Why does Mr. Salazar most likely play music while students practice?
Analyze and Evaluate Information in Spoken English · TELPAS Grades 8–9 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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Hands-Only CPR
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Mr. Salazar: Today you're practicing hands-only CPR on these training dummies. This is for a teenager or an adult who suddenly collapses and isn't breathing normally.
Mr. Salazar: Step one. Make sure the area is safe for you. Step two. Tap the person's shoulders and shout, are you okay? If there's no answer, don't just yell for somebody to get help. Point at one person and say, you, call nine one one.
Mr. Salazar: Step three. Kneel beside the person. Put the heel of one hand in the center of the chest and your other hand on top. Lock your elbows and push hard and fast, about two inches deep. You're aiming for one hundred to one hundred twenty pushes a minute. That's faster than most people expect, so I'll play music with that same beat while you practice. Keep going until help arrives or someone trained takes over.
The question
Choose the best answer.
Why does Mr. Salazar most likely play music while students practice?
- To help them relax during the test
- To cover the noise of the dummies
- To help them push at the right speedCorrect answer
- To show how deep each push should go
Why “To help them push at the right speed” is correct
This asks the student to infer a teacher's reason. He says one hundred to one hundred twenty pushes a minute is "faster than most people expect," so he will play music "with that same beat." The listener must link the beat of the music to the speed of the pushes.
Why the other answers are wrong
- To help them relax during the test — He does not say they are being tested or that they should relax.
- To cover the noise of the dummies — Noise is never mentioned.
- To show how deep each push should go — Music has a beat, which matches speed, not depth.
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