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 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.
试题分析：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，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。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】考查连词和语境理解。A. since 自从；因为 B. before 之前 C. or 或者；否则 D. unless除非，根据前一句话，可知作者现在和过去不一样了，现在在考虑自己之前先考虑别人，对应前边“改变以前自我为中心的状态”。选B。 【小题2】考查形容词和语境理解。A. famous 著名的 B. simple简单的C. different 不同的 D. skilled有技能的 ，我做出改变，变成了不同于以前的人。选C。 【小题3】考查名词和语境理解。A. education 教育 B. career 事业 C. tour旅游 D. change改变 ，改变，这个单词贯穿全文。根据文章第二句“in the past two years I have really changed.”，可推知本段主要讲的是，我的改变发生在什么时候。选D。 【小题4】考查名词和语境理解。A. balance 平衡 B. homework 作业 C. degree 学位；程度 D. interest兴趣 ，因为对应前文中的在大学里，我只想取得学位。选C。 【小题5】考查动词和语境理解。A. talked 谈论 B. wrote 写作 C. lied说谎 D. reported报告，talk to sb和某人谈话，因为前文说是自己认为比别人聪明，自恃清高，因此几乎不和别人说话交流。 选A。 【小题6】考查形容词和语境理解。A. careful 仔细的 B. lonely孤独的 C. curious好奇的 D. guilty有罪的，自己是孤独的，因为没有朋友，正好对应下文的It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun.选B。 【小题7】考查名词和语境理解。A. argument 争论 B. game比赛 C. experiment 实验 D. defence防卫，词义实验的含义，引申为一种突破，一种改变，对应下文作者开始做的事情是一个尝试。 选C。 【小题8】考查动词和语境理解。A. dared 敢做 B. offered提供 C. hesitated犹豫 D. happened 发生 ，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。作者愿意提供帮助。 选B。 【小题9】考查名词和语境理解。A. dream 梦 B. problem问题 C. duty职责 D. step 步伐；步骤；台阶 ，表示一种进步，一大跨越。紧接着对应下文的具体的进步。 选D。 【小题10】考查代词和语境理解。A. us我们 B. which哪一个 C. them他们 D. whom谁（宾格） ，注意and这个连词连接的并列句，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。因此注意语法的作用，使用them。选C。 【小题11】考查名词和语境理解。A. attitude 态度 B. hobby爱好 C. hope希望 D. luck 运气，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（生活态度）的变化，选A。 【小题12】考查名词和语境理解。A. friend 朋友 B. partner伙伴 C. guide向导 D. guest客人 ，通过文章的became.可推测出作者去敬老院做兼职，与old lady之间成了friend（朋友）。 选A。 【小题13】考查形容词和语境理解。A. polite 礼貌的 B. happy 快乐的 C. strange奇怪的 D. confident自信的 ，通过空格后面的because she thought I was her daughter可推测出作者每次去看望她，她都把作者当成她的女儿，old lady是非常高兴的。选B。 【小题14】考查动词和语境理解。A. bothered 打扰 B. answered 回答 C. visited访问；看望 D. trusted 信任，通过文中信息得知old lady是一个病人，所以可推测出是老人自己的女儿从没有来看望(visit)自己。选C。 【小题15】考查动词和语境理解。A. explain 解释 B. guess猜测 C. declare 声明D. see.看见；明白 ，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，故选D。 【小题16】考查形容词和语境理解。A. homeless 无家可归的 B. heartbroken伤心的 C. bad-tempered 坏脾气的 D. hopeless.无助的，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B。 【小题17】考查形容词和语境理解。A. quieter 更安静的B. busier 更忙碌的 C. better 更好的 D. richer.更富有的 ，作者通过这次经历使自己变成一个更好的人。 选C。 【小题18】考查动词和语境理解。A. forget 忘记 B. face 面对 C. improve 改善 D. analyze.分析 ，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宝贵的经历，所以选will not forget,其他均不符合语境。选A。 【小题19】考查动词和语境理解。A. forced 迫使 B. preferred 更喜欢C. ordered 命令D. taught. 教授 ，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”了自己什么道理。 选D。 【小题20】考查动词和语境理解。A. miss错过 B. like喜欢 C. wonder 想知道D. expect.期望 ，通过文章可推测出与之前比较作者更“喜欢”现在的自己， 选B。 考点：考查人生百味类文章