READING COMPREHENSION for GRADE 8

What word in the passage  means one that is gigantic in size?

• Mythology

• Titan

• Greek

• .Zeus

He is shown as a stoop figure carrying the globe on his shoulder. What does stoop mean?

• A.  Strong

• B.  Handsome

• C. Bend down

• D. Motionless

It  can be inferred that Atlas supported the earth and the sky because he was ____________________.

• A. a Titan of enormous strength

• B.  punished after losing to Zeus

• C.  associated with maps and globes

• D.  a slave to the god Zeus

Which of the following objects is NOT associated with Atlas?

• A. Map

• B. Compass

• C. Globe

• D. Earth and Sky

What kind of a  reading material an atlas can be referred to?

• A.  Newspaper

• B. Magazine

• C. Pamphlet

• D. Book

Which of the following treated stars no other than but heavenly bodies?

• A. All men

• B.  Others

• C. Scholars

• D. Travelers

What does the speaker mean in the line , “But all these stars are silent”?

• A. Stars are literally lights in the sky .

• B. Stars do not care to people.

• C. Only people give special meaning to the stars.

• D. Stars just watch people  how they treat them.

What passage in the excerpt states that the Little Prince had a special star?

• A. You alone will have stars as no one else has them”.

• B. “All men have stars, but they are not the same things for different people”.

• C.  “In one of the stars I shall be living”.

• D. “You will always be my friend”.

How could the speaker make stars  extraordinary for  Little Prince?

• A. He would live in any of the stars.

• B. He would be laughing in any of the stars

• C. He would comfort Little Prince every night

• D. He would make sure that Little Prince bells would know him

Why could NOT the speaker live and laugh  in just one star?

• A. Living and laughing in just one star would make  the it ordinary in due time.

• B. He would  like to become different individual  by  living in the different stars.

• C. The star where the speaker lived might get fed up of his laughing.

• D. The Little Prince would believe that stars were special.