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 |
|
小题2: | A.previous | B.final | C.fine | D.developing |
|
小题3: | A.walked | B.rode | C.ran | D.drove |
|
小题4: | A.tiring | B.exciting | C.boring | D.frightening |
|
小题5: | A.as if | B.after all | C.even though | D.now that |
|
小题6: | A.help | B.puzzle | C.cheat | D.bother |
|
小题8: | A.know | B.realize | C.hear | D.announce |
|
小题9: | A.enjoy | B.learn | C.share | D.hide |
|
小题10: | A.after | B.ago | C.before | D.later |
|
小题11: | A.knew | B.figured | C.doubted | D.found |
|
小题12: | A.working | B.getting | C.living | D.going |
|
小题13: | A.room | B.office | C.desk | D.computer |
|
小题14: | A.guess | B.hear | C.believe | D.think |
|
小题16: | A.crying | B.explaining | C.talking | D.worrying |
|
小题17: | A.suddenly | B.sadly | C.gently | D.carefully |
|
小题18: | A.happiness | B.understanding | C.excitement | D.sadness |
|
小题19: | A.everything | B.anything | C.nothing | D.something |
|
小题20: | A.take | B.bring | C.help | D.carry |
|