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中，选出最佳选项。
Once there was an emperor who was growing old and knew it was time to choose his successor(继承人). He called all the
36 people in the kingdom together one day. He said “I am going to give each of you a seed(种子)today. I want you to go home,
37 the seed in a pot
