黑龙江哈尔滨市第三十二中学2016届高三上学期期末考试 英语试题
I.完形填空（共30分，20小题，每小题1.5分）
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 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 a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s 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 make 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 B. simple C. different D. skilled
3. A. education B. career C. tour D. change
4. A. balance C. homework C. degree D. interest
5. A. talked B. wrote C. lied D. reported
6. A. careful B. lonely C. curious D. guilty
7. A. argument B. game C. experiment D. defence
8. A. dared B. offered C. hesitated D. happened
9. A. dream B. problem C. duty D. step
10. A. us B. which C. them D. whom
11. A. attitude B. hobby C. hope D. luck
12. A. friend B. partner C. guide D. guest
