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 __41__ I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a __42__ person.
I think my __43__ started when I was at Palomar College. At first,I just wanted to get my __44__ and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else,so I hardly ever __45__ to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester(学期),I was really __46__.It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I tried a(n)__47__.I started asking people around me how they were doing,and if they were having trouble I __48__ to help. That was really a big __49__ for me. By the end of the year,I had several new friends,and two of __50__ are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new __51__,however,came when I took a parttime job at Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer's disease became my __52__.Every time I came into her room,she was so __53__ because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never __54__ her,so I took her place. She let me __55__ that making others feel good made me feel good too. When she died,I was __56__,but I was also very grateful to her.
I think I am a much __57__ person today than I used to be,and I hope I will not __58__ these experiences. They have __59__ me to care about other people more than about myself. I __60__ who I am today,and I could not say that a few years ago.
41. | A. since | B. or | C. before | D. unless |
42. | A. famous | B. simple | C. different | D. skilled |
43. | A. education | B. career | C. tour | D. change |
44. | A. balance | B. homework | C. degree | D. interest |
45. | A. talked | B. wrote | C. lied | D. reported |
46. | A. careful | B. lonely | C. curious | D. guilty |
47. | A. argument | B. game | C. experiment | D. defence |
48. | A. dared | B. offered | C. hesitated | D. happened |
49. | A. dream | B. problem | C. duty | D. step |
50. | A. us | B. which | C. them | D. whom |
51. | A. attitude | B. hobby | C. hope | D. luck |
52. | A. friend | B. partner | C. guide | D. guest |
53. | A. polite | B. happy | C. strange | D. confident |
54. | A. bothered | B. answered | C. visited | D. trusted |
55. | A. explain | B. guess | C. declare | D. see |
56. | A. homeless | B. heartbroken | C. bad-tempered | D. hopeless |
57. | A. quieter | B. busier | C. better | D. richer |
58. | A. forget | B. face | C. improve | D. analyze |
59. | A. forced | B. preferred | C. ordered | D. taught |
60. | A. miss | B. like | C. wonder | D. expect |
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