题目内容：

I used to be a very self­centered person，but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people before I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a    person.

I think my change 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 them are still my best friends today.

A bigger cause of my new    ，however，came when I took a part­time job at 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 visited 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 also very grateful to her.

I think I am a much    person today than I used to be，and I hope I will not forget 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. famous      B．simple      C．different    D．skilled

2.A. balance      B．homework   C．degree       D．interest

3.A. talked      B．wrote       C．lied         D．reported

4.A. careful      B．lonely      C．curious      D．guilty

5.A. argument     B．game       C．experiment   D．defence

6.A. dared        B．offered    C．hesitated    D．happened

7.A. dream        B．problem    C．duty         D．step

8.A. attitude    B．hobby      C．hope        D．luck

9.A. friend       B．partner    C．guide       D．guest

10.A. polite     B．happy       C．strange     D．confident

11.A. explain    B．guess     C．declare     D．see

12.A. homeless   B．heartbroken C．bad­tempered D．hopeless

13.A. quieter    B．busier      C．better       D．richer

14.A. forced      B．preferred  C．ordered      D．taught

15.A. miss       B．like       C．wonder       D．Expect