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

 

【答案】

 

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:作者講述了自己從一個自私的人變成現(xiàn)在能為他人著想的人的感受和過程。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。

1.考查連詞辨析。since自從;before在……之前;or或者;unless除非;before在…之前,表示的含義是在考慮自己之前先考慮別人,對應前邊的改變自我為中心。選B。

2.考查形容詞辨析。句意:做出改變,變成了不同于以前的人。famous著名的;simple簡單的;different不同的;skilled有技巧的。選C。

3.考查名詞辨析。改變,這個單詞貫穿全文。education教育;career事業(yè);tour旅行;change變化。選D。

4.考查名詞辨析。因為對應前文中的在大學里,只想取得學位。balance平衡;homework家庭作業(yè);degree級別;interest 興趣。選C。

5.考查動詞辨析。talk to sb和某人談話,因為前文說是自己認為比別人聰明,因此幾乎不和別人說話。talked談論;wrote寫;lied說謊;reported報道。選A。

6.考查形容詞辨析。孤獨的,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. careful細心的;lonely孤獨的;curious好奇的;guilty犯罪的。選B。

7.考查名詞辨析。詞義實驗的含義,引申為一種突破,一種改變,對應下文開始做的事情。argument爭論;game運動;experiment實驗;defense防御。選C。

8.考查動詞辨析。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。dared敢;offered提供;hesitated猶豫;happened發(fā)生。選B。

9.考查名詞辨析。表示一種進步。緊接著,對應下文的具體的進步之處。dream夢想; problem問題;duty責任;step臺階、步驟。選D。

10.考查代詞辨析。注意and這個連詞的作用,引文是并列句,因此注意語法的作用,使用them。

us我們;which哪一個;them他們;whom誰,who的賓格。選C。

11.考查名詞辨析。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(態(tài)度)的變化attitude態(tài)度;hobby愛好;hope希望;luck幸運。選A。

12.考查名詞詞義辨析,通過文章的became.可推測出old lady是作者的friend(朋友)。partner伙伴;guide向導;guest客人。選A。

13.考查形容詞詞義辨析,通過空格后面的because she thought I was her daughter可推測出old lady是非常高興的。polite禮貌;happy快樂;strange奇怪;confident自信。選B。

14.考查動詞詞義辨析,通過文中信息得知old lady是一個病人,所以可推測出是來看望(visit)自己

bothered打擾;answered回答;visited參觀;trusted信任。選C。

15.考查動詞詞義辨析。see看,觀察;explain解釋;declare宣稱;guess猜測。選D。

16.考查復合形容詞辨析。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。homeless無家可歸的;heartbroken心碎的;bad-tempered壞脾氣的 hopeless沒希望的。選B。

17.考查動詞詞義辨析。作者通過這次經(jīng)歷使自己變得更好。quieter更安靜;busier更忙;better更好;richer更富有。 選C。

18.考查動詞詞義辨析,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經(jīng)歷,所以選will not forget,其他均不符合語境。forget忘記;face面對;improve改進;analyze分析。選A。

19.考查介詞辨析。考察動詞詞義辨析,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。forced強迫;preferred更喜歡;ordered命令;taught教。選D。

20.考查動詞詞義辨析,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like,其他選項均不符合語境。Miss想念、錯過;like喜歡;wonder想知道;expect期待。選B。

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