I was working as a consultant in a beer co

题目内容：

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

最佳答案：

63—66 CDBD

小题1:C

小题2:D

小题3:B

小题4:D

答案解析：

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。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。