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 peopleI think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a person. I think mystarted 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 sobecause she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter neverher, 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 very grateful to her. I think I am a muchperson 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. Iwho I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.
试题分析：本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。作者通过自己从一个以自我为中心的没有朋友的人转变到关心他人，帮助他人，与人相处和谐的过程，说明做一个对别人有益有帮助的人是幸福的，成功的。 【小题1】B考查连词 ： 把握上下文的语境。根据前一句话，可知作者现在和过去不一样了，先考虑别人再考虑自己，所以用before, 在为自己着想之前先为别人着想，故选B。since自从；before在……之前；or或者；unless除非。 【小题2】C。考查形容词 ： 利用原词复现解题。根据文章第二句“in the past two years I have really changed.”，可推知，我现在是一个与之前不同的人了，故选C。famous著名；simple简单；different不同；skilled熟练的。 【小题3】D。考查名词 ：把握上下文的语境。根据文章第二句“in the past two years I have really changed.”，可推知，本段要讲的是，我的改变发生在什么时候，故选D。education教育；career职业；tour观光；change改变。 【小题4】C。考查名词 ：根据生活常识推理手段。上大学的目的，就是为了得学位，所以作者一开始，就只是为了拿学位，故选C。balance平衡；homework家庭作业；degree学位；interest兴趣。 【小题5】A。考查动词 ：把握上下文的语境。由上句“I thought I was smarter than everyone else,”，可知，作者自恃清高，看不起别人，因而也不与人说话交流，故选A。talked说话；wrote写；lied说谎；reported报告。 【小题6】B。考查形容词 ： 把握上下文的语境。根据前一句话“I hardly ever talked to anyone else”,可知作者没有朋友，很孤独，故选B。careful小心的；lonely孤独的；curious好奇的；guilty有罪的。 【小题7】C。考查名词 ： 利用概括词复现解题。根据下文“I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I offered to help”，可知作者这样做，不是A争论，不是B游戏，而是一个尝试，D变化与前边动词不搭配，故选C。argument争论；game游戏；experiment尝试；defence防御。 【小题8】B。考查动词 ： 根据词汇的意义解题。根据前一句“if they were having trouble”可推知，作者是愿意提供帮助的，故选B。dared敢；offered提供；hesitated犹豫；happened发生。 【小题9】D。考查名词 ： 根据上下文词意复现解题。前文中出现转变different, 这里说的一大跨越，与前文相符，故选D。dream梦想；problem问题；duty责任；step步。 【小题10】C。考查代词 ：把握句子结构解题。这是一个由and连接的并列句，前后都是一个简单句，后半句中表达“其中有两人”，所以用two of them. 本句中如果前边没有and，那么就该选D whom，是指人的关系代词。故选C。us我们；which哪一个；them他们；whom谁。 【小题11】A。 考查名词 ：利用概括词复现解题。前文说作者是生活态度的转变，而不是B兴趣爱好，C希望，D运气的改变，故选A。attitude态度；hobby嗜好；hope希望；luck运气。 【小题12】A。考查名词 ： 根据生活常识和文化背景的推理手段。作者去敬老院做兼职，与老人之间成了朋友，而不可能成为B伙伴，C向导，D客人，故选A。friend朋友；partner伙伴；guide导游；guest客人。 【小题13】B。 考查形容词 ：把握句内的逻辑关系。作者每次去看望她，她都把作者当成她的女儿了，所以她应该是高兴的，故选B。polite礼貌的；happy幸福的；strange奇怪的；confident有信心的。 【小题14】C。考查动词 ： 把握上下文的语境。根据上下文，可知她真正的女儿从来都不看望她，bothered打扰；answered回答；visited拜访；trusted相信。故选C。 【小题15】D。考查动词 ： 把握上下文的语境。由后边句子“making others feel good make me feel good, too”，可知，老人是使作者明白了一个道理。Explain解释；guess猜测；declare宣布；see看到。故选D。 【小题16】B。考查形容词 ： 把握上下文的语境。根据前一句话“when she died”,可知作者非常伤心。Homeless无家可归的；heartbroken悲伤的；bad-tempered坏脾气的；hopeless没有希望的。故选B。 【小题17】C。考查形容词 ： 利用概括词复现解题。根据前文的事例，可知作者现在是变成了一个更好的人了，quieter僻静的；busier忙的；better好的；richer富有的。故选C。 【小题18】A。考查动词 ： 根据词汇的意义解题。根据前文所说，可推知，作者是希望自己不会忘记这些宝贵的经历。Forget忘记；face面对；improve提高；analyze分析，故选A。 【小题19】D。考查动词 ：把握上下文的语境。这些经历一定是教会了我这样的道理，forced强制；preferred更喜欢；ordered订购；taught教。故选D。 【小题20】B。考查动词 ：把握上下文的语境。我的这些转变，使我喜欢现在的自己，miss错过；like喜欢；wonder想知道；expect期待，故选B。 考点：考查日常生活类短文