Reading Skill Quiz - Grade 8

What information should you gather when you preview/skim a text?

• A general idea of what the text is about.

• Names of every character in the work.

• Details about the life of the author.

• Information about where, when, and how the book was published.

Place the following events in sequence:

A) Take Notes

B) Preview

C) Discuss with a friend

• C,A,B

• B,C,A

• B,A,C

• A,C,B

In the phrase, "It's usually a good idea to read a text comprehensively," what's the best synonym for "comprehensively?"

• Repeatedly

• Thoroughly

  
  

• Inadequately

• Quickly

Skimming a text is most similar to:

• Having a light snack

• Cooking a large dinner

• Eating a large dinner

• Looking up a recipe

What is the theme of the passage?

• Loneliness

• Friendship

• Jealousy

• Bragging is bad

Soccer is known in some countries as football. It is a popular sport across the world, with over 200 countries playing the sport. It is estimated that over 250 million people, both men and women, play soccer. The sport has been part of the Olympic games from 1900 to 1928 and from 1936 to today.
What is the main idea?

• Soccer is played by men and women.

• Soccer is a worldwide sport.

• Soccer is also called football.

• Soccer is important at the Olympics.

Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin.
The Summary of this passage is:

• Jill loves Mexican food.

• The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.

• Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.

• Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.

Native Americans dried strips of meat, pounded it into a paste, and then mixed it with fat. Sometimes they added berries and sugar. Then they pressed it into small cakes. They called these cakes pemmican. Pemmican didn't spoil, and it provided lots of energy for people traveling or going hunting. Today explorers still carry and eat this food.
What is the passage mostly about?

• who uses pemmican today

• how pemmican was prepared by Native Americans.

• why people eat pemmican today

• what can be put into pemmican

Read the text below and answer:

The virus appears to spread mainly from person to person. The transmission occurs when someone comes into contact with an infected person. For example, a cough, sneeze or handshake could cause transmission. The spread may also be caused by coming into contact with something an infected person has touched and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes.

Question :

How does the virus spread?

• The virus can be spread when we handshake with the infected person.

• The virus spreads when someone comes into contact with infected person.

• The virus spread when we are close to an infected person when they are coughing and sneezing

• All the answers are correct.

Peter is the youngest in our family. He is fourteen years old and four years younger than me. He has long, straight hair, bright eyes and a friendly smile. Sometimes he is rather naughty at home, but he usually does what he is asked to do.

Peter is interested in sports very much, and at school, he plays football and tennis. He is the best badminton player in our family.

Which of the following statement is not true about Peter?

• He plays football and tennis.

• He has bright eyes.

• He has long and straight hair.

• He is not interested in sports.