I used to be a very self-centered（自我中心的） 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 different person.
I think my started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my degree（学位）and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I talked to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really . It seemed as if everyone had made friends and was having fun, except me. So I had a（n） . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble, I would to help. That was really a big step 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 was badly ill 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 make me feel good, too. When she died, I was , but I was very grateful（感激的）to her.
I think I am a much better person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not these experiences. They have taught me to about other people more than about myself.
A．since B．before C．unless D．or
A．change B．interest C．tour D．education
A．usually B．often C．hardly D．just
A．happy B．relaxed C．angry D．lonely
A．hobby B．problem C．idea D．job
A．offer B．have C．refuse D．forget
A．us B．you C．them D．it
A．hobby B．attitude C．hope D．job
A．friend B．teacher C．classmate D．guide
A．strange B．terrible C．polite D．happy
A．liked B．asked C．visited D．believed
A．understand B．guess C．explain D．hate
A．homeless B．sad C．hopeless D．lazy
A．face B．forget C．find D．improve
A．talk B．care C．worry D．learn
完型填空（共10小题，每小题1分， 满分10 分）
A well-dressed man goesa restaurant one day. He sits down at the table near the window.
A waiter comes up toand says, “ can I help you, sir? ” The man says, “ Can I see the menu((菜单)？” “ Certainly. The man wants a good meal. He wants a lots of nice.The waiter gets them for him. The man is having his. At that time a boy comes in and sits down beside the man. He asks theto give him ice cream. The man does so.
Now the boy is eating ice cream. The man is saying，“ I go out a newspaper” Then he goes out After the boy eats his ice cream up，heand goes to the door.“，your father hasn’t given the money for the meal and your ice cream,” the waiter stops him and says.
“ Father ? You’ re . He isn’t my father. I don’thim . I meet him in the street. He says he will give me ice cream if I come here at twelve o’clock”A. up B. out C. into
A. him B. her C. them
A. dishes B. plates C. bowls
A. cakes B. drink C. meal
A. man B. waiter C. father
A. with B. for C. to
A. sits down B. stands up C. gets up
A. Excuse me B. Sorry C. Hello
A. good B. right C. wrong
A. like B. know C. ask
完形填空（每小题1分，满分10分）
Coke(可乐)is one of drinks in the world. A lot of people enjoy it. But now people begin to believe that it’s not a good drink for health. There is lots ofin the coke. Having much sugar is for people. And it also has some caffeine (咖啡因)in it. The caffeine can get people into the habit (习惯) of drinking more coke when they feel . If they don’t drink coke, they bad. And thing is that some people can’t work or study drinking several cups of coke every day. More and more people want to cut down the coke they drink and ask help from the doctors. If you like drinking coke very much, I think you must have the Coke Habit. In fact, drinking more fruit and vegetable juice is for you.A. more popular B. popular C. the most popular
A. drinkB. drinking C. to drink
A. saltB. juice C. sugar
A. good B. wellC. bad
A. hungry B. fine C. thirsty
A. will feel B. are feeling C. felt
A. bad B. worse C. the worst
A. not B. without C. with
A. to B. for C. on
A. good B. well C. best
完形填空 10分
A young man and an old man in the park. The old man tired so he to have a rest. There is a chair in front of the young man. The old man sees the chair. He wants on the chair. He walks to the chair. The young man walks to it, too. So the old man begins to run. The young man say, “ sit on the chair! ” The old man doesn’t him. Now he on it. He looks .The young man comes over to him. He is a small board一块小的板 in his hand. It “Wet Paint(油漆未干)”
A．are walking B．is wanting C．walking D．walk
A．am B．is C．are D．be
A．is wanting B．want C．wants D．to want
A．to sit B．sit C．sitting D．sat
A．Not B．Doesn’ t C．Don’t D．Can’t
A．listen to B．listen C．hear of D．to hear
A．is siting B．is sitting C．are sitting D．sits
A．happily B．happy C．very happily D．more happy
A．hold B．holding C．holds D．held
A．talks B．speaks C．tells D．says
完形填空（本题有15分，每小题1分，共15分）
Failure* often happens in our daily life. may fail in their school exams; scientists may fail in their research; and players may fail in their competitions. Although failure to everyone, different people have different attitudes* towards failure. Some people don’t think their failure is very at all. So they pay attention* to it . As a result, they will fail again Some people think they are fools and they lose their confidence* after they fail in something. So they their time and energy* on useless things and they may really be fools as they have thought.
Other people are quite different those two kinds of people. Instead of frustrated*, they draw a from every failure and become more experienced. After hard work, they will be in the end. It is said that failure is mother of success. Success will come after many times of failures we are good at drawing lessons from our failures.
In opinion, failure is not a bad thing. The really bad thing is not learning from failure or even losing heart after failure.
A．teachers B．doctors C．singers D．students
A．happens B．joins C．begins D．finds
A．but B．/ C．and D．because
A．different B．easy C．interesting D．important
A．no B．much C．many D．more
A．before B．later C．after D．late
A．why B．who C．when D．that
A．pay B．take C．spend D．cost
A．from B．in C．on D．for
A．to be B．being C．be D．been
A．lesson B．reason C．picture D．thought
A．happy B．sad C．successful D．helpful
A．one B．a C．an D．the
A．if B．until C．or D．so
A．my B．your C．her D．his
完形填空（共15小题，计15分）
My mom only had one eye. She cooked for students and teachers to support the .
One day my mom came over to say to me in primary school. I was so embarrassed(尴尬的) that I threw her a look and ran out. The next day at school, one of my classmates said, “EEEE, Your mom only has one !”
I wanted to bury myself. I also wanted my mom to just disappear. I met her that day and said, “If you’re only going to make me a laughing stock, why don’t you just disappear?” my mom did not respond…. I didn’t even stop to think for a second about I had said, because I was full of . I took no notice of her feelings at all. I wanted to be out of that house, so I really hard, and got a chance to go abroad for further education.
Then I got married. I bought a house of my own. I had kids of my own. I was happy with my life and my kids. Then one day, my mother came to visit me. She hadn’t seen me in years and she didn’t even meet her . When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her, and I shouted at her for coming over uninvited. I screamed at her, “How dare you come to my house and scare my children! GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!!1”
And to this, my mother answered, “Oh, I’m so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong address.” And she was soon out of sight. One day, a regarding a school reunion（校友会） came to my house. So I 。 After the reunion, I went to the old house just out of curiosity. My neighbors said that she . They handed me a letter that she had wanted me to have.
My dearest son,
I think of you all the time. I’m sorry that I came to your house and scared your children.
I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion. I may not be able to even get out of bed to see you. I’m sorry that I was a constant embarrassment to you when you were growing up.
You see … when you were very little, you got into a (an) , and lost your eye. As a mother, I couldn’t stand watching you having to grow up with one eye. So I gave you .
I was so proud of my son who was seeing a whole new world for me, in my place, with that eye.
With all my love to you,
Your mother
A．school B．church C．company D．family
A．hello B．goodbye C．love D．excuse
A．friendly B．surprising C．hateful D．lovely
A．hand B．nose C．eye D．ear
A．that B．what C．which D．how
A．fear B．happiness C．anger D．surprise
A．talked B．studied C．climbed D．ran
A．grandchildren B．children C．daughter D．father
A．quickly B．angrily C．excitedly D．quietly
A．friend B．bag C．report D．letter
A．lay B．lied C．lain D．laid
A．disappeared B．died C．moved D．traveled
A．And B．So C．But D．Or
A．school B．house C．river D．accident
A．mine B．his C．hers D．theirs