At the age of seven, I went to see my grandma in Warwick and spent the summer with her. One day I went to a general store with a
34 full of what Grandma needed.
“Excuse me, I need to
35 these,” I said .
“So ? I’m not your
36 ! You should get yourself a basket and start filling,” Miss Bee, the owner of the store, said
37 without smiling. “If you’re
38 you’ll be home by sunset.” Sunset was five hours away.
39 , the store was a puzzle, and I wasn’t sure if I would make it.
I visited Miss Bee several times a week that
40 . One afternoon when I watched her adding 35 cents instead of 29 for a can of beans, I
41 her immediately. Though being caught overcharging , she didn’t seem
42 , and she just fixed the price.
All summer long I was always tricked by Miss Bee. No sooner had I memorized the soda’s location on the shelf than she rearranged the shelves and made me
43 it all over again. But by summer’s end the
44 trip that had once taken me an hour was done in 15 minutes.
The morning I was to return to Brooklyn, I stepped in to get a bottle of water.
“What did you
45 this summer?” she said.
“That you’re so mean!” I whispered.
To my
46 , Miss Bee laughed. “When you get older, you’ll be glad our paths crossed!”
Glad I met Miss Bee ? No!
Until one day my daughter came to me with homework
47 . “It’s too hard,” she said. “Could you finish it for me?”
“If I do it for you, how will you ever learn to do it yourself?” Suddenly, I was
48 at that general store where Miss Bee had really taught me something all those years ago.
| 小题2: | | A．buy | B．read | C．borrow | D．sell |
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| 小题3: | | A．daughter | B．servant | C．master | D．teacher |
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| 小题4: | | A．honestly | B．quietly | C．coldly | D．quietly |
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| 小题5: | | A．busy | B．stupid | C．lucky | D．popular |
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| 小题6: | | A．However | B．Besides | C．Therefore | D．Also |
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| 小题7: | | A．year | B．summer | C．autumn | D．term |
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| 小题8: | | A．supported | B．attracted | C．corrected | D．remembered |
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| 小题9: | | A．excited | B．unfriendly | C．moved | D．uncomfortable |
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| 小题10: | | A．hunt for | B．step onto | C．learn about | D．care for |
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| 小题11: | | A．school | B．shopping | C．business | D．sightseeing |
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| 小题12: | | A．eat | B．earn | C．forget | D．learn |
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| 小题13: | | A．shame | B．delight | C．surprise | D．regret |
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| 小题14: | | A．signs | B．troubles | C．scores | D．rules |
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| 小题15: | | A．out | B．ahead | C．around | D．back |
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