing how to make the chemically p____________ river clean.
【小题2】The Christian Church used to think the earth was the c__________ of the solar system, which is completely wrong.
【小题3】Many so-called m____________ art works are really hard to understand.
【小题4】At her story, we were all d____________ moved, almost to tears.
【小题5】English g_____________ might be boring but it is necessary in language learning.
【小题6】To my surprise, it t________ out that I was wrong!
【小题7】Only by u__________ force could the door be opened.
【小题8】She was so tired after the long journey that she f__________ fast asleep.
【小题9】Always keep the matter of s_________ in mind when you’re driving.
【小题10】You can get b__________ by hot liquids, steam, fire, the sun, chemicals and so on.

________him that she would fail as she was so able and worked so hard.

A. It never occurred to? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. That never occurred to

C. It never occurred with?? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. That never occurred for

She was so __________to me that I recognized her voice the moment I picked up the phone.

Her son,to whom she was so_____,went abroad ten years ago.

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. since          B. before          C. or         D. unless

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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