Why does Ms. Gonzalez mention peanut butter, beans, and fruit?
Analyze and Evaluate Information in Spoken English · TELPAS Grades 6–7 listening. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
Reporting category 3: make inferences from what was said, and work out a speaker's purpose, opinion, or what will happen next.
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Morning Announcements
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Ms. Gonzalez: Good morning, Eagles. This is Ms. Gonzalez with today's announcements. Our canned food drive for the Northside Food Pantry starts today and runs through next Friday. Please bring cans that are not dented and are not past their date. The pantry has asked especially for peanut butter, canned beans, and canned fruit, because those are the items its shelves empty out of first. Bring your donations to your second-period class. The second-period class that collects the most items will win a pizza party, but remember, every can helps a family, even if your class doesn't win. One more thing: because of the band concert on Thursday evening, the gym will be closed after school that day, so there will be no open basketball.
The question
Choose the best answer.
Why does Ms. Gonzalez mention peanut butter, beans, and fruit?
- Those cans are the easiest to carry to school.
- The pantry runs out of those items fastest.Correct answer
- Those foods will be served at the pizza party.
- The pantry will not accept any other food.
Why “The pantry runs out of those items fastest.” is correct
This asks why a speaker includes certain information. Ms. Gonzalez names three foods and explains that they are the items the pantry's shelves empty out of first. The word "especially" is worth pointing out: it means "most of all," not "only."
Why the other answers are wrong
- Those cans are the easiest to carry to school. — She gives a different reason: those items run out first.
- Those foods will be served at the pizza party. — The pizza party is a prize; it has nothing to do with these foods.
- The pantry will not accept any other food. — She says the pantry asked "especially" for these, which means other cans are welcome too.
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