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请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
I became a gardener when I was twelve. My early__36___of gardening may not have originat from my love for nature.It was to ___37____my parents.
  At that time,we had a big yard in which a beautiful maple tree stood.But my mother often looked with __38___at this work of natural art. Those golden leaves seemed like tons of rubbish her,“something else to ___39___!”Seeing the neighbors busy with gardening,my father ever thougth it a waste of time.
  At that age,I always did something___40_____to whatever my parents did! If gardening were something they found____41___,I would plant a garden!
  I planted some lily（百合花）seeds in the yard.But they failed to ___42___.I continued to sunflower seeds and roses,Wild ____43_____joy,I found the first rose bloom（开花）.One by one, the flowers bloomed their heads off.__44___,I was touched by this land of wonder.
___45___,my parents showed no interest in my garden.My father even___46_____at me because found it was ___47____to move around my garden to the driveway.To my mother’s ___48__,I put her vase my real roses which,in her eyes,were simply weeds____49___flowers..

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