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阅读理解二 A Howard Dill is a giant among giant pumpkin growers. He grew world champion pumpkins for four years running，from 1979 to 1982，and missed winning the fifth year by a mere 5 pounds. Today，his Dill Atlantic Giant seeds are sold worldwide to more than 50 seed companies. The pumpkins grown from his Dill Atlantic Giant seeds commonly weigh in at over 1,000 pounds.“I don’t have any training in genetics (遗传学)；it was all trial and error，”Dill says. He inherited his love of pumpkins from his father and has enjoyed growing them for years. Dill still grows giant pumpkins, but not