2014-2015学年人教版高中英语选修17英语练习题.pdfVIP

语 篇 提 能 Ⅰ.完形填空 I used to be a very self­centred 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 part­time job at a 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 makes me feel good, too. When she died, I was __16__ ， but I was 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. 1．A. since B. before C. or D. unless 2 ．A. famous