题目内容：

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.

1.A.honour                          B. success                   C. challenge                         D. task

2.A.previous                        B. final                                   C. fine                                   D. developing

3.A. walked                          B. rode                                  C. ran                                    D. drove

4.A.tiring                     B. exciting                            C. boring                               D. frightening

5.A.as if                                 B. after all                   C. even though          D. now that

6.A. help                               B. puzzle                               C. cheat                                D. bother

7.A.or                                    B. yet                                     C. and                                    D. so

8.A.know                     B. realize                              C. hear                                  D. announce

9.A.enjoy                    B. learn                                 C. share                                D. hide

10.A.after                   B. ago                                    C. before                              D. later

11.A.knew                            B. figured                    C. doubted                           D. found

12.A.working                       B. getting                              C. living                                 D. going

13.A.room                            B. office                                C. desk                                  D. computer

14.A.guess                           B. hear                                  C. believe                    D. think

15.A.hit                                 B. got                                     C. made                                D. caught

16.A.crying                          B. explaining                        C. talking                               D. worrying

17.A.suddenly                     B. sadly                                 C. gently                               D. carefully

18.A.happiness          B. understanding                C. excitement                      D. sadness

19.A.everything                  B. anything                           C. nothing                   D. something

20.A.take                              B. bring                                 C. help                                  D. carry