Question

【题目】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__I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a____person.

I think my__started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my____and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever_____to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really_____. It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I tried a(n) ___. I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I__to help. That was really a big___for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of___are still my best friends today.

A bigger cause of my new__, 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____. Every time I came into her room, she was so__because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never___her, so I took her place. She let me___. that making others feel good make me feel good, too, when she died, I was___, but I was very grateful to her.

I think I am a much_____person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not____these experiences. They have___me to care about other people more than about myself. I____who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.

【1】A. since B. or C. before D. unless

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

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

【4】A. degree B. balance C. homework 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. defence D. experiment

【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. guide B. friend C. partner 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. heartbroken B. homeless 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. wonder C. like D. expect

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】A

【5】A

【6】B

【7】D

【8】B

【9】D

【10】C

【11】A

【12】B

【13】B

【14】C

【15】D

【16】A

【17】C

【18】A

【19】D

【20】C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者从自私到位他人考虑的变化过程，刚上大学时作者一心求学一个朋友都没有感到很孤单。后来作者在Vista 护理之家，结识了一位老妇人，她把她当作女儿看待。老人告诉她：快乐在于帮助他人。

【1】考查连词辨析。A. since自从；B. or或者；C. before在……之前；D. unless除非；本句表示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C项正确。

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

【3】考查名词辨析。A. education教育；B. career事业；C. tour旅行；D. change变化。本文主要讲述的就是作者的改变，在文章里多次出现change这个词。故D项正确。

【4】考查名词辨析。A. degree级别；学位；B. balance平衡；C. homework家庭作业；D. interest兴趣。因为对应前文中的在大学里，只想取得学位。故A项正确。

【5】考查动词辨析。A. talked谈论；B. wrote写；C. lied说谎；D. reported报道。动词短语talktosb和某人谈话，因为前文说是自己认为比别人聪明，因此几乎不和别人说话。故A项正确。

【6】考查形容词辨析。作者一心求学，没有朋友，感觉很孤独，正好对应下文的It seemedasif everyonebutme hadmade friends andwashavingfun.故选B。

【7】考查名词辨析。A. argument争论；B. game游戏；C. defense防御；D. experiment实验；

作者想要改变自己，实验引申为一种突破，一种改变，对应下文开始做的事情。选D项。

【8】考查动词辨析。A. dared 敢；B. offered提供；C. hesitated犹豫；D. happened发生，碰巧； offertodosth表示主动提出做某件事情，更能体现出想改变的决心。选B。

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

【10】考查代词辨析。注意and这个连词的作用，引文是并列句，因此注意语法的作用，使用them。选C。

【11】考查名词辨析。A. attitude态度；B. hobby爱好；C. hope希望；D. luck幸运；运气；由首句可知，作者之前是个self-centeredperson，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。选A。

【12】考查名词词义辨析，A. guide向导；B. friend朋友；C. partner同伴；D. guest客人；通过文章的became.可推测出oldlady是作者的friend（朋友）。故B项正确。

【13】考查形容词词义辨析，A. polite礼貌的；B. happy开心的；C. strange奇怪的；D. confident自信的；通过空格后面的becauseshethoughtIwasherdaughter可推测出oldlady是非常高兴的。故B项正确。

【14】考查动词词义辨析，A. bothered打扰；B. answered回答；C. visited参观；拜访；D. trusted信任；通过文中信息得知oldlady是一个病人，可推测出是来看望(visit)自己，选C。

【15】考查动词词义辨析。A. explain解释；B. guess猜想；C. declare宣布；D. see看见，明白；她想让我明白让自己开心的是帮助他人。故D项正确。

【16】考查复合形容词辨析。A. heartbroken心碎的；B. homeless无家可归的；C. bad-tempered坏脾气的；D. hopeless没有用希望的。根据shedied, butIwasalsoverygratefultoher.可知作者当时的心情肯定是悲伤的。故A项正确。

【17】考查形容词辨析。A. quieter更安静的；B. busier更忙碌的；C. better更好的；D. richer更富有的；作者通过这次经历使自己变得更好。选C。

【18】考查动词词义辨析。A. forget忘记；B. face面对；C. improve提高，改善；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willnotforget,其他均不符合语境。选A。

【19】考查动词词义辨析，A. forced强迫；B. preferred更喜欢；C. ordered命令；点购；D. taught教育；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D项正确。

【20】考查动词词义辨析，A. miss错过；B. wonder想知道；C. like喜欢；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，选like，其他选项均不符合语境。选C。