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   36   I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a   37   person.

I think my   38   started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my   39   and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever   40   to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really   41   . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So tried a(n)  42   I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I  43  to help. That was really a big   44   for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of   45   are still my best friends today. 

A bigger cause of my new   46   , 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   47    . Every time I came into her room, she was so   48  because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never   49   her, so I took her place. She let me   50  . that making others feel good make me feel good, too, when she died, I was  51   , but I was very grateful to her.

I think I am a much   52   person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not   53   these experiences. They have   54    me to care about other people more than about myself. I   55   who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.

36. A. since                  B. before                     C. or                           D. unless

37. A. famous               B. simple                      C. different                  D. skilled

38. A. education           B. career                      C. tour                         D. change

39. A. balance               C. homework                C. degree                      D. interest

40. A. talked                B. wrote                             C. lied                         D. reported

41. A. careful                B. lonely                      C. curious                     D. guilty

42. A. argument           B. game                       C. experiment              D. defence

43. A. dared                 B. offered                    C. hesitated                  D. happened

44. A. dream                B. problem                   C. duty                        D. step

45. A. us                      B. which                      C. them                       D. whom

46. A. attitude              B. hobby                      C. hope                       D. luck

47. A. friend                 B. partner                            C. guide                             D. guest

48. A. polite                 B. happy                      C. strange                    D. confident

49. A. bothered            B. answered                 C. visited                     D. trusted

50. A. explain               B. guess                       C. declare                     D. see

51. A. homeless             B. heartbroken                     C. bad-tempered           D. hopeless

52. A. quieter                B. busier                      C. better                             D. richer

53. A. forget                B. face                         C. improve                  D. analyze

54. A. forced                B. preferred                 C. ordered                   D. taught

55. A. miss                   B. like                         C. wonder                    D. expect