20. C 该句句意为“我自己也不能跑的很好，这只小狗需要一个理解他的人。”
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The Quiet Hero 沉默的英雄
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It was Mother’s Day, the day
we celebrate everything mothers are and everything we do. But I’ll 1 that Sunday in 2000 was bittersweet for
me. As a single mother I 2 to think of my shortcomings - how many evenings I couldn’t spend with my
children, and how many things I couldn’t 3 my waitress’ salary to buy.
But what 4 kids I had! My daughter Maria was a
senior in college, and Denny was home visiting from his freshman year at Harvard University. They were 5 impolite enough to complain, but there was
so much more I 6 I had done for them. I just hoped they ___7 .
As I walked into the 8 quietly to start breakfast, I was greeted
by a vase 9 a dozen red roses! When had Denny
possibly slipped down to leave them? But even their delicate beauty was
overshadowed by the note sitting beside them, in the quick, manly 10 of an eighteen-year-old. It was about a
story that happened between Denny and me long ago. It 11 :
She took a day off
from her busy 12 to take the boy to see his hero in the
flesh at the stadium. It took 3.5 hours just to get there, and they had to be
there early 13 he could see his hero take batting
practice. 14 their arrival, she took her hard-earned
money to buy an overpriced T-shirt on which was 15 his hero making a diving catch. After the
game, of course he had to 16 his hero’s signature, so she stayed with
the little boy 17 one in the morning…
It took me long enough to 18 it, but I finally know who the 19 hero is. Mom, I love you!
And suddenly, it was a 20 Mother’s Day, after all.