Question

I was working as a consultant in a beer company, helping the president and senior vice-presidents form and carry out their new planning projects. It was really a great challenge.
At the same time, my mother was in the final stages of cancer.
I worked during the day and drove 40 miles home to be with her every night. It was tiring and stressful, but it was what I wanted to do. My commitment was to continue to do excellent consulting during the day, even though my evenings were very hard. I didn’t want to bother the president with my situation, yet I felt someone at the company needed to know what was going on. So I told the vice-president of Human Resources, asking him not to share the information with anyone.
A few days later, the president called me into his office.
I figured he wanted to talk to me about one of the many issues we were working on. When I entered, he asked me to sit down. He faced me from across his large desk, looked at me in the eye and said, “I hear your mother is very ill”.
I was totally caught by surprise and burst into tears. He just looked at me, let my crying subside(平息), and then gently said a sentence I will never forget: whatever you need.
That was it. His understanding and his willingness to both let me be in my pain and to offer me everything were qualities of sympathy（同情）that I carry with me to this day

1. 1.
   When the author was working in a beer company, his mother        
   1. A.
      was concerned about him
   2. B.
      drew the president’s attention
   3. C.
      was seriously ill
   4. D.
      was proud of her son
2. 2.
   Although he felt tired and stressed, he felt it his duty        
   1. A.
      to help plan some new projects
   2. B.
      to avoid bothering the president
   3. C.
      to tell the vice-president his difficult situation
   4. D.
      to do his job well and look after his mother
3. 3.
   Most probably, the president got the information from        
   1. A.
      a relative of the author’s
   2. B.
      the vice-president
   3. C.
      the author’s good friends
   4. D.
      the author’s workmates
4. 4.
   Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?
   1. A.
      Understanding Is Nowhere
   2. B.
      Generous President
   3. C.
      Sympathy Is Needed
   4. D.
      An Unforgettable Memory

Answer 1

CDBD
試題分析：本文講述了我在母親生病期間繼續(xù)工作，董事長對我的鼓勵和同情讓個我銘記至今。
1.C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段At the same time, my mother was in the final stages of cancer.說明他的媽媽生了重病，故C正確。
2.D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段前4行I worked during the day and drove 40 miles home to be with her every night. It was tiring and stressful, but it was what I wanted to do. My commitment was to continue to do excellent consulting during the day, even though my evenings were very hard.說明他一方面沒有耽誤自己的工作，同時也照顧了自己的母親，故D項正確。
3.B 推理題。根據(jù)第三段最后2行So I told the vice-president of Human Resources, asking him not to share the information with anyone.我只把這個消息告訴了副董事長，那么一定是他告訴了董事長，故B正確。
4.D 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章最后一段That was it. His understanding and his willingness to both let me be in my pain and to offer me everything were qualities of sympathy（同情）that I carry with me to this day.說明這次的事情讓我銘記到今，是我一次難忘的回憶。故D正確。
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