Question

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 made 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.

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

16.               A．homeless       B．heartbroken     C．bad-tempered D．hopeless

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.B

17.C

18.A

19.D

20.B

【解析】

1.根据前文，以前曾是一个以自我为中心的人，但过去两年已经开始改变。因此我已经开始为他人考虑了。为他人考虑就应该在考虑自己之前，故选before。

2.我非常高兴，以为我正变成一个与以前那个以自我为中心的人不一样的人了。故选different。A,著名的，B，简单的，D，训练有素的。都不符合题意！

3.我认为我的变化是开始于就读Palomar大学的时候。用change“变化”。而education教育，career职业生涯，tour旅行，观光    明显不符合。

4.起初，我只是想要得到我的学历，所以单独呆着。故选C学历。A. balance平衡C. homework作业D. interest兴趣，显然不符！

5.语境：我以为我比其他人都聪明，所以我很少跟班上的人说话。故选A。B. wrote写作；C. lied撒谎D. reported作报告

6.根据后文：除了我每个人都交了朋友，都很快乐。因此，我确实很孤独。故选B。而A仔细的；C好奇的；D为内疚、有罪的意思。

7.根据后文，我开始询问周围的人怎么样，可知我开始尝试与人交流。此处experiment“实验”，表示我开始尝试一个实验。Argument为争论，game游戏，defence辩护、防御等明显语意不符。

8.offer to help“主动提出帮助”，根据前后文语境，作者询问他人是否有他可以帮忙的麻烦。

9.对我来说，那确实是一个很大的进步。step“步伐，迈步”。此处意为我有了一次很大的迈步。而梦想，问题，责任等其他选项则不合适。

10.此题辨析并列句和关系从句。根据两句间连词and可知两句关系为并列，故使用人称代词；根据句意：我交了几个新朋友，其中两个至今也是我最好的朋友。

11.根据本段的叙述，我在Vista Nursing Home做兼职的时候所遇到的一件事是使他有了彻底转变以前态度的动机。故此处选attitude（态度）别的选项的意思依次为爱好、希望和运气。

12.一个有阿尔茨海默氏病的老人成为了我的朋友。从后文可以看出她们的关系很好。此题很好的考差了做完形填空题要前后文联系的方法，别的选项，搭档、向导和客人显然文不达意。

13.因为老人认为我是她女儿，所以每次我去她房间的时候，她很高兴（happy）。语境考察，A礼貌；C陌生、奇怪；D自信。

14.她的女儿从来都没来看望（visit）她，因此我就取代了她女儿的位置。A、B、D依次为打扰、回答和信任的意思。

15.她让我明白，让他人心情愉快同时也会让自己心情很好。此处see的意思为明白的意思，而不是作看见讲。

16.当她去世的时候，我很伤心。经常相处的老人去世了，我应该很伤心（heartbroken）。别的选项的意思依次为：无家可归、坏脾气和无望，用在此处不合适。

17.比起以前，我觉得我现在是一个更好的人。Better为比较级，表示更好，别的选项也都是比较级，但是意思不符合此处语境，此题比较简单。

18.因为这些经历对我来说意义非凡，所以我希望不会忘记（forget）。B、C、D依次为面对、提高和分析的意思。

19.这些经历教会（taught）我更多地关注他人而不是自己。此处比较而言，只有taught更符合题意！

20.我是喜欢现在的我，而在几年前我却不能这么说。Miss错过，wonder想知道，expect期望，这三个选项不符合题意和语境