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 the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people ___36___ I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a ___37___ person.

I think my ___38___ started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my ___39___ and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever ___40___ to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really ___41___. It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I tried a(n) ___42___. I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I ___43___ to help. That was really a big ___44___ for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of ___45___ are still my best friends today.

A bigger cause of my new ___46___, however, came when I took a part-time job at Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my ___47___. Every time I came into her room, she was so ___48___ because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never ___49___ her, so I took her place. She let me ___50___ that making others feel good made me feel good too. When she died, I was ___51___, but I was also very grateful to her.

I think I am a much ___52___ person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not ___53___ these experiences. They have ___54___ me to care about other people more than about myself. I ___55___ who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

43. A. dated              B. offered                 C. hesitated               D. happened

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

试题答案

36. B  37. C  38. D  39. C  40. A  41. B  42. C  43. B  44. D  45. C 

      46. A  47. A  48. B  49. C  50. D  51. B  52. C  53. A  54. D  55. B