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__36__I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a__37__person. I think my __38__started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my__39__and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever__40__ to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really__41__. It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So tried a(n)  __42__. I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I__43__ to help. That was really a big__44__for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of__45__are still my best friends today. A bigger cause of my new__46__, 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__47__ . Every time I came into her room, she was so __48__  because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never__49__her, so I took her place. She let me __50__that making others feel good made me feel good, too. When she died, I was__51__, but I was very grateful to her. I think I am a much__52__ person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not__53__ these experiences. They have __54__ me to care about other people more than about myself. I __55__who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago. 小题1: A．since B．before C．or D．unless 小题2: A．famous B．simple C．different D．skilled 小题3: A．education B．career C．tour D．change 小题4: A．balance B．homework C．degree D．interest 小题5: A．talked B．wrote C．lied D．reported 小题6: A．careful B．lonely C．curious D．guilty 小题7: A．argument B．game C．experiment D．defence 小题8: A．dared B．offered C．hesitated D．happened 小题9: A．dream B．problem C．duty D．step 小题10: A．us B．which C．them D．whom 小题11: A．attitude B．hobby C．hope D．luck 小题12: A．friend B．partner C．guide D．guest 小题13: A．polite B．happy C．strange D．confident 小题14: A．bothered B．answered C．visited D．trusted 小题15: A．explain B．guess C．declare D．see 小题16: A．homeless B．heartbroken C．bad-tempered D．hopeless 小题17: A．quieter B．busier C．better D．richer 小题18: A．forget B．face C．improve D．analyze 小题19: A．forced B．preferred C．ordered D．taught 小题20: A．miss B．like C．wonder D．expect