Passage 2

When I was younger, I thought that boys and grown men shouldn’t cry. Tears were a sign of being weak, __16__ a man isn’t supposed to be.

However, last June I __17__ that courage isn’t all about trying to keep all the pain inside and trying to hide the __18__. My 18-year-old sister had eloped (私奔) and then I saw how __19__ my father’s heart was. We were used to seeing him as a strong-willed father.

For three days he wouldn’t __20__. He would just sit __21__ outside our house in the dark. At the fourth night, I sat beside him and __22__ him to tell me what he felt about everything. __23__ many years I haven’t put my hand on my father’s shoulder as we have drifted (疏远) further and further apart while I was growing up. That night we had all cried __24__ what happened except my father. I sensed my father trying to control his pain and I wanted him to __25__ it.

I touched my father and said, “Dad, it’s not your __26__.” He began to cry. I __27__ his shoulders shaking as he whispered. “Where did I go wrong? All I ever wanted was for my children to grow up __28__. Why shouldn’t your sister wait?”

I understood then why he preferred to be in the dark. His tears, though we hadn’t seen __29__ before that night, were there all the time. I saw his courage that night __30__ my father cried with my hand on his shoulder, and understood his pain.

16. A. which B. that C. whose D. unless

17. A. discovered B. searched C. wandered D. apologized

18. A. sounds B. tears C. opinions D. qualities

19. A. weak B. poor C. lucky D. honest

20. A. talk B. say C. come D. go

21. A. quietly B. politely C. gently D. likely

22. A. shouted B. asked C. pleased D. demanded

23. A. For B. In C. Over D. Of

24. A. during B. in C. beyond D. over

25. A. release B. allow C. begin D. create

26. A. character B. task C. fault D. duty

27. A. touched B. felt C. heard D. imagined

28. A. quickly B. kindly C. happily D. right

29. A. them B. it C. him D. her

30. A. when B. where C. what D. who

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