Question

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

Answer

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

【解析】

试题分析：作者讲述了自己从一个自私的人变成现在能为他人着想的人的感受和过程。上大学时一心只想着拿学位而拼搏，结果一个朋友都没有感到很孤单。后来作者在Vista 护理之家，结识了一位改变了她、把她当作女儿的重病缠身的老妇人。老人告诉她：只有别人感到高兴自己才快乐。

1.考查连词辨析。since自从；before在……之前；or或者；unless除非；before在…之前，表示的含义是在考虑自己之前先考虑别人，对应前边的改变自我为中心。选B。

2.考查形容词辨析。句意：做出改变，变成了不同于以前的人。famous著名的；simple简单的；different不同的；skilled有技巧的。选C。

3.考查名词辨析。改变，这个单词贯穿全文。education教育；career事业；tour旅行；change变化。选D。

4.考查名词辨析。因为对应前文中的在大学里，只想取得学位。balance平衡；homework家庭作业；degree级别；interest 兴趣。选C。

5.考查动词辨析。talk to sb和某人谈话，因为前文说是自己认为比别人聪明，因此几乎不和别人说话。talked谈论；wrote写；lied说谎；reported报道。选A。

6.考查形容词辨析。孤独的，没有朋友，正好对应下文的It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. careful细心的；lonely孤独的；curious好奇的；guilty犯罪的。选B。

7.考查名词辨析。词义实验的含义，引申为一种突破，一种改变，对应下文开始做的事情。argument争论；game运动；experiment实验；defense防御。选C。

8.考查动词辨析。offer to do sth表示主动提出做某件事情，更能体现出想改变的决心。dared敢；offered提供；hesitated犹豫；happened发生。选B。

9.考查名词辨析。表示一种进步。紧接着，对应下文的具体的进步之处。dream梦想； problem问题；duty责任；step台阶、步骤。选D。

10.考查代词辨析。注意and这个连词的作用，引文是并列句，因此注意语法的作用，使用them。

us我们；which哪一个；them他们；whom谁，who的宾格。选C。

11.考查名词辨析。由首句可知，作者之前是个self-centered person，通过一次经历发生了变化并对比自己的今昔，所以可得出是Attitude（态度）的变化attitude态度；hobby爱好；hope希望；luck幸运。选A。

12.考查名词词义辨析，通过文章的became.可推测出old lady是作者的friend（朋友）。partner伙伴；guide向导；guest客人。选A。

13.考查形容词词义辨析，通过空格后面的because she thought I was her daughter可推测出old lady是非常高兴的。polite礼貌；happy快乐；strange奇怪；confident自信。选B。

14.考查动词词义辨析，通过文中信息得知old lady是一个病人，所以可推测出是来看望(visit)自己

bothered打扰；answered回答；visited参观；trusted信任。选C。

15.考查动词词义辨析。see看，观察；explain解释；declare宣称；guess猜测。选D。

16.考查复合形容词辨析。she died, but I was also very grateful to her.可知作者当时的心情肯定是悲伤的。homeless无家可归的；heartbroken心碎的；bad-tempered坏脾气的 hopeless没希望的。选B。

17.考查动词词义辨析。作者通过这次经历使自己变得更好。quieter更安静；busier更忙；better更好；richer更富有。 选C。

18.考查动词词义辨析，作者通过这次的experience发生了好的变化，可推测作者想记住这次经历，所以选will not forget,其他均不符合语境。forget忘记；face面对；improve改进；analyze分析。选A。

19.考查介词辨析。考察动词词义辨析，作者通过这次经历使自己变得更好，所以可推测这次经历“教会”了自己什么。forced强迫；preferred更喜欢；ordered命令；taught教。选D。

20.考查动词词义辨析，通过文章可推测出与之前比较作者更“喜欢”现在的自己，选like，其他选项均不符合语境。Miss想念、错过；like喜欢；wonder想知道；expect期待。选B。

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