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      . At the same time, my mother was in the    stages of cancer.
I worked during the day and    40 miles home to be with her every night. It was    and stressful, but it was what I wanted to do. My promise was to continue to do excellent consulting during the day,     my evenings were very hard. I didn’t want to    the president with my situation.     I felt someone at the company wanted to    what was going on. So I told the vice-president of Hunan Resources, asking him not to     the information with anyone.
A few days    , the president called me into his office. I    he wanted to talk to me about one of the many issues we were    on. When I entered, he asked me to sit down. He faced me from across his large    , looked me in the eye and said, “I       your mother is very ill.”
I was totally    by surprise and burst into tears. He just looked at me, let my      subside(平息)，and then he        said a sentence I will never forget: “Whatever you need.” That was it. His         and willingness to both let me be in my pain and to offer me       were qualities of compassion(同情) that I      with me to this day.

A．honour B．success C．challenge D．task

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A．walked B．rode C．ran D．drove

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

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

A．help B．puzzle C．cheat D．bother

A．or B．yet C．and D．so

A．know B．realize C．hear D．announce

A．enjoy B．learn C．share D．hide

A．after B．ago C．before D．later

A．knew B．figured C．doubted D．found

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A．room B．office C．desk D．computer

A．guess B．hear C．believe D．think

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

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

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