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倒数第29天(5月8日) (2013·山东卷)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__1__I think about myself.I am happy that I am becoming a__2__person. I think my__3__started when I was at Palomar College.At first，I just wanted to get my__4__and be left alone.I thought I was smarter than everyone else，so I hardly ever__5__to anyone in my classes.By the end of my first semester，I was really__6__.It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun.So I tried a(n)__7__.I started asking people around me how they were doing，and if they were having trouble I__8__to help.That was really a big __9__ for me.By the end of the year，I had several new friends，and two of__10__are still my best friends today. A bigger cause of my new__11__，however，came when I took a part－time job at Vista Nursing Home.One old lady there who had Alzheimers disease became my__12__.Every time I came into her room，she was so __13__because she thought I was her daughter.Her real daughter never__14__her，so I took her place.She let me__15__that making others feel good made me feel good too.When she died，I was__16__，but I was also very grateful to her. I think I am a much__17__person today than I used to be，and I hope I will not__18__these experiences.They have__19__me to care about other people more than about myself.I__20__who I am today，and I could not say that a few years ago. 【语篇解读】 作者从一个以自我为中心的人逐渐成为一个助人为乐的人。爱别人，别人更爱自己。 1．A.since B．before C．or D．unless 解析　before在……之前，表示的含义是在考虑自己之前先考虑别人，对应前边的改变自我为中心。 答案　B 2．A.famous B．simple C．different D．skilled 解析　含义是不同的，做出改变，变成了不同于以前的人。 答案　C 3．A.education B．career C．tour D．change 解析　改变，这个单词贯穿全文。 答案　D 4．A.balance C．homework C．degree D．interest 解析　学位。因为对应前文中的在大学里，只想取得学位。 答案　C 5．A.talked B．wrote C．lied D．reported 解析　talk to sb和某人谈话，因为前文说是自己认为比别人聪明，因此几乎不和别人说话。 答案　A 6．A.careful B．lonely C．curious D．guilty 解析　孤独的，没有朋友，正好对应下文的It seemed as if everyone but me had made fri