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Reading Passage For Grade 8

This passage contains two reading comprehension passages along with multiple choice questions about each passage. The first passage is about encountering and engaging with people during adulthood. It discusses how this can feel like a trial and error experience. The second passage is about an old man and his relationship with the sea. It explores his complex and reverent attitude towards the sea through descriptive details. The questions test understanding of key details, themes, narration techniques and determining meaning from context in each reading passage.

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Reading Passage For Grade 8

This passage contains two reading comprehension passages along with multiple choice questions about each passage. The first passage is about encountering and engaging with people during adulthood. It discusses how this can feel like a trial and error experience. The second passage is about an old man and his relationship with the sea. It explores his complex and reverent attitude towards the sea through descriptive details. The questions test understanding of key details, themes, narration techniques and determining meaning from context in each reading passage.

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READING PASSAGE FOR GRADE 8

1. In which paragraph expresses the main idea that encounter and engagement with people seems
like a trial and error experience?
A. paragraph 1
B. paragraph 2
C. paragraph 4
D. paragraph 5

2. Which statement best summarizes the passage?


A. Entering adulthood is a time when people charge mistake as learning and deal with all sorts of
uneasiness in one’s life.
B. Growing up is the most difficult phase when it seems that things don’t happen according to your plan.
C. No one stays for good except the shared memories.
D. The only way to survive the awkward moment in life is by staying true to yourself.

3. How did the author develop her main idea?


A. cause-effect
B. descriptive
C. problem-solution
D. persuasive

4. Which of the following words best replace the meaning of the word, constant, in the last
paragraph?
A. cause
B. endpoint
C. key
D. permanent
READING PASSAGE FOR GRADE 7

1. The narrator of the story intends to …


A. bring the readers closer to the character
B. convey the narrator’s personal view
C. recount his encounter with the old man
D. reveal the inner thoughts of the old man

2. Which of the following lines suggest a personification?


A. … she did wild or wicked things it was …
B. … spoke of her as el mar which is masculine …
C. … those who love her say bad things …
D. … the shark livers had brought much money …

3. The attitude of the old man towards the sea is …


A. complex and reverent
B. detached and formal
C. personal and gentle
D. reflective and sentimental

4. The line, the moon affects her, might reflect ….


A. a fact that moon is a special entity beyond one’s comprehension
B. a make-believe story that creates fear among the fisherman
C. an opinion that suggests the relationship of the old man with the woman
D. a slice of reality like whenever tides occur due to moon’s gravitational force

5. The subject of contention among the townspeople is …


A. the moon
B. the sea
C. the old man
D. the woman in general

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