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 I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a person.
I think my 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 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 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 her, so I took her place. She let me that making others feel good made me feel good, too. When she died, I was 5
, but I was very grateful to her.
I think I am a much person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not 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.
A．since B．before C．or D．unless
A．famous B．simple C．different D．skilled
A．education B．career C．tour D．change
A．balance B．homework C．degree D．interest
A．talked B．wrote C．lied D．reported
A．careful B．lonely C．curious D．guilty
A．argument B．game C．experiment D．defence
A．dared B．offered C．hesitated D．happened
A．dream B．problem C．duty D．step
A．us B．which C．them D．whom
A．attitude B．hobby C．hope D．luck
A．friend B．partner C．guide D．guest
A．polite B．happy C．strange D．confident
A．bothered B．answered C．visited D．trusted
A．explain B．guess C．declare D．see
A．homeless B．heartbroken C．bad-tempered D．hopeless
A．quieter B．busier C．better D．richer
A．forget B．face C．improve D．analyze
A．forced B．preferred C．ordered D．taught
A．miss B．like C．wonder D．expect
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
People think children should play sports. Sports are fun, and children keep 31 while playing with others. However, playing sports can have 32 effects on children. It may 33 feeling of poor self-respect or aggressive behavior in some children. According to research on kids and sports, 40,000,000 kids play sports in the US. Of these, 18,000,000 say they have been34 at or called names while playing sports. This leaves many children with a bad 35 of sports. They think sports are just too aggressive.
Many researchers believe adults, especially parents and coaches, are the main 36 of too much aggression in children’s sports. They believe children 37 aggressive adult behavior. This behavior is then further strengthened through both positive and negative feedback. Parents and coaches are powerful teachers because children usually 38 them. Often these adults behave aggressively themselves, 39 children the message that 40 is everything. Many parents go to children's sporting events and 41 insults (侮辱) at other players or cheer when their child behaves 42 . As well, children are even taught that hurting other players is 43 or are pushed to continue playing even when they are injured.44 , the media makes violence seem exciting. Children watch adult sports games and see violent behavior replayed over and over on television.
As a society, we really need to 45 this problem and do something about it. Parents and coaches 46 should act as better examples for children. They also 47 to teach children better
_ 48 . They should not just cheer when children win or act aggressively. They should teach children to49 themselves whether they win or not. Besides, children should not be allowed to continue to play when they are injured. If adults allow children to play when injured, this gives the message that50 is not as important as winning.
31.A.calmB.healthyC.curiousD.caring
| 32. A. positive 33. A.undertake |
B. negative B. ignore |
C. active C. produce |
D. instructive D.hurt |
| 34. A. knocked |
B. glanced |
C. smiled |
D. shouted |
| 35. A. impression |
B. concept |
C. taste |
D. expectation |
| 36. A. resource |
B. cause |
C. course |
D. consequence |
| 37. A. question 38.A.look down upon 39.A.leaving |
B. understand B.look through B.recommending |
C. copy C.look up to C.reflecting |
D. learn D. look away D sending |
| 40. A. winning |
B. practising |
C. fun |
D. sport |
| 41. A. call |
B. curse |
C. scream |
D. shout |
| 42. A. proudly |
B. ambitiously |
C. aggressively |
D. bravely |
| 43. A. acceptable |
B. impolite |
C. possible |
D. accessible |
| 44. A. By contrast |
B. In addition |
C. As a result |
D. After all |
| 45. A. keep up with |
B. face up to |
C. make up for |
D. come up with |
| 46. A. in particular 47.A.intend |
B. in all B.demand |
C. in return C. need |
D. in advance D.wish |
| 48. A. techniques |
B. means |
C. values |
D. directions |
| 49. A. respect |
B. relax |
C. forgive |
D. enjoy |
| 50. A. body |
B. fame |
C. health |
D. spirit |
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.
If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I 36 teaching it to you. If, when I speak to you, I 37 the same things thousand and one times, do not 38 me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story39 you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a 40 , neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I 41 , in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my 42 little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking(嘲弄) smile. I taught you 43 to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life…. When at some moment I lose the memory or the 44 of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you 45 to me.
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well 46 I need to and when not. When my 47 legs do not allow me to walk, give me your 48 , the same way I did when you gave your first 49 . And when someday I say to you that I do not want to 50 any more ---- that I want to rest forever, do not get angry. Someday you will understand.
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Some day you will discover that, 51 my mistakes, I always wanted the 52 thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad, angry or impotent(无可奈何) for seeing me 53 you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you 54 living. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and 55 . I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you, Son.
