36-40 BCDCA 41-45BCBDC 46-50AABCD 51-55 BCADB 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 36 I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a 37 person.
I think my 38 started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my 39 and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever 40 to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really 41 . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So tried a(n) 42 . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I 43 to help. That was really a big 44 for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of 45 are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new 46 , 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 47 . Every time I came into her room, she was so 48 because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never 49 her, so I took her place. She let me 50 . that making others feel good make me feel good, too, when she died, I was 51 , but I was very grateful to her.
I think I am a much 52 person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not 53 these experiences. They have 54 me to care about other people more than about myself. I 55 who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.
36. A. since B. before C. or D. unless
37. A. famous B. simple C. different D. skilled
38. A. education B. career C. tour D. change
39. A. balance B. homework C. degree D. interest
40. A. talked B. wrote C. lied D. reported
41. A. careful B. lonelyC. curious D. guilty
42. A. argument B. game C. experiment D. defence
43. A. dared B. offered C. hesitated D. happened
44. A. dream B. problem C. duty D. step
45. A. us B. which C. them D. whom
46. A. attitude B. hobby C. hope D. luck
47. A. friend B. partner C. guide D. guest
48. A. polite B. happy C. strange D. confident
49. A. bothered B. answered C. visited D. trusted
50. A. explain B. guess C. declare D. see
51. A. homeless B. heartbroken C. bad-tempered D. hopeless
52. A. quieter B. busier C. better D. richer
53. A. forget B. face C. improve D. analyze
54. A. forced B. preferred C. ordered D. taught
55. A. miss B. like C. wonder D. expect 36.题,选择B
【题目考点】：上下句逻辑关系
【题目解析】：此题考察逻辑关系词,我开始为别人着想 ______ 我只想我自己.只有B选项before在...之前合适.
37.题,选择C
【题目考点】：形容词和名词的关系.
【题目解析】：此题考察名词,我变成一个 ______ 的人.,文章开头说到我used to be a self-centered person,之前是一个自我为中心的人,后来change了,说明作者变成了另外一个人,故选C.38.题,选择D
【题目考点】：1. 形容词与名词的关系,2 名词的复现.
【题目解析】：此题考察名词,文章提到我的 ______ 开始 ..., 我现在指做了一事件,这件事就是改变,所以选D.同时change这个词在上文中出现了.39.题,选择C
【题目考点】：1. 名词与动词的搭配,2.形容词与名词的搭配
【题目解析】：此题考查名词题,get my ____.得到____ 说明之前没有这个东西,在上文中一定能暗示出来没有这个东西.C选项得到学位,与原文的语境非常相符,因为上文刚提到我在大学,所以选C.A选项得到平衡,说明之前没有平衡,原文中没有,所以不对；BD选项错误方式与A相同,故都不能选.40.题,选择A
【题目考点】：上下句的因果关系.
【题目解析】：此题考察形容词,关注上下句的因果关系.我认为我更聪明,因此我____ ,只有A合适,我自认为很聪明,所以就不理其他的人,及不与其他的人说话.41.题,选择B
【题目考点】：形容词的具体对应.
【题目解析】：此题考察形容词,我是____.下一句提到除我以外的每一个人都有快乐,所以我是孤独的,故选B.42.题,选择C
【题目考点】：名词及具体对应.
【题目解析】：此题考察名词,我尝试____.下一句紧接着提到―我问我周围的人是怎样做的并且如果需要帮忙,我就去帮助‖.与这句话相关的抽象名词只有experiment,故选C.43.题,选择B
【题目考点】：1. 名词和动词的关系,2 上下句的条件关系
【题目解析】：此题考察动词,如果他们有困难,I ______ to help. B选项offer to help = be willing to help 乐意去帮助,非常合适,故选B.A 选项dare to help: 敢于帮助,dare指的是brave,强调勇敢,与语境不相关,故不能选；C选项hesitate to help：去帮助很犹豫,与语境不符; D选项happen to help.: 恰巧去帮助与语境不符合,故排除CD.44.题,选择D
【题目考点】：名词的具体对应.
【题目解析】：此题考查名词题.这是个很大的______.前几句提到―我问他们是怎么做到的,并且如果有困难,就去帮助‖,这对我而言是很大的一步,故选step,选D.45.题,选择C【题目考点】：语法题【题目解析】：原文中有and,所以填人称代词,代词代替friends,选them,故选C.46.题,选择A
【题目考点】：1. 形容词和名词的关系,2.名词的具体对应.
【题目解析】：此题考察名词,我的新的______. 我的（指作者）,新的（从无到有的变化）两个形容词限制名词,在上一段中,作者从一个孤独的人变成了一个有朋友的人,这是一个态度的变化,故选A.47.题,选择A
【题目考点】：1. 形容词与名词的搭配；2. 名词对应
【题目解析】：此题考察名词,变成我的 ______. 上文中提到friend,故选A48.题,选择B
【题目考点】：因果关系合理.
【题目解析】：此题考察形容词,她是如此的____因为她认为我是她女儿.只有happy合适,故选B49.题,选择C
【题目考点】：上下句的因果关系.
【题目解析】：此题考察动词,她的真正的女儿不 ______ 她,因此我取代了他女儿的位置.50.题,选择D
【题目考点】：名词和动词的关系.
【题目解析】：此题考察动词,考察一个难点,see that：明白了=understand,只有这个选项合适,故选D.51.题,选择B
【题目考点】：1. 上下句关系合理2. 态度一致
【题目解析】：此题考察形容词,当她死的时候,我是______,四个选项中只有B是正态度,其余三个全是负态度,故选B.52.题,选择C
【题目考点】：1.形容词和名词的关系, 2态度合理
【题目解析】：此题考察形容词,我认为我是 ______.作者从一个self-centered 的人变成一个有很多friends的人,应该是一个正态度的评价,ABCD中只有C是正态度（rich是中性词）故选C.53.题,选择A
【题目考点】：1. 动词与名词的搭配；2动作并列.
【题目解析】：我是一个更好的人并且我希望我不会______ 这些经历.只有A选项forget合适.54.题,选择D 【题目考点】：搭配合理.
【题目解析】：they ____ me to do ,他们指的是前文中的经历（experiences）,经历不能发出其他三个动作,故选D.
55.题,选择B
【题目考点】：首尾呼应.
【题目解析】：文章的开头出现used to do,结尾必与之呼应,开头说作者是自我为中心的人