Passage 3
[2025 黑龙江齐齐哈尔中考]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, and 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 (少找给零钱) 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. Who did the writer visit that summer?

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

3. Did Miss White treat the writer kindly?

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

5. What lesson can you learn from the story?

1. Her/The writer's grandmother. 根据When I spent the summer with my grandmother可知答案。
2. Twice a week. 根据"I went shopping twice a week that summer."可知,作者一周去那个商店两次。
3. No (, she didn't). 根据"Sometimes she shortchanged me. Other times she overcharged. Going to the store was like getting into a fight."可知,她对待作者不友好,所以此处应作否定回答。
4. Because she wanted to teach the writer/her/every child life lessons/a life lesson./Because she wanted to teach the writer/her to add up the bill (by herself)./To teach the writer/her/every child life lessons/a life lesson./To teach the writer/her/to add up the bill (by herself). 根据"My job is to teach every child life lessons."或"Suddenly, I was back at that store where I had learned the hard way to add up the bill by myself."可知答案。
5. I should depend on myself./I should learn to do it (by) myself. 根据"If I do it for you, how can you learn to do it yourself... From then on, I've never been overcharged."可知,文章想告诉我们的是要学会独立解决问题。

【分析】
做此类英语阅读理解题时，需先阅读题目，划出每个问题的关键词，带着关键词回到原文中定位对应信息，再根据原文内容组织答案。一般疑问句需用Yes/No开头回答，特殊疑问句直接提取或同义转换原文信息，主旨题结合全文核心内容总结。
【解析】
1. 本题为细节理解题，根据原文第一段“When I spent the summer with my grandmother”可直接得出答案。
2. 本题为细节理解题，根据原文第四段“I went shopping twice a week that summer.”可直接提取答案。
3. 本题为一般疑问句，结合原文中“Sometimes she shortchanged me. Other times she overcharged. Going to the store was like getting into a fight”及作者的回应“That you’re mean”，可知Miss White对作者不友好，故作否定回答。
4. 本题为细节理解题，根据原文中Miss White的话“My job is to teach every child life lessons”以及作者后来“learned the hard way to add up the bill by myself”的经历，可得出原因。
5. 本题为主旨大意题，结合原文作者让女儿独立完成作业、自己也学会独立的核心内容，总结出文章传递的道理。
【答案】
1. Her/The writer's grandmother.
2. Twice a week.
3. No (, she didn't).
4. Because she wanted to teach the writer/her/every child life lessons/a life lesson./Because she wanted to teach the writer/her to add up the bill (by herself)./To teach the writer/her/every child life lessons/a life lesson./To teach the writer/her/to add up the bill (by herself).
5. I should depend on myself./I should learn to do it (by) myself.
【知识点】
细节理解题、主旨大意题
【点评】
本文是贴近学生生活的记叙文，通过作者暑假在商店的亲身经历，讲述独立的重要性，题目设置涵盖细节查找与主旨理解，既考查学生定位信息的能力，也引导学生感悟成长道理。
【难度系数】
0.7