A certain student passed all his examinations．Then he went to college to continue his (1) There he put down his name for a course in geography, but after the first (2) , he did not go to it any more．
The geography lecturer (3) that this student was always (4) and thought that he had changed to another course, so he was (5) when he saw the boy's name on the (6) of students who wanted to take the geography test at the end of this year．
The lecturer had prepared a (7) examination paper, which followed his (8) very closely, and he was (9) to see how this student answered the questions．He (10) that the boy’s answers would be very bad, but when they (11) him soon after the exam and he examined them (12) he was able to find only one small mistake in them． (13) this surprised him very much, he (14) the paper again twice but was (15) not able to find more than that one small mistake so he (16) for the student to question him about his work．
When the student came into the room and sat down, the lecturer said to him, “I (17) that you came to my first lecture and you have been absent from all the others．But now I have examined your (18) very carefully and I have been able to find only one small mistake in it．I am (19) to know your explanation for that．”
“Oh, I am very sorry about that mistake,” answered the student．“After the examination, I (20) what I ought to have written．I would not have made that mistake if I had not been confused by your first lecture．”
When l was younger, I thought that boys and grown men shouldn't cry．Tears were a sign of being weak which a man isn't 1 to be．
However, just last June, I 2 that courage isn't all about trying to keep all the pain inside and trying to hide the 3
My 18-year-old sister had eloped(私奔)and then I saw how 4 my father's heart was．We were used to seeing him as a(an) 5 father．
For three days he wouldn't talk．He would just sit quietly outside our house in the 6 On the fourth night, I sat beside him and asked him to tell me what he felt about 7 ．
It had been years since I laid my hand on my father's shoulder as we have drifted(疏远)further and further apart while I was 8 ．That night though, I sensed my father trying to 9 his pain and I wanted him to be able to let it out．We had all cried over what happened except him．
The simple 10 and my words,“Dad, it's not your fault．”broke my father's 11 In the darkness, he began to cry．I 12 his shoulders shaking as he whispered,“ 13 did I go wrong?All I ever wanted was for my children to grow up 14 Why couldn't your sister wait?”
I understood then why he 15 to be in the dark． 16 being there, he had hoped not to spare his 17 a father's pain．His tears, 18 we hadn't seen them before that night, were there all the same．
I saw his 19 , that night when my father cried with my hand on his shoulder, and 20 his pain．