题目内容
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 made 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. 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
1.A
2.B
3.C
4.D
5.B
6.A
7.C
8.B
9.D
10.C
11.D
12.A
13.A
14.C
15.B
16.B
17.D
18.C
19.A
20.D
【解析】
试题分析：本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。作者通过自己从一个以自我为中心的没有朋友的人转变到关心他人，帮助他人，与人相处和谐的过程，说明做一个对别人有益有帮助的人是幸福的，成功的。
1.】B考查连词 ： 把握上下文的语境。根据前一句话，可知作者现在和过去不一样了，先考虑别人再考虑自己，所以用before, 在为自己着想之前先为别人着想，故选B。since自从；before在……之前；or或者；unless除非。
2. ： 利用原词复现解题。根据文章第二句“in the past two years I have really changed.”，可推知，我现在是一个与之前不同的人了，故选C。famous著名；simple简单；different不同；skilled熟练的。
3.】D。考查名词 ：把握上下文的语境。根据文章第二句“in the past two years I have really changed.”，可推知，本段要讲的是，我的改变发生在什么时候，故选D。education教育；career职业；tour观光；change改变。
4.】C。考查名词 ：根据生活常识推理手段。上大学的目的，就是为了得学位，所以作者一开始，就只是为了拿学位，故选C。balance平衡；homework家庭作业；degree学位；interest兴趣。
5.】A。考查动词 ：把握上下文的语境。由上句“I thought I was smarter than everyone else,”，可知，作者自恃清高，看不起别人，因而也不与人说话交流，故选A。talked说话；wrote写；lied说谎；reported报告。
6.】B。考查形容词 ： 把握上下文的语境。根据前一句话“I hardly ever talked to anyone else”,可知作者没有朋友，很孤独，故选B。careful小心的；lonely孤独的；curious好奇的；guilty有罪的。
7.】C。考查名词 ： 利用概括词复现解题。根据下文“I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I offered to help”，可知作者这样做，不是A争论，不是B游戏，而是一个尝试，D变化与前边动词不搭配，故选C。argument争论；game游戏；experiment尝试；defence防御。
8.】B。考查动词 ： 根据词汇的意义解题。根据前一句“if they were having trouble”可推知，作者是愿意提供帮助的，故选B。dared敢；offered提供；hesitated犹豫；happened发生。
9.】D。考查名词 ： 根据上下文词意复现解题。前文中出现转变different, 这里说的一大跨越，与前文相符，故选D。dream梦想；problem问题；duty责任；step步。
10.】C。考查代词 ：把握句子结构解题。这是一个由and连接的并列句，前后都是一个简单句，后半句中表达“其中有两人”，所以用two of them. 本句中如果前边没有and，那么就该选D whom，是指人的关系代词。故选C。us我们；which哪一个；them他们；whom谁。
11.】A。 考查名词 ：利用概括词复现解题。前文说作者是生活态度的转变，而不是B兴趣爱好，C希望，D运气的改变，故选A。attitude态度；hobby嗜好；hope希望；luck运气。
12.】A。考查名词 ： 根据生活常识和文化背景的推理手段。作者去敬老院做兼职，与老人之间成了朋友，而不可能成为B伙伴，C向导，D客人，故选A。friend朋友；partner伙伴；guide导游；guest客人。
13.】B。 考查形容词 ：把握句内的逻辑关系。作者每次去看望她，她都把作者当成她的女儿了，所以她应该是高兴的，故选B。polite礼貌的；happy幸福的；strange奇怪的；confident有信心的。
14.】C。考查动词 ： 把握上下文的语境。根据上下文，可知她真正的女儿从来都不看望她，bothered打扰；answered回答；visited拜访；trusted相信。故选C。
15.】D。考查动词 ： 把握上下文的语境。由后边句子“making others feel good make me feel good, too”，可知，老人是使作者明白了一个道理。Explain解释；guess猜测；declare宣布；see看到。故选D。
16.】B。考查形容词 ： 把握上下文的语境。根据前一句话“when she died”,可知作者非常伤心。Homeless无家可归的；heartbroken悲伤的；bad-tempered坏脾气的；hopeless没有希望的。故选B。
17.】C。考查形容词 ： 利用概括词复现解题。根据前文的事例，可知作者现在是变成了一个更好的人了，quieter僻静的；busier忙的；better好的；richer富有的。故选C。
18.】A。考查动词 ： 根据词汇的意义解题。根据前文所说，可推知，作者是希望自己不会忘记这些宝贵的经历。Forget忘记；face面对；improve提高；analyze分析，故选A。
19.】D。考查动词 ：把握上下文的语境。这些经历一定是教会了我这样的道理，forced强制；preferred更喜欢；ordered订购；taught教。故选D。
20.】B。考查动词 ：把握上下文的语境。我的这些转变，使我喜欢现在的自己，miss错过；like喜欢；wonder想知道；expect期待，故选B。
考点：考查日常生活类短文
