用所给单词的适当形式填空，未提供单词的根据上下文填入适当的词。Mary's secret

Mary got home very late these few months. Her parents were very  ____ (worry). But when they asked

Ker about that, Mary always had different  ____ (excuse). Her father wanted to find out ____ happened to her.

One day after school, Mary's father secretly followed her to a park. Mary sat down ____. began to paint a picture alone. Her father, stood far away and watched her ____ (paint).

“This little girl comes here to paint every day. I think she  ____ (love) painting,” the cleaner there told him. Her father felt sorry, because he had never wanted ____ (understand) what his daughter liked. He and his wife thought painting was____ waste of time and never supported her. They thought Mary should focus more  ____ her studies, especially science. They only wanted to make her a doctor or an engineer. Now he realized what Mary liked

____ (much) of all her subjects. Her father was moved and changed his mind.