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9．First we'll put you as anassistant （assist） to an experienced journalist．Later you can cover a story and submit the article yourself．分析 首先我们会安排你做一名有经验的记者的助手；然后你独立报导故事，提交文章．
解答 答案是assistant．本题考查词性转换；assist动词，帮助；assistant名词，助手；题干中不定冠词后面需要的是名词"助手"，故答案是 assistant．
点评 本题是要求用所给词的适当形式填空，解题时首先考虑句中需要的词性；其次，如果是谓语动词关注时态、语态和数的变化；如果是非谓语动词要联系非谓语的基本用法判断非谓语的形式；如果是名词关注单复数．
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A bigger cause of my new （26）A，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 （27）A．Every time I came into her room，she was so （28）B because she thought I was her daughter．Her real daughter never （29）C her，so I took her place．She let me （30）D．that making others feel good make me feel good，too，when she died，I was （31）B，but I was very grateful to her．
I think I am a much（32）Cperson today than I used to be，and I hope I will not （33）A these experiences．They have （34）D me to care about other people more than about myself．I （35）B who I am today，and I could not say that a few years ago．
I think my （18）D started when I was at Palomar College．At first，I just wanted to get my （19）Cand be left alone．I thought I was smarter than everyone else，so I hardly ever （20）A to anyone in my classes．By the end of my first semester，I was really（21）B．It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun．So tried a（n） （22）C．I started asking people around me how they were doing，and if they were having trouble I （23）Bto help．That was really a big （24）D for me．By the end of the year，I had several new friends，and two of （25）C are still my best friends today．
A bigger cause of my new （26）A，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 （27）A．Every time I came into her room，she was so （28）B because she thought I was her daughter．Her real daughter never （29）C her，so I took her place．She let me （30）D．that making others feel good make me feel good，too，when she died，I was （31）B，but I was very grateful to her．
I think I am a much（32）Cperson today than I used to be，and I hope I will not （33）A these experiences．They have （34）D me to care about other people more than about myself．I （35）B who I am today，and I could not say that a few years ago．
| 16．A．since | B．before | C．or | D．unless |
| 17．A．famous | B．simple | C．different | D．skilled |
| 18．A．education | B．career | C．tour | D．change |
| 19．A．balance | B．homework | C．degree | D．interest |
| 20．A．talked | B．wrote | C．lied | D．reported |
| 21．A．careful | B．lonely | C．curious | D．guilty |
| 22．A．argument | B．game | C．experiment | D．defence |
| 23．A．dared | B．offered | C．hesitated | D．happened |
| 24．A．dream | B．problem | C．duty | D．step |
| 25．A．us | B．which | C．them | D．whom |
| 26．A．attitude | B．hobby | C．hope | D．luck |
| 27．A．friend | B．partner | C．guide | D．guest |
| 28．A．polite | B．happy | C．strange | D．confident |
| 29．A．bothered | B．answered | C．visited | D．trusted |
| 30．A．explain | B．guess | C．declare | D．see |
| 31．A．homeless | B．heartbroken | C．bad-tempered | D．hopeless |
| 32．A．quieter | B．busier | C．better | D．richer |
| 33．A．forget | B．face | C．improve | D．analyze |
| 34．A．forced | B．preferred | C．ordered | D．taught |
| 35．A．miss | B．like | C．wonder | D．expect |
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| 41．A．unique | B．adventurous | C．young | D．untrained |
| 42．A．meanwhile | B．though | C．instead | D．somehow |
| 43．A．quit | B．stay | C．resign | D．rest |
| 44．A．hoping | B．swearing | C．claiming | D．wishing |
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| 51．A．with | B．alongside | C．on | D．for |
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