I was working as a consultant(顾问) in a beer company, helping the president and senior vice-presidents with something important. It was a big
16 . At the same time, my mother was in the
17 stages of cancer. .
I worked during the day and
18 40 miles home to be with her every night. It was
19 and stressful, but it was what I wanted to do. My promise was to continue to do excellent consulting during the day,
20 my evenings were very hard. I didn’t want to
21 the president with my situation.
22 I felt someone at the company wanted to
23 what was going on. So I told the vice-president of Hunan Resources, asking him not to
24 the information with anyone.
A few days
25 , the president called me into his office. I
26 he wanted to talk to me about one of the many issues we were
27 on. When I entered, he asked me to sit down. He faced me from across his large
28 , looked me in the eye and said, “I
29 your mother is very ill.”
I was totally
30 by surprise and burst into tears. He just looked at me, let my
31 subside(平息)，and then he
32 said a sentence I will never forget: “Whatever you need.” That was it. His
33 and willingness to both let me be in my pain and to offer me
34 were qualities of compassion(同情) that I
35 with me to this day.
| 小题1: | | A．honour | B．success | C．challenge | D．task |
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| 小题2: | | A．previous | B．final | C．fine | D．developing |
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| 小题3: | | A．walked | B．rode | C．ran | D．drove |
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| 小题4: | | A．tiring | B．exciting | C．boring | D．frightening |
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| 小题5: | | A．as if | B．after all | C．even though | D．now that |
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| 小题6: | | A．help | B．puzzle | C．cheat | D．bother |
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| 小题8: | | A．know | B．realize | C．hear | D．announce |
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| 小题9: | | A．enjoy | B．learn | C．share | D．hide |
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| 小题10: | | A．after | B．ago | C．before | D．later |
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| 小题11: | | A．knew | B．figured | C．doubted | D．found |
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| 小题12: | | A．working | B．getting | C．living | D．going |
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| 小题13: | | A．room | B．office | C．desk | D．computer |
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| 小题14: | | A．guess | B．hear | C．believe | D．think |
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| 小题16: | | A．crying | B．explaining | C．talking | D．worrying |
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| 小题17: | | A．suddenly | B．sadly | C．gently | D．carefully |
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| 小题18: | | A．happiness | B．understanding | C．excitement | D．sadness |
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| 小题19: | | A．everything | B．anything | C．nothing | D．something |
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| 小题20: | | A．take | B．bring | C．help | D．carry |
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