4. What Grade
Kristin,, my 17-year-old niece, had just gotten her driver's license and offered to take her mom's car to the gas station. She pulled up to the full-service pumps, and the attendant asked, "What grade, miss?"
"Eleventh!" Kristin replied.
Notes:
① niece n.侄女 ④ full-service n.晝夜服務
② license n.駕駛執照 ⑤ pump n.加油機
③ pull up 停止
Exercises:
根據短文回答問題：
(1) How old was Kristin?
(2) What had she just gotten?
(3) what did she offer to do one day?
(4) What did the attendant mean by asking "What grade, miss?"
(5) How did Kristin misunderstand the attendant?
哪一級
我的十七歲的侄女，科里斯蒂，剛剛拿到駕照。她主動提出去加油站給她媽媽的車加油。她把車開到晝夜服務的加油泵前。服務員問她：“（加油加到）哪一級，小姐？”
“十一（年）級！”科里斯蒂回答說。
練習參考答案：
① Seventeen years old.
② She has just gotten her driving license.
③ She offered to take her mother's car to the gas station.
④ He wanted her to select the proper kind of gas for the car.
⑤ She thought that the attendant was asking which grade she was in at school.
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