14.Both of my parents worked full-time when I was a little girl,so my grandmother would stay at our house during the day.We would watch game shows in the living room.Our favorite was The Price is Right.We would call out our answers along with the players. When I got older and started going to school,we couldn't watch our game shows regularly,that was okay with me,though,because the one thing I liked better than watching game shows with my grandmother was helping bake.Watching her in the kitchen was amazing:she never seemed to need the recipes but everything she made tasted delicious. A first I would just sit in the kitchen and watch,even though I didn't understand what she was doing.As I got older,she let me help with the easy parts,such as measuring the sugar.The day she let me separate the eggs,I felt like I had found complete pleasure. At last,my parents decided that I could take care of myself and my grandmother stopped coming over every day.The love of baking,however,stayed with me.I started baking by myself,and even if the cookies ended up being burnt sometimes,more often they turned out pretty well.I tried out new recipes,and whenever I got to a thorny part,I would call my grandmother for advice.Sometimes I would call her just to talk,too.I felt like I could talk to her about any thing. My grandmother passed away ten years ago,but I still think of her every day.Last week,I found a recipe book she made for me.It included her recipes for brownies cookies,and my favorite,lemon pie about any thing.As I looked through the pages,I thought I could hear her voice.She was the one who taught me not just about baking,bat about life.
(1)What's the main purpose of the author's writing the text? (no more than 8 words)
(2)How did the author think of helping her grandmother bake? (no more than 10 words)
(3)Why did the author's grandmother never need the recipes when baking? (no more than 10 words)
(4)What does the underlined word "thorny" mean? (1 word)
(5)What has the author learned from her grandmother about life? (no more than 25 words)