Your father
36. A. paid B. spent C. cost D. took
37. A. praise B. think C. repeat D. criticize
38. A. interrupt B. disturb C. look D. avoid
39. A. when B. after C. since D. until
40. A. rest B. word C. shower D. sleep
4l. A. discovered B. invented C. noticed D. assumed
42. A. knowing B. fearing C. enjoying D. consulting
43. A. what B. when C. how D. why
44. A. news B. attitude C. material D. thread
45. A. talking B. listening C. responding D. appealing
46. A. where B. how C. that D. when
47. A. tired B. short C. long D. strong
48. A. leg B. ear C. hand D. mind
49. A. step B. pace C. laugh D. cry
50. A. talk B. live C. write D. sleep
51. A. though B. since C. while D. despite
52. A. last B. first C. best D. most
53. A. near B. behind C. below D. against
54. A. made B. started C. earned D. found
55. A. mercy B. care C. excuse D. patience
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。并将答案写在答题卡上。
John Henry was a young man, and he was one of the best steel-drivers in the country,He cjould work for hours without missing a beat, People said he worked so fast that his 36 moved
Like lightening
One day,a salesman came to the work area with a new 37 machine by powered steam, He said it could drill holes 38 than twelve men working together, The railroad company 39 to buy the machine if it worked as well as the 
salesman said.
The supervisor(监工头) said,”I have the best steel-driver in the 40 , He can beat more than twenty men working together,”The salesman 41 the statements. He said the company could have the machine without cost 42 he was faster, The supervisor told John about it and said “How about a 43 ?” John Henry looked at the machine and saw 44 of the future, He saw machines taking 45 of America’s best laborers, He saw himself and friends 46 and standing by a road ,asking for food, He saw men losing their families and their 47 as human beings , John Henry told the supervisor he would never let the machine take his job, His friends all cheered.
The competition began, John Henry 48 his hammer and started working. At first, the steam-powered drill worked two times faster than he did, 49 he started working with a hammer in each hand. He worked faster and faster. In the mountain , the dust was so 50 that most men would have had trouble 51 . After a while , the machine was pulled from the tunnel , It had broken down, . But John Henry 52 working faster and faster. At last he became weak ,and his heart 53 . John Henry fell to the ground .”I beat them,” Then he took his 54 breath.
Soon, the steam drill and other machines replaced the steel-drivers ,.Many 55 left their families, looking for work, They took the only jobs they could find, As they worked, some sang about John Henry,
36.A broom, B hammer C hand D sleeve
37.A washing B drilling C sewing D flying38. A quickly B slower C faster D fast39. A managedB allowedC refused D planned40 A family B classC film D country41. A doubted B hatedC disagreedD decided42. A when B if C unless D despite43. A lesson B race C unless D despite44.A images B faces C plans D signs45. A the place B the room C the spaceD the air46. A excitedB unemployedC movedD encouraged47. A food B rightsC wagesD houses48.A touched B kicked C kissedD stamped49. A Otherwise B ButC ThenD However50. A thin B bigC highD thick51. A laughing B talkingC breathingD singing 52.A stopped B keptC enjoyedD suggested53. A burst B workedC ranD lived54.A own B deepC bestD last55. A laborersB womenC villagers D salesmen
第二节：完形填空 (共20小题,每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My 14-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat at the same time. It was hanging at a (an) 36 clothing store. The coat had a black velvet collar, delightful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label (标签) and a (an) 37 price of $ 28.
We looked at 38 , saying nothing, 39 John’s eyes shone. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with 40 , but could 41 several hundred dollars now.
John 42 the coat. He turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious, studied 43 that soon changed into a smile. The 44 was perfect. John wore the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile. “How did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They love it.” He said, carefully 45 it over the chair and smoothing it flat.
Over the next few weeks, the 46 came over John. Quiet, reasoned discussion was 47 argument. He became more thoughtful and eager to 48 . “Good dinner, Mum,” he would say every evening. One day when I suggested that he might start on homework before dinner, John said, “You are right, and I guess I will.”
When I 49 this to one of his teachers and remarked that I didn’t know 50 caused the changes, she said with laughter, “It must be his coat!” At the library, we 51 to meet a friend who had not seen our children for a long time. “ 52 this be John?” he asked, looking up to John’s new height, assessing the cut of his coat, and extending his hand, one gentleman to another.
John and I both knew we should never 53 a person’s clothes for the real person within them. But there is something to be said for 54 a standard of excellence for the world to see, for practicing standards of excellence in thought, speech and behavior, and for 55 what is on the inside with what is on the outside.
36. A. second-hand B. expensive C. big D. cheap
37. A. reasonable B. unbelievable C. special D. average
38. A. each other B. one another C. the other D. others
39. A. therefore B. however C. but D. thus
40. A. adults B. people C. parents D. teenagers
41. A. spend B. cost C. pay D. take
42. A. touched B. buttoned C. held D. obtained
43. A. gesture B. expression C. attitude D. feeling
44. A. colorB . price C. fit D. style
45. A. pressing B. taking C. hanging D. folding
46. A. happiness B. satisfaction C. change D. generosity
47. A. because of B. instead of C. aware of D. full of
48. A. please B. regret C. complain D. apologize
49. A. mentioned B. wrote C. reported D. explained
50. A. when B. how C. what D. that
51. A. happened B. came C. intended D. decided
52. A. Should B. Would C. Must D. Could
53. A. watch B. judge C. mistake D. consider
54. A. doing B. showing C. speaking D. wearing
55. A. comparing B. connecting C. combining D. matching
— I’ve been told that you are not content with your present job.
— Yeah. I am looking for a job _____ I can put my talent to good use.
A．which B．where C．when D．why