广东省东莞市2014届高三高考中心组系列模拟英语试题（五）
I 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 : 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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 before I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a 1 person.
I think my 2 started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my 3 and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever talked to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really 4 . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So tried a(n) 5 . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I 6 __ to help. That was really a big 7 for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of us are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new 8 , 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 9 . Every time I came into her room, she was so happy because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never 10 her, so I took her place. She let me 11 that making others feel good made me feel good, too. When she died, I was 12 , but I was very grateful to her.
I think I am a much better person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not 13 these experiences. They have 14 me to care about other people more than about myself. I 15 who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.
1. A. famous B. simple C. different D. skilled
2. A. education B. career C. tour D. change
3. A. balance B. homework C. degree D. interest
4. A. careful B. lonely C. curious D. guilty
5. A. argument B. game C. experiment D. defence
6. A. dared B. offered C. hesitated D. happened
7. A. dream B. problem C. duty D. step
8. A. attitude B. hobby C. hope D. luck
9. A. friend B. partner C. guide D. guest
