Question

lets say youre a dj at a school dance in the cafeteria. its 8:30 on a friday night. the room is crowded, and it smells like pizza and sweat. but no one cares. students are ready to celebrate the end of the school year, but only a few people are on the dance floor. most students stand in small circles around the edges of the room. wait, did someone just yawn?

from behind your sound equipment, you watch in horror. an empty dance floor and a sleepy crowd are a djs worst nightmare. youll have to change the mood—and fast. after all, the job of a dj is to play music that people enjoy.

what is the gist of the part of the passage in the box?

djs need to pick the right dropdown to keep a crowd dropdown.

options for first dropdown: times, places, songs

Explanation:

The passage describes a DJ at a school dance where the crowd is not engaged (few on dance floor, some yawning). The DJ needs to change the mood, and the job of a DJ is to play music people enjoy. So the DJ needs to pick the right songs to keep the crowd engaged (or entertained, lively, etc.). "Times" and "places" don't relate to the DJ's role of playing music here.

Answer:

First blank: songs; Second blank: engaged (or entertained, lively - but based on the context of the DJ playing music, the key is that the DJ picks songs to keep the crowd into the dance, so the first blank is "songs" and the second blank would be something like "entertained" or "engaged", but since the first dropdown has "songs" as the correct option for what the DJ picks, and the second is about keeping the crowd in a good mood/active, the first blank answer is "songs". For the second blank, typical options would be "entertained", "engaged", "lively" etc., but if we assume the second dropdown has options related to the crowd's state (like engaged, happy, dancing), the first blank is "songs". So the first box: songs.