高三英语每日一练3

英语每日一练（三）

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 made 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 B．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

【13】A．polite B．happy C．strange D．confident

【14】A．bothered B．answered C．visited D．trusted

【15】A．explain B．guess C．declare D．see

【16】A．homeless B．heartbroken C．bad-tempered D．hopeless

【17】A．quieter B．busier C．better D．richer

【18】A．forget B．face C．improve D．analyze

【19】A．forced B．preferred C．ordered D．taught

【20】A．miss B．like C．wonder D．expect

In 1978, I was 18 and was working as a nurse in a small town about 270 km away from Sydney, Australia. I was looking forward to having five fays off from duty. Unfortunately, the only one train a day back to my home in Sydney had already left. So I thought I’d hitch a ride (搭便车).

I waited by the side of the highway for three hours but no one stopped for me. Finally, a man walked over and introduced himself as Gordon. He said that although he couldn’t give me a lift, I should come back to his house for lunch. He noticed me standing for hours in the November heat and thought I must be hungry. I was doubtful as