Free Printable CTP Practice Test for Grade 8

Scholar Tests · Set 2

CTP practice test, Grade 8

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Verbal Reasoning

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 9 minutes.

1.
Whisper is to shout as trickle is to
1. Astream
2. Bflood
3. Cdrip
4. Drain
2.
The old map was too ______ to read, so they relied on the guide's memory.
Which word best completes the sentence?
1. Afaded
2. Baccurate
3. Cdetailed
4. Drecent
3.
Prologue is to book as overture is to
1. Asinger
2. Btheater
3. Copera
4. Dsong
4.
The museum's collection was so ______ that it took us two days to see it all.
Which word best completes the sentence?
1. Aextensive
2. Blimited
3. Ctiny
4. Ddull
5.
Chapter is to book as scene is to
1. Aactor
2. Bplay
3. Cstage
4. Dscript
6.
Biologist is to living things as geologist is to
1. Ahammer
2. Blaboratory
3. Cstars
4. Drocks
7.
Mason is to brick as tailor is to
1. Ashop
2. Bneedle
3. Ccloth
4. Dsuit
8.
Drizzle is to downpour as breeze is to
1. Arain
2. Bgale
3. Cwind
4. Dstorm
9.
Anthology is to poems as album is to
1. Aframe
2. Bphotographs
3. Csongs
4. Dcamera
10.
Pilot is to cockpit as chef is to
1. Arestