: I used to be a very self-centered person,but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think aboutother people ___36_____I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a____37____ person. I think my ____38______started when I wasat Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my ___39_____and be leftalone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever ____40____toanyone 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 trieda(n) ___42____ . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and ifthey were having trouble I ___43___ to help. That was really a big ___44____forme. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of ___45____arestill my best friends today. A bigger cause of my new __46_____,however, came when I took a part-time job at a VistaNursing Home. One old ladythere who had Alzheimer ’ s disease became my ___47___ . Every time I came into her room, shewas 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 othersfeel good make me feel good, too, when she died, I was ___51____, but I was very grateful to her. Ithink I am a much ___52____ person today than I used to be, and I hope I willnot____53____these experiences. They have __54____ me to care about otherpeople more than about myself. I___55____who I am today, and I could not say thata 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 B. 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