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.
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:D
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:B
小题12:A
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:D
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:B
小题19:A
小题20:D
题目分析：这是一篇记叙文，记叙作者在工作的同时照顾自己病重的母亲，公司的董事长的理解和帮助让作者终身难忘。
小题1:考查名词：A.honour荣誉，B. success成功，C. challenge挑战，D. task任务，从前面的句子：helping the president and senior vice-presidents with something important可知帮助总裁副总裁一些重要的事情是一个很大的挑战，选C
小题2:考查形容词：A.previous以前的，B. final最后的，C. fine好的，D. developing发展中的，从后面的句子，your mother is very ill.” 可知同时我妈妈是癌症晚期，选B
小题3:考查动词：A walked走，B. rode骑车C. ran跑步，D. drove开车，因为路程比较远，所以是每天晚上开车几英里去陪她，选D
小题4:考查形容词：A.tiring 令人疲劳的，B. exciting令人兴奋的，C. boring令人厌倦的，D. frightening令人害怕的，从前面的句子： I worked during the day and 40 miles home to be with her every night.可知这样做是令人疲劳的，选A
小题5:考查词组：A.as if好像，B. after all毕竟，C. even though即使，D. now that既然，即使晚上很难，我许诺白天要继续做好的咨询师，选C
小题6:考查动词：A help帮助，B. puzzle使困惑，C. cheat欺骗，D. bother麻烦，我不想用我的事情麻烦总裁，选D
小题7:考查连词：A.or或者，B. yet仍然，C. and并且D. so所以，我不想用我的事情麻烦总裁，然而公司有人想知道发生了什么，选B
小题8:考查动词：A.know知道，B. realize意识到，C. hear听到，D. announce宣布，从后面的句子：So I told the vice-president of Hunan Resources,可知公司有人想知道发生了什么，选A
小题9:考查动词：A.enjoy享受，B. learn学习，C. share分享，D. hide躲藏，我把我的事情告诉副总裁，让他不要告诉别人，share sth with sb和…分享，选C
小题10:考查介词：A.after之后，B. ago在…前面，C. before 前面，D. later后来，几天后，总裁把我叫到办公室，later前面接一段时间，after后面接一段时间，选D
小题11:考查动词：A.knew知道，B. figured明白，估计，C. doubted怀疑，D. found发现，我估计他想和我谈我们现在做的主要的事情，选B
小题12:考查动词：.A.work on从事，B. get on上车，C. live on以…为生，D. go on继续，进行，句意：我估计他想和我谈我们现在做的主要的事情，选A
小题13:考查名词：A.room房间，B. office办公室，C. desk课桌，D. computer电脑，他从大桌子的那头面对着我，选C
小题14:考查动词：A.guess猜，B. hear听说，C. believe相信，D. think认为，因为作者没有告诉总裁，所以是他听说的，选B
小题15:考查动词：A.hit击打，B. got得到，C. made制作，D. caught抓住，be caught by surprise感到意外，选D
小题16:考查动词：A.crying哭，B. explaining 解释，C. talking谈话，D. worrying担心，从前面的句子：burst into tears.可知总裁是让我哭，选A
小题17:考查副词：A.suddenly突然，B. sadly难过的，C. gently温柔地，D. carefully仔细的，从后面的句子;“Whatever you need.” That was it.可知这句话是总裁温柔的说的，选C
小题18:考查名词：A.happiness快乐，B. understanding理解，C. excitement兴奋，D. sadness难过，从前面的句子：He just looked at me, let my subside(平息)，可知总裁对作者“理解”，选B
小题19:考查不定代词：A.everything每件事，B. anything任何事， C. nothing没有什么，D. something一些东西，从前面的句子：“Whatever you need.”可知总裁愿意提供给作者一切，选A
小题20:考查动词：A.take拿，带走，B. bring带来，C. help帮助，D. carry携带，这些同情的品质是我到现在一直难忘的。Carry sth with sb随身携带，选D