Question

getting ready for 2nd grade posttest
directions: read the passage, and then answer the questions.

i was at grandmas house. i was listening to music. grandma went over to a shelf. she took out a thin square thing. it had pictures on it. grandma pulled something out of it. it was round and black. it had a hole in the middle.
\whats that?\ i asked.
\its the way we used to listen to music. its called a record,\ she said.
she opened a box-like machine. she put the record in it. suddenly, there was sound coming out of the box.

ow, thats music,\ she said. i thought it sounded scratchy.

1. what evidence is there in the text that records are an old way to listen to music?

(a) the record has a hole in it.
(b) the narrator does not know what a record is.
(c) the record is in a box.
(d) the record is on a shelf.

1. how does grandma feel when she hears the music?

(a) she likes it.
(b) she does not like it now.
(c) she thinks it sounds scratchy.
(d) she is sad about it.

Explanation:

1. La evidencia de que los discos son una forma antigua de escuchar música es que el narrador no sabe qué es un disco ("¿Qué es eso?", preguntó), lo que demuestra que es un objeto del pasado con el que las generaciones más jóvenes no están familiarizadas. Además, la abuela menciona explícitamente: "Es la forma en que solíamos escuchar música".
2. La abuela se siente feliz y complacida al escuchar la música, lo cual se demuestra cuando dice con entusiasmo: "¡Eso sí es música!".

Answer:

1. B. The narrator does not know what a record is.
2. A. She likes it.