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.
| 【小题1】 | | A.before | B.since | C.or | D.unless | |
| 【小题2】 | | A.famous | B.simple | C.different | D.skilled | |
| 【小题3】 | | A.education | B.career | C.change | D.tour | |
| 【小题4】 | | A.balance | B.homework | C.interest | D.degree | |
| 【小题5】 | | A.talked | B.wrote | C.lied | D.reported | |
| 【小题6】 | | A.careful | B.lonely | C.curious | D.guilty | |
| 【小题7】 | | A.argument | B.game | C.experiment | D.defence (防御) | |
| 【小题8】 | | A.offered | B.dared | C.hesitated | D.happened | |
| 【小题9】 | | A.dream | B.problem | C.duty | D.step | |
| 【小题10】 | | A.us | B.which | C.them | D.whom | |
| 【小题11】 | | A.attitude | B.hobby | C.hope | D.luck | |
| 【小题12】 | | A.friend | B.partner | C.guide | D.guest | |
| 【小题13】 | | A.polite | B.happy | C.strange | D.confident | |
| 【小题14】 | | A.bothered | B.answered | C.visited | D.trusted | |
| 【小题15】 | | A.explain | B.guess | C.declare | D.see | |
| 【小题16】 | | A.homeless | B.hopeless | C.bad-tempered | D.heartbroken | |
| 【小题17】 | | A.quieter | B.busier | C.better | D.richer | |
| 【小题18】 | | A.forget | B.face | C.improve | D.analyze | |
| 【小题19】 | | A.forced | B.preferred | C.ordered | D.taught | |
| 【小题20】 | | A.miss | B.like | C.wonder | D.expect | |
试题答案
【小题1】A
【小题2】C
【小题3】C
【小题4】D
【小题5】A
【小题6】B
【小题7】C
【小题8】A
【小题9】D
【小题10】C
【小题11】A
【小题12】A
【小题13】B
【小题14】C
【小题15】D
【小题16】D
【小题17】C
【小题18】A
【小题19】D
【小题20】B
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