I was being interviewed by a senior manager for a big company, I told him honestly that the principal reason that I was interviewing with them was my need to keep my family in Boston. My wife had recently died of a heart attack. A job in Boston would help me reduce some pain for my 16-year-old daughter and me. It was important to me to keep her present high school.

Bruce, the interviewer, was politely kind, but he didn’t search any further. He acknowledged(承认) my loss and, with great respect, moved on to another subject. After the next round of interviews, Bruce took me to lunch with another manager. Then he asked me to take a walk with him. He told me that he had lost his wife. And, like me, he had also been married 20 years and had 3 children. I realized that he had experienced the same pain as I had and it was almost impossible to explain to someone who had not lost a loved one. He offered his business card and home phone number and suggested that, should I need help or just want someone to talk to, I should feel free to give him a call. Whether I got the job or not, he wanted me to know that he was there if I ever needed help.

From that one act of kindness, when he had no idea if we could ever see each other again, he helped our family deal with one of life’s greatest losses. He turned the normally cold business interview process into an act of caring and supporting for another person in a time of extreme need.

1.According to the passage, the interviewer, Bruce, was very _______.

A.generous         B.kind              C.happy            D.mean

2.The underlined word "principal" in the first paragraph probably means _____.

A.main             B.unimportant       C.necessary         D.possible

3.Which of the following statement is NOT true?

A.The writer’s daughter was studying in Boston at that time.

B.Both the writer and the interviewer experienced the same pain.

C.Bruce was a senior manager of a big firm.

D.Bruce wanted to make friends with him because he gave him his business card and home phone number.

 

Dear son,

The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.

If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I   31   teaching it to you. If, when I speak to you, I   32  the same things thousand and one times, do not   33   me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story   34   you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a   35  , neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I   36  , in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my   37   little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking(嘲弄) smile. I taught you   38   to do so many things: to eat food, to dress well, to confront life…. When at some moment I lose the memory or the   39  of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you   40   to me.

If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well   41   I need to and when not. When my   42   legs do not allow me to walk, give me your   43  , the same way I did when you gave your first   44  . And when someday I say to you that I do not want to   45   any more ---- that I want to rest forever, do not get ___46__. Someday you will understand.

Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Some day you will discover that, despite my mistakes, I always wanted the   47   thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad, angry or impotent(无可奈何) for seeing me   48   you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you   49   living. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and  50  . I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.

I love you, Son

Your father

1.                A.paid           B.spent           C.cost D.took

 

2.                A.praise          B.think           C.repeat   D.criticize

 

3.                A.interrupt       B.disturb         C.look D.avoid

 

4.                A.when          B.after           C.since D.until

 

5.                A.rest           B.word           C.shower   D.sleep

 

6.                A.discovered      B.invented        C.noticed   D.assumed

 

7.                A.knowing        B.fearing         C.enjoying  D.consulting

 

8.                A.what           B.when          C.how D.why

 

9.                A.news          B.attitude         C.material  D.thread

 

10.               A.talking         B.listening        C.responding D.appealing

 

11.               A.where         B.how           C.that  D.when

 

12.               A.tired           B.short          C.long  D.strong

 

13.               A.leg            B.ear            C.hand D.mind

 

14.               A.step           B.pace           C.laugh D.cry

 

15.               A.talk            B.live            C.write D.sleep

 

16.               A.careful         B.interested      C.calm  D.angry

 

17.               A.last            B.first           C.best  D.most

 

18.               A.near           B.behind         C.below D.against

 

19.               A.made          B.started         C.earned    D.found

 

20.               A.mercy         B.care           C.excuse    D.patience

 

 

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