When I spent the summer with my grandmother, she sent me to the store with a list. Behind the counter (柜台) was a lady, Miss White.

“Excuse me,” I said, she looked up. “I need to get these,” I continued, holding my list.

“So? Go and get them,” Miss White pointed to a sign. “There is no one here but you and me, and I’m not your servant, so get yourself a basket over there.”

I went shopping twice a week that summer. Sometimes she shortchanged (少找零) me. Other times she overcharged (多收钱). Going to the store was like getting into a fight. But by the end of the summer, I could finish the one-hour shopping trip in around 15 minutes. On the morning when I was to return home, I stopped to buy some water.

“All right,” she said. “What did you learn this summer?” “That you’re mean (刻薄的)!” I replied.

Miss White just laughed. “I know what you think of me,” she said. “Well, I don’t care! I meet some children every day. My job is to teach every child life lessons. When you get older, you’ll be glad!” Glad I met Miss White? Ha! Impossible!

Then one day my daughter came to me with homework trouble. “It’s too hard, Mum,” she said. “Could you finish my math problems for me?”

“If I do it for you, how can you learn to do it yourself?” I said. Suddenly, I was back at that store where I had learned the hard way to add up the bill (账单) by myself. From then on, I’ve never been overcharged.

1.1．Who did the writer visit that summer?

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解析：选Her grandmother.。根据文章首句 “When I spent the summer with my grandmother” 可知，作者那年夏天去看望并和祖母一起生活，因此答案是祖母。

2.2.How often did the writer go to the store?

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解析：选Twice a week.。文中明确提到 “I went shopping twice a week that summer”，直接说明了作者去商店的频率是每周两次。

3.3.Did Miss White treat the writer kindly?

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解析：选No, she didn’t.。从怀特小姐的言行，如让作者自己拿东西、说 “I’m not your servant”，以及 “shortchanged me”“overcharged me” 等行为，可以看出她对作者并不友善，因此是否定回答。

4.4.Why did Miss White shortchange or overcharge the writer?

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解析：选Because she wanted to teach the writer life lessons。怀特小姐在文中提到 “My job is to teach every child life lessons”，结合后文作者学会自己算账单的结果，可知她少找零、多收钱是为了教作者人生道理，让作者学会独立解决问题。

5.5.What lesson can you learn from the story?

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解析：选We should learn to solve problems by ourselves.（言之有理即可）。文章通过怀特小姐的教育方式和作者的感悟，核心是传达 “要学会独立解决问题，不能依赖他人” 的道理，围绕这一核心作答均可。