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.
小题1:When the author was working in a beer company, his mother .
A．was concerned about him
B．drew the president’s attention
C．was seriously ill
D．was proud of her son小题2:Although he felt tired and stressed, he felt it his duty .
A．to help plan some new projects
B．to avoid bothering the president
C．to tell the vice-president his difficult situation
D．to do his job well and look after his mother小题3:Most probably, the president got the information from .
A．a relative of the author’s
B．the vice-president
C．the author’s good friends
D．the author’s workmates小题4:Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?
A．Understanding Is Nowhere
B．Generous President
C．Sympathy Is Needed
D．An Unforgettable Memory
63—66 CDBD
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:D
题目分析：本文讲述了我在母亲生病期间继续工作，董事长对我的鼓励和同情让个我铭记至今。
小题1:C 细节题。根据文章第二段At the same time, my mother was in the final stages of cancer.说明他的妈妈生了重病，故C正确。
小题2:D 细节题。根据第三段前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.说明他一方面没有耽误自己的工作，同时也照顾了自己的母亲，故D项正确。
小题3:B 推理题。根据第三段最后2行So I told the vice-president of Human Resources, asking him not to share the information with anyone.我只把这个消息告诉了副董事长，那么一定是他告诉了董事长，故B正确。
小题4:D 主旨大意题。根据文章最后一段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.说明这次的事情让我铭记到今，是我一次难忘的回忆。故D正确。
点评：本文内容较为简单，考查细节题为主，对此类题型考生可以首先从问题中找到关键词然后以此为线索运用略读及查阅的技巧在文中迅速寻找这一细节找到后再把这一部分内容仔细阅读一遍仔细比较所给选项与文中细节的细微区别在准确理解细节的前提下最后确定最佳答案。