2017届浙江省海宁市紫薇中学九年级英语课堂拓展练习：8（无答案）.docVIP

课堂拓展练习（八） 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 ___5_____ talked 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 ____7_____. An idea came to my mind and 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, A bigger cause of my new 10 , 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 11 . she was so happy to see me each time because she ____12_____ I was her daughter. Her real daughter never visit her, so I took her place. She let me 13 that making others feel good make me feel good, too, when she died, I was 14 , but I was very grateful to her. I think I am a much 15 person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not forget these experiences. I like who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago. ( ) 1. A. since B. before C. or D. unless ( ) 2. A. famous B. simple C. different D. skilled ( ) 3. A. education B. career C. tour D. change ( ) 4.A. balance B. homework C. degree D. interest ( ) 5. A. often B. hardly C. usually D. sometimes ( ) 6. A. careful B. lonely C. afraid D. worried ( ) 7. A. argument B. fun C. experiment D. chances ( ) 8. A. dared B. offered C. hesitated D. happened ( ) 9. A. dream B. problem C. duty D. step ( ) 10.A. attitude B. hobby C. hope D. luc