Iusedtobeaveryself-centeredperson,butinthepasttwoyea...

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    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    21    I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a    22   person:

I think my    23   started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my    24   , and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever    25   to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really    26   . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I tried a(n)    27   . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I    28   to help. That was really a big    29   for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of    30   are still my best friends today.

A bigger cause of my new    31   , 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    32   . Every time I came into her room, she was so    33   because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never    34   her, so I took her place. She let me    35   . That making others feel good make me feel good, too. When she died, I was    36   , but I was very grateful to her.

I think I am a much    37   , person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not    38   these experiences. They have    39   e to care about other people more than about myself.    40   who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.

21．A．since               B．before                    C．or                          D．unless

22．A．famous           B．simple                    C．different                 D．skilled

23．A．education        B．career                     C．tour                       D．change

24．A．balance           B．homework              C．degree                    D．interest

25．A．talked             B．wrote                     C．lied                        D．reported

26．A．careful            B．lonely                    C．curious                   D．guilty

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

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

29．A．dream             B．problem                 C．duty                       D．step

30．A．us                   B．which                     C．them                      D．whom

31．A．attitude           B．hobby                    C．hope                      D．luck

32．A．friend             B．partner                   C．guide                     D．guest

33．A．polite              B．happy                     C．strange                   D．confident

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

35．A．explain           B．guess                      C．declare                   D．see

36．A．homeless         B．heart broken           C．bad-tempered          D．hopeless

37．A．quieter            B．busier                     C．better                     D．richer

38．A．forget             B．face                       C．improve                 D．analyze

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

40．A．miss               B．like                        C．wonder                  D．expect

【回答】

21．B

22．C

23．D

24．C

25．A

26．B

27．C

28．B

29．D

30．C

31．A

32．A

33．B

34．C

35．D

36．B

37．C

38．A

39．D

40．B

【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。

21．B 考查连词辨析。A. since自从；B. before在……之前；C. or或者；D. unless除非。before在……之前，表示的含义是在考虑自己之前先考虑别人，对应前边的改变自我为中心。故选B。

22．C 考查形容词辨析。A. famous著名的；B. simple简单的；C. different不同的；D. skilled有技巧的。句意：做出改变，变成了不同于以前的人。故选C。

23．考查名词辨析。A. education教育；B. career事业；C. tour旅行；D. change变化。我想我是在帕洛玛学院的时候开始改变的。改变这个词贯穿全文。故选D。

24．考查名词辨析。A. balance平衡；B. homework家庭作业；C. degree级别；D. interest兴趣。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。

25．考查动词辨析。A. talked谈论；B. wrote写；C. lied说谎；D. reported报道。talk to sb.和某人谈话，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。

26．考查形容词辨析。A. careful细心的；B. lonely孤独的；curious好奇的；guilty犯罪的。孤独的，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.故选B。

27．考查名词辨析。A. argument争论；B. game运动；C. experiment实验；D. defense防御。对应下文开始做的事情。根据下文I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I 8 to help.可知，作者这样做，是一个尝试。故选C。

28． 考查动词辨析。A. dared敢；B. offered提供；C. hesitated犹豫；D. happened发生。根据前一句if they were having trouble可推知，作者是愿意提供帮助的。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。故选B。

29．考查名词辨析。A. dream梦想；B. problem问题；C. duty责任；D. step台阶、步骤。表示一种进步。紧接着，对应下文的具体的进步之处。故选D。

30．考查代词辨析。A. us我们；B. which哪个；C. them他们；D. whom谁，who的宾格。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。故选C。

31．考查名词辨析。A. attitude态度；B. hobby爱好；C. hope希望；D. luck幸运。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（态度）的变化。故选A。

32．考查名词词义辨析。A. friend朋友；B. partner伙伴；C. guide向导；D. guest客人。作者去敬老院做兼职，与老人之间成了朋友。故选A。

33．考查形容词词义辨析。A. polite礼貌；B. happy快乐；C. strange奇怪；D. confident自信。通过空格后面because she thought I was her daughter可推测出old lady是非常高兴的。故选B。

34．考查动词词义辨析。A. bothered打扰；B. answered回答；C. visited参观；D. trusted信任。通过文中信息得知old lady是一个病人，可知她真正的女儿从来都不看望她。故选C。

35．考查动词词义辨析。A. explain解释；s猜测；C. declare宣称；D. see明白；理解。由后边句子making others feel good make me feel good, too可知，老人使作者明白了一个道理。故选D。

36．由句意可知，当她去世的时候，“我”非常伤心（heartbroken）。homeless 意为“无家可归的”，bad-tempered 意为“坏脾气的”，hopeless 意为“没有希望的”，均不符合语境。故正确*为B。

37．结合上文可知，“我”以前是一个过于以自我为中心的人，现在“我”懂得了关心别人，因此比起以前，“我”觉得自己变得更好（better）了。quiet 意为“安静的”，busy 意为“繁忙的”，rich 意为“富裕的”，均不符合文意。故正确*为C。

38．考查动词词义辨析。A. forget忘记；B. face面对；C. improve改进；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经历，所以选will not forget,其他均不符合语境。故选A。

39．考查动词词义辨析。A. forced强迫；B. preferred更喜欢；C. ordered命令；D. taught教。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。故选D。

40．考查动词词义辨析。A. miss想念、错过；B. like喜欢；C. wonder想知道；D. expect期待。通过文章可推测出与之前比较作者更“喜欢”现在的自己，故选B。

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