When I was a six-year-old girl，I spent the summer with my grandmother.She sent me to a store with a list.Behind the store counter（柜臺(tái)）was a lady，Miss White.
"Excuse me，" I said.She looked up. "I need to get these，" I continued，holding up my list. "So？Get them？" Miss White pointed to a sign. "There is no one else here except you and me，and I am not your servant（仆人），so get yourself a basket over there."
I visited Miss White twice a week that summer.Going to the store was like going into a war.But by the end of that summer，I could finish the one-hour shopping trip in around 15 minutes.Before returning home，I stopped at the store to get some candies for the last time.
"All right，" she said， "What did you learn this summer？" "That you are mean!" I replied.Miss White just laughed. "I know what you think of me，" she said. "Well，I don't care!My job is to teach every child I meet life lessons.You will be glad when you are older!" Glad I met Miss White？Ha!The idea was unreasonable（不合理的）.
Many years later，one day my daughter came to me with homework trouble.
"It is too bad，" she said. "Could you finish my math problems for me？" "If I do it for you，how will you learn to do it yourself？" I said.Suddenly，I was back at the store where I had learned the hard way to shopping by myself.
Life is full of all kinds of troubles.You may be given a hand once or twice，but luck may not find you every time.So try to work
them out yourself.
（1）Why did the writer stop before returning home？
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C
A．Because she wanted to say goodbye to Miss White.
B．Because she needed the help of Miss White.
C．Because she wanted to buy something.
（2）What do you think of Miss White according to the passage？
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A
A．She is intelligent.
B．She is mean.
C．She is lazy.
（3）What does the underlined word "them" mean？
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B
A．math problems
B．troubles in life
C．luck
（4）What can we learn from the story？
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C
A．We have to learn how to ask for help.
B．We have to learn how to get on with strangers.
C．We have to try to work out troubles by ourselves.
