1.I cannot describe my excitement when I saw the famous general Arthur Scoresby covered with medals at a party given to honor him However，there was a__1__look in the eyes of an old friend of mine who sat next to me.He leaned toward me and whispered—“__2__—he is a fool and yet a lucky dog.” This came as a__3__to me.Then he told me the whole story：
“Years ago，I was an instructor in the military (军事) school at Woolwich when young Scoresby was given his first__4__.Everybody answered the questions well__5__he did not know anything.I felt sympathy and questioned him just__6__I thought he knew.He got through the examination.I thought that what in the end would__7__him would be the mathematics examination.Well，try to imagine the__8__.By some strange yet__9__accident，he took first prize！I never dreamed it would__10__such strange，laughable results.
Then，the Crimean War broke out.He was appointed an officer.But__11__knew the secret.They saw his stupid mistakes as works of great__12__.And every mistake he made increased his glory and fame.
