Division of City Schools

ELPIDIO QUIRINO HIGH SCHOOL

Bacood, Sta. Mesa, Manila
Third Quarterly Assessment
ENGLISH 8
I. READING COMPREHENSION
Direction: Read the selection below and
then answer the questions below with a letter
or word.
Selection 1
Feed the growing child properly and
you have helped to make a good citizen. Every
child has the right to a useful body and mind,
but in order to have either he must be given
the right kind of food at the proper time. The
food must do two things: first, make the child
grow; second, give energy for constant activity
in form of play or work. Until the child has its
growth, the food must make bone, muscle,
brain and all other tissues. The food should
contain many different materials as it supplies
many different wants. Children need more
food in proportion to their size than grown
people. Part of the food is used at once to help
the child run about and to make the body.
Meals should be given regularly. If a child goes
without breakfast he may tired out before
noon, and the parts of his body which are
growing will have to go without the material
needed to build them up at the very time. Then
we say, the childs growth is stunted.
1. On what, among many things, does a
good citizen
depend ?
a. sending the child to school early
b. feeding a growing child properly
c. letting the child play the whole
day
d. giving the child milk to drink
2. What does a growing child need to
have a useful
body and mind?
a. he must be given enough
vitamins
b. he must be well-taken care of
c. he must be given the right kind
of food at the
proper time
d. he must be sent to school
3. Why should a child never go without
breakfast?
a. he may get sick
b. he may feel dizzy
c. he may get absent from the
class
d. he may be tired out before noon
4. What demands does a growing child
body make?
a. nourishing food
c.
adequate breakfast
b. constant activity
d. useful

mind and body

5. What is the best title of the selection?
a. The Feeding of Young Children
b. The Proper Food for a Child
c. The Right Kind of Food for
Children
d. The Importance of Food
Selection 2:
A woman on cruise was a very
nervous traveler and she was constantly
running to the captain with her fears. When the
ship finally came to its destination he said
to her, you can stop worrying now, madam.
Weve dropped anchor.
Im not surprised, said the woman.
its been hanging over the side for days.
6. A cruise is travel
a. on land
b. on the subway
c. at sea
d. on air
7. One cause of the womans fears was
that the ship
might
a. sink
c. be
delayed
b. be robbed of pirates
d. get lost
8. An anchor is a metal device dropped
a. on the boat
c. into a
container
b. into the water
d. on the
land
9. Which of these implied by the
statement, weve
dropped anchor?
a. we have sailed
c. weve
solved the problem
b. weve reached port d. weve
given discounts
10. Which of these words can be
substituted for
captain?
a. pilot
c. driver
b. mechanic
d. teacher

Selection 3:
A turtle was washing at its rivers
edge of the water when, all of a sudden, a big
scorpion appeared from nowhere. My friend,
said the scorpion. I want to go to the other
side of the river for some important business. I
know you are a terrific swimmer. So, I would be
terribly pleased if you would carry me across. I
promise to repay you sometime, let me first
finish cleaning my house, then I shall give you
a ride, replied the turtle. When his cleaning
was through, the turtle said, Okay, climb on
my back, and lets go. And off they went.
Right in the middle of the river, the scorpion
said, I feel like biting your neck. Dont, said
the turtle, or well both drown. But the

scorpion crawled to the neck of the turtle and

bit him with all its might, Why, oh why?
asked the turtle as he felt the excruciating pain
in his neck. I thought I was your friend, he
added. sorry, but thats my nature, and I cant
do anything about it. Said the scorpion just
before them both disappeared into the water.
1. What was the turtle doing before the
scorpion approached him?
a. taking a bath
b. playing house
c. cleaning his house
d. washing dishes
2. What did the scorpion want from the
turtle?
a. an important business
b. a swimming chore
c. help in swimming
d. a ride across the river
3. How would you describe the turtle in
responding to the scorpion?
a. indifferent
b. kind-hearted
c. strong-willed
d. hesitant
4. What did the scorpion do to the turtle?
a. it bit his back
b. it bit his neck
c. it played a trick on him
d. it repaid him
5. What word will describe the scorpion?
a. friendly
b. generous
c. unkind
d. treacherous
6. What do you think happened next?
a. the two became friends
b. the scorpion thanked the turtle
c. only the scorpion drowned
d. both the turtle and the scorpion
drowned
7. What is the moral of the story?
a. Be helpful to your friend
b. Helping is dangerous
c. Dont trust everyone who calls you
Friend
d. If you help, do not drown
8. What kind of writing is the selection?
a. fable
b. legend
c. description
d. propaganda
9. The turtle agreed to the scorpions
request because he
a. was a public servant
b. was law-abiding
c. trusted the scorpion

d. loved the scorpion