I became a gardener when I was twelve. My early__36___of gardening may not have originated 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 to 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!
I planted some lily（百合花）seeds in the yard. But they failed to ___42___.I continued to plant 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 he found it was ___47___to move around my garden to the driveway. To my mother’s ___48__ , I put in her vase my real roses which, in her eyes, were simply weeds____49___flowers.
Regardless of their ___50___,I kept on planting my garden and ___51___to enjoy the pleasure of gardening. Plants make such good companions: they breathe, they bloom, they___52____to care and love.
It has been many years since I made my first garden out of my desire to ___53___my parents. Today I become known as Mrs. Greenthumbs, teaching gardening and hosting a gardening show which makes my parents feel very___54_ . And now I could say it is my affection for___55___that makes me a real gardener.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I have always believed the saying , “Any man can be a father, but it   31   someone special to be a dad.” This is true. Since the   32  of my son, Joshua, things have changed a lot in my life, but the  33  have been good! My wife and I have been through many  34   moments which have made both of us stronger.
My son was born with a serious breathing problem and he couldn’t keep his  35  down. He was put on several different medications,   36  he did not get any better. My wife and I were both told many times by people that Joshua   37  he was born early; he had not   38  much weight since he was born.
As time progressed his regular doctor  39   my wife and me to visit Dr. Eid, a specialist in Louisville. He was   40  by my son’s condition and so we were sent to Louisville’s Children’s Hospital . Joshua   41  many different checkups. The   42  spent there was very demanding for my wife and me. But we did make it   43 . Our son Joshua was diagnosed (诊断) with asthma (哮喘) , and with acid reflux syndrome (酸回流综合症). After the treatment, his  44   began to improve slowly.
Joshua is 1 year and 1 month old now and his progress has been   45  --- he is up to 27 pounds now. I keep telling my wife that if he keeps  46  like this he might become a football _____47   someday. There is a saying that has   48   me get through these troublesome times, “Problems will either  49    you or break you.”  When you think the   50  hours are upon you, remember the dawn is just in sight.
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I work as a volunteer（志愿者）for an organization that helps the poor in Haiti. Recently I took my son Barrett there for a week, hoping to 36 him.

Before setting out, I told Barrett this trip would be tiring and 37. For the first two days, he said almost nothing. I worried the trip was too 38 for a 17-year-old. Then, on Day three, as we were 39 over high rocky mountains, he turned to me and grinned（咧嘴笑）, “Pretty hard. ”

After that there was no turning back. A five-year-old girl, wearing a dress several sizes 40 large and broken shoes, followed Barrett around, mesmerized （着迷）. He couldn’t stop 41 . Later he said 42. “I wish I could speak French.” I was 43－this from a boy who hated and 44 French classes throughout school.

Usually silent, he 45 Gaby, our host, and kept asking questions about the country and its people. He blossomed（活泼起来）.

46 , the moment that really took 47 breath away occurred in a village deep in the mountains. I was 48 a woman villager for an article. 135 centimeters tall, she was small in figure but strong in 49 . Through determination, she had learned to read and write, and 50 to become part of the leadership of the 51 .

Learning her story, Barrett was as 52 as I by this tiny woman’s achievements. His eyes were wet and there was a 53 of love and respect on his face. He had finally understood the importance of my work.

When leaving for home, Barrett even offered to stay 54 as a volunteer. My insides suddenly felt struck. This 55 achieved all I’d expected. Soon he will celebrate his 18^th birthday. He’ll be a man.

One morning I wasted nearly an hour watching a tiny ant carry a huge feather．Several times, it  36 obstacles（障碍物in its path．And after a pause it made the necessary detour. At one point, the ant had to  37  a crack(裂缝) about 10 mm wide．After some brief thoughts, the ant laid the                   38 over the crack, walked across it and  39 up the feather on the other side, then continued on its way．I was  40 by the cleverness of this ant．It was only a small insect, lacking in  41 yet equipped with a brain to reason, explore, discover and overcome.  42  this ant, like the other two-legged creatures  43 on the earth, also shares human feelings．
After some time the ant finally reached its  44 – a flower bed and a small hole that was the entrance to its   45 home．It was there that the ant met its  46 . How could that large feather possibly   47  such a small hole? Of course, it couldn’t．So the ant, after all this trouble and using great brightness, overcoming problems all along the way, just   48 the feather and went home. The ant had not thought the problem through   49 it began its journey and in the end the feather was   50 more than a burden. Isn’t our   51  like this?
We worry about our families; we worry about our money or the   52 of it; and we worry about all kinds of things．These are all  53 —the things we pick up all the life, and drag them around the obstacles and over the cracks that life will bring, only to   54 that at the destination they are   55  and we can’t take them with us．

There was once a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She  31_everyone, except her boyfriend. He was   32 there for her. The blind girl said that if she could see the world, she would marry him.
One day, someone donated a pair of  33 to the blind girl. She could see everything, including her boyfriend. Her boyfriend asked her, “Now you can see the  34 , will you marry me? ” The girl was surprised when she saw that her boyfriend was  35  ！ So she refused to  36 him. Her boyfriend walked away sadly, and later wrote a letter to the girl saying, “Just take care of my eyes, dear.”
This is how human changes when situations change. Only  37 people remember what life was like before. Only few remember the people who were always there for them.
Hold every person close to your heart because you  38 wake up one day and realize that you have lost a diamond( 钻石) while you were too  39  in collecting stones. You learn to love, not by finding a perfect person,   40  by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.