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 peopleI think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming aperson.
I think mystarted when I was at Palomar College. At first,  I just wanted to get myand be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else,  so I hardly everto 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 Ito help. That was really a bigfor me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two ofare still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new, however, came when I took a part-time job at Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my. Every time I came into her room, she was sobecause she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter neverher, so I took her place. She let methat making others feel good made me feel good, too.  When she died, I was, but I was also very grateful to her.
I think I am a muchperson today than I used to be, and I hope I will notthese experiences. They haveme to care about other people more than about myself. Iwho 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. happene
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