(2013·山东卷)第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡将该项涂黑。
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.
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A.since |
B.before |
C.or |
D.unless |
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A.famous |
B.simple |
C.different |
D.skilled |
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A.education |
B.career |
C.tour |
D.change |
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A.balance |
B.homework |
C.degree |
D.interest |
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A.talked |
B.wrote |
C.lied |
D.reported |
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A.careful |
B.lonely |
C.curious |
D.guilty |
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A.argument |
B.game |
C.experiment |
D.defence |
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A.dared |
B.offered |
C.hesitated |
D.happened |
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A.dream |
B.problem |
C.duty |
D.step |
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A.us |
B.which |
C.them |
D.whom |
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A.attitude |
B.hobby |
C.hope |
D.luck |
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A.friend |
B.partner |
C.guide |
D.guest |
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A.polite |
B.happy |
C.strange |
D.confident |
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A.bothered |
B.answered |
C.visited |
D.trusted |
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A.explain |
B.guess |
C.declare |
D.see |
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A.homeless |
B.heartbroken |
C.bad-tempered |
D.hopeless |
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A.quieter |
B.busier |
C.better |
D.richer |
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A.forget |
B.face |
C.improve |
D.analyze |
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A.forced |
B.preferred |
C.ordered |
D.taught |
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A.miss |
B.like |
C.wonder |
D.expect |
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