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 I 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 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 also 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. defence

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

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】

試題分析：作者通過自己從一個以自我為中心的沒有朋友的人轉變到關心他人，幫助他人，與人相處和諧的過程，上大學時一心只想著拿學位而拼搏，結果一個朋友都沒有感到很孤單。后來作者在Vista 護理之家，結識了一位改變了她、把她當作女兒的重病纏身的老婦人。老人告訴她：只有別人感到高興自己才快樂。說明做一個對別人有益有幫助的人是幸福的，成功的。

1.A. since 自從；因為 B. before 之前 C. or 或者；否則 D. unless除非，根據(jù)前一句話，可知作者現(xiàn)在和過去不一樣了，現(xiàn)在在考慮自己之前先考慮別人，對應前邊“改變以前自我為中心的狀態(tài)”。選B。

2.A. famous 著名的 B. simple簡單的C. different 不同的 D. skilled有技能的 ，我做出改變，變成了不同于以前的人。選C。

3.A. education 教育 B. career 事業(yè) C. tour旅游 D. change改變 ，改變，這個單詞貫穿全文。根據(jù)文章第二句“in the past two years I have really changed.”，可推知本段主要講的是，我的改變發(fā)生在什么時候。選D。

4.A. balance 平衡 B. homework 作業(yè) C. degree 學位；程度 D. interest興趣 ，因為對應前文中的在大學里，我只想取得學位。選C。

5.A. talked 談論 B. wrote 寫作 C. lied說謊 D. reported報告，talk to sb和某人談話，因為前文說是自己認為比別人聰明，自恃清高，因此幾乎不和別人說話交流。 選A。

6.A. careful 仔細的 B. lonely孤獨的 C. curious好奇的 D. guilty有罪的，自己是孤獨的，因為沒有朋友，正好對應下文的It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. 選B。

7.A. argument 爭論 B. game比賽 C. experiment 實驗 D. defence防衛(wèi)，詞義實驗的含義，引申為一種突破，一種改變，對應下文作者開始做的事情是一個嘗試。 選C。

8.A. dared 敢做 B. offered提供 C. hesitated猶豫 D. happened 發(fā)生 ，offer to do sth表示主動提出做某件事情，更能體現(xiàn)出想改變的決心。作者愿意提供幫助。 選B。

9.A. dream 夢 B. problem問題 C. duty職責 D. step 步伐；步驟；臺階 ，表示一種進步，一大跨越。緊接著對應下文的具體的進步。 選D。

10.A. us我們 B. which哪一個 C. them他們 D. whom誰（賓格） ，注意and這個連詞連接的并列句，前后都是一個簡單句，后半句中表達“其中有兩人”，所以用two of them. 本句中如果前邊沒有and，那么就該選D whom，是指人的關系代詞。因此注意語法的作用，使用them 。選C。

11.A. attitude 態(tài)度 B. hobby愛好 C. hope希望 D. luck 運氣，由首句可知，作者之前是個self-centered person，通過一次經(jīng)歷發(fā)生了變化并對比自己的今昔，所以可得出是attitude（生活態(tài)度）的變化，選A。

12.A. friend 朋友 B. partner伙伴 C. guide向導 D. guest客人 ，通過文章的became.可推測出作者去敬老院做兼職，與old lady之間成了friend（朋友）。 選A。

13.A. polite 禮貌的 B. happy 快樂的 C. strange奇怪的 D. confident自信的 ，通過空格后面的because she thought I was her daughter可推測出作者每次去看望她，她都把作者當成她的女兒，old lady是非常高興的。選B。

14.A. bothered 打擾 B. answered 回答 C. visited訪問；看望 D. trusted 信任，通過文中信息得知old lady是一個病人，所以可推測出是老人自己的女兒從沒有來看望(visit)自己。選C。

15.A. explain 解釋 B. guess猜測 C. declare 聲明D. see.看見；明白 ，由后邊句子“making others feel good make me feel good, too”，可知，老人是使作者明白了一個道理，故選D。

16.A. homeless 無家可歸的 B. heartbroken傷心的 C. bad-tempered 壞脾氣的 D. hopeless.無助的，she died, but I was also very grateful to her.可知作者當時的心情肯定是悲傷的。 選B。

17.A. quieter 更安靜的B. busier 更忙碌的 C. better 更好的 D. richer.更富有的 ，作者通過這次經(jīng)歷使自己變成一個更好的人。 選C。

18.A. forget 忘記 B. face 面對 C. improve 改善 D. analyze.分析 ，作者通過這次的experience發(fā)生了好的變化，可推測作者想記住這次寶貴的經(jīng)歷，所以選will not forget,其他均不符合語境。選A。

19.A. forced 迫使 B. preferred 更喜歡C. ordered 命令D. taught. 教授 ，作者通過這次經(jīng)歷使自己變得更好，所以可推測這次經(jīng)歷“教會”了自己什么道理。 選D。

20.A. miss錯過 B. like喜歡 C. wonder 想知道D. expect.期望 ，通過文章可推測出與之前比較作者更“喜歡”現(xiàn)在的自己， 選B。

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