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 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.
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.
defense
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
