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. sinceB. or        C. before D. unless

2.A. famousB. simpleC. different D. skilled

3.A. education B. changeC. tourD. career

4.A. balanceB. homeworkC. degreeD. interest

5.A. reportedB. wrote C. lied D. talked

6.A. carefulB. lonelyC. curiousD. guilty

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

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

9.A. dream B. problemC. duty D. step

10.A. usB. them C. whichD. whom

11.A. hopeB. hobbyC. attitudeD. luck

12.A. friendB. partner    C. guide     D. guest

13.A. politeB. happy C. strange D. confident

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

15.A. explainB. seeC. declareD. guess

16.A. homelessB. hopelessC. bad-tempered     D. heartbroken

17.A. quieterB. busier C. better D. richer

18.A. improveB. faceC. forget D. analyze

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

20.A. likeB. miss C. wonder D. expect

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.B

9. D

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.C

19.D

20.A

【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。

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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。选D。

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考点：考查故事类完型填空