1 . 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 ________e to care about other people more than about myself. ________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. 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.heart broken | 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 |