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】

作者講述了自己從一個自私的人變成現在能為他人着想的人的感受和過程。上大學時一心只想着拿學位而拼搏，結果一個朋友都沒有，感到很孤單。後來作者在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。

21．B 考查連詞辨析。A. since自從；B. before在……之前；C. or或者；D. 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。故選B。

22．C 考查形容詞辨析。A. famous著名的；B. simple簡單的；C. different不同的；D. skilled有技巧的。句意：做出改變，變成了不同於以前的人。故選C。

23．考查名詞辨析。A. education教育；B. career事業；C. tour旅行；D. change變化。我想我是在帕洛瑪學院的時候開始改變的。改變這個詞貫穿全文。故選D。

24．考查名詞辨析。A. balance平衡；B. homework家庭作業；C. degree級別；D. interest興趣。上大學的目的，就是為了得學位，所以作者一開始，就只是為了拿學位。故選C。

25．考查動詞辨析。A. talked談論；B. wrote寫；C. lied説謊；D. reported報道。talk to sb.和某人談話，由上句I thought I was smarter than everyone else,可知，作者自恃清高，看不起別人，因而也不與人説話交流。故選A。

26．考查形容詞辨析。A. careful細心的；B. lonely孤獨的；curious好奇的；guilty犯罪的。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.故選B。

27．考查名詞辨析。A. argument爭論；B. game運動；C. experiment實驗；D. defense防禦。對應下文開始做的事情。根據下文I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I 8 to help.可知，作者這樣做，是一個嘗試。故選C。

28． 考查動詞辨析。A. dared敢；B. offered提供；C. hesitated猶豫；D. happened發生。根據前一句if they were having trouble可推知，作者是願意提供幫助的。offer to do sth表示主動提出做某件事情，更能體現出想改變的決心。故選B。

29．考查名詞辨析。A. dream夢想；B. problem問題；C. duty責任；D. step台階、步驟。表示一種進步。緊接着，對應下文的具體的進步之處。故選D。

30．考查代詞辨析。A. us我們；B. which哪個；C. them他們；D. whom誰，who的賓格。這是一個由and連接的並列句，前後都是一個簡單句，後半句中表達“其中有兩人”，所以用two of them。故選C。

31．考查名詞辨析。A. attitude態度；B. hobby愛好；C. hope希望；D. luck幸運。由首句可知，作者之前是個self-centered person，通過一次經歷發生了變化並對比自己的今昔，所以可得出是attitude（態度）的變化。故選A。

32．考查名詞詞義辨析。A. friend朋友；B. partner夥伴；C. guide嚮導；D. guest客人。作者去敬老院做兼職，與老人之間成了朋友。故選A。

33．考查形容詞詞義辨析。A. polite禮貌；B. happy快樂；C. strange奇怪；D. confident自信。通過空格後面because she thought I was her daughter可推測出old lady是非常高興的。故選B。

34．考查動詞詞義辨析。A. bothered打擾；B. answered回答；C. visited參觀；D. trusted信任。通過文中信息得知old lady是一個病人，可知她真正的女兒從來都不看望她。故選C。

35．考查動詞詞義辨析。A. explain解釋；s猜測；C. declare宣稱；D. see明白；理解。由後邊句子making others feel good make me feel good, too可知，老人使作者明白了一個道理。故選D。

36．由句意可知，當她去世的時候，“我”非常傷心（heartbroken）。homeless 意為“無家可歸的”，bad-tempered 意為“壞脾氣的”，hopeless 意為“沒有希望的”，均不符合語境。故正確*為B。

37．結合上文可知，“我”以前是一個過於以自我為中心的人，現在“我”懂得了關心別人，因此比起以前，“我”覺得自己變得更好（better）了。quiet 意為“安靜的”，busy 意為“繁忙的”，rich 意為“富裕的”，均不符合文意。故正確*為C。

38．考查動詞詞義辨析。A. forget忘記；B. face面對；C. improve改進；D. analyze分析。作者通過這次的experience發生了好的變化，可推測作者想記住這次經歷，所以選will not forget,其他均不符合語境。故選A。

39．考查動詞詞義辨析。A. forced強迫；B. preferred更喜歡；C. ordered命令；D. taught教。作者通過這次經歷使自己變得更好，所以可推測這次經歷“教會”了自己什麼。故選D。

40．考查動詞詞義辨析。A. miss想念、錯過；B. like喜歡；C. wonder想知道；D. expect期待。通過文章可推測出與之前比較作者更“喜歡”現在的自己，故選B。

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