倒数第29天(5月8日)
(2013·山东卷)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 I 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 Vista Nursing Home.One old lady there who had Alzheimer's disease became my__12__.Every time I
