Unit 2 Fluency Assessment

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Read the passage as fluently as possible. Press the microphone button to begin and end your recording. The passage is broken into two parts, so be sure to record yourself two different times.

Instructions

Read the passage as fluently as possible. Press the microphone button to begin and end your recording. The passage is broken into two parts, so be sure to record yourself two different times.

The family stood by the door in the living room. Dad looked at everybody and asked, “Are you sure you want to do this?”
Everybody said yes all at once. They walked out the door, got in the car, and drove to the shelter. Today they were going to adopt a dog. 
“Now remember,” said Mom, “we can only adopt one dog. I know you are going to fall in love with all the dogs, but we can only bring one home.” 
“We promise,” said Karen. “But you said that if everything worked out well, we could talk about getting another dog later.” 
“Aunt Wanda told me that it would be better for the new dog to get used to us,” added Jason. “I want to do a good job with one dog before we think about getting another one.” Dad smiled and said, “That all sounds like good thinking, and I hope you feel the same way when you get inside and see the dogs.”

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When they arrived at the shelter, Dad almost didn’t have time to park the car before they all got out. They were really excited. The family went inside and met with some of the volunteers. Mom had already filled out all the papers that they needed to adopt a dog. Then they went into the place where the dogs were waiting. 
“This is going to be really hard,” said Karen. “I want to take all of them home.” 
“That’s exactly what I thought would happen,” said Dad. “I was only kidding,” said Karen. 
“I know we can only take one dog home. I just don’t know how we will choose. But I have a feeling that whatever decision we make, it will be a perfect choice.”

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