一、(2012重庆卷)
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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 originate 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 thought 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!
