8th Grade Reading Basic Set 3

Read the passage and answer the question.
Janet looked out her bedroom window and saw the beautiful, new, white snow covering the ground outside. She quickly got dressed and ran out the front door to make the first snowman of the season. “Don’t forget your gloves! Your fingers will freeze!” called her mother, as the door slammed. “Don’t need them! No time!” yelled Janet as she jumped into the snow. After about 5 minutes of working in the ice-cold snow with her bare hands to make the snowman, Janet
realized that her fingers were so cold they were starting to hurt.
What will Janet most likely do next?

Read the passage.
Then here comes Mr. Pearson with his clipboard and his cards and pencils and whistles andsafety pins and fifty million other things he’s always dropping all over the place with his clumsy self. He sticks out in a crowd because he’s on stilts. We used to call him Jack and the Beanstalk to get him mad. But I’m the only one that can outrun him and get away, and I’m too grown for that silliness now.
Why does Mr. Pearson stand out in the crowd?

Read the passage.
“My father in his early manhood,” Grandpa began, “made a vision quest to find a spirit guide for his life. You cannot understand how it was in that time, when the great Teton Sioux were first made to stay on the reservation. There was a strong need for guidance from Wakantanka, the Great Spirit. But too many of the young men were filled with despair and hatred. They thought it was hopeless to search for a vision when the glorious life was gone and only the hated confines of a reservation lay ahead. But my father held to the old ways.

What caused the young men to be “filled with despair and hatred?”

Read the passage.
A substance made up of one type of atom is called an element. When two or more atoms join together, they form what is called a molecule.
How do molecules and elements differ?

Read the passage.
The difference between day length and night length is an important environmental stimulus for many plants. This stimulus can cause plants to begin reproducing. Some plants flower only in late summer or early autumn, when the night length is long. These plants are called short-day plants. Examples of short-day plants include poinsettias, ragweed, and chrysanthemums. Other
plants flower in spring or early summer, when night length is short. These plants are called longday plants. Clover, spinach, and lettuce are examples of long-day plants.

Short-day plants flower in the summer or early autumn. Long-day plants:

Read the chapter summaries.

Information found in Section 3 includes:

What is the last page of Chapter 2?

What is a benefit of AFLAC insurance?

Read the advertisement.

Where should donated books be taken?

Read the classified advertisement.

Choose the correct statement.

Read the following advertisement, keeping in mind that in a food label, ingredients are listed in order from the greatest amount to the least.
Ingredients: tomato puree (water, tomato paste), high fructose corn
syrup, wheat flour, salt, spice extract, vitamin C (ascorbic acid), citric acid.
According to the soup label, tomato soup mainly contains

The best source of information to determine the date Pearl Harbor was bombed would
be:

Read the following bibliography entry.
Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. United States of America: Tom Doherty Associates, 1998.
This is a bibliography entry for a:

Read the following advertisement.

This is an advertisement for:

Which bibliography lists magazines?

Read the passage.

What information is given in the vocabulary list for Chapter 11 Highlights?

Literal Reading Comprehension—Reading Directions–RIT 201 – 210
Read the recipes.

What type of chocolate is suggested for this recipe?