I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have reall

I used to be a very self-centered person, but in thepast two years I have really changed. I have started to think about otherpeople      I think about myself. I am happythat I am becoming a       person.

I think my      startedwhen I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my       andbe left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever      toanyone 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 trieda(n)      . I started asking people around mehow they were doing, and if they were having trouble I could      tohelp. That was really a big      for me. By theend of the year, I had several new friends, and two of      arestill 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 ladythere who had Alzheimer’s disease became my     .Every time I came into her room, she was      becauseshe thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never      her,so I took her place. She let me     that makingothers 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      persontoday than I used to be, and I hope I will not      theseexperiences. They have      me to care aboutother people more than about myself. I      whoI 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.defence

8.A. dare           B.offer    C. hesitate        D. happen

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

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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

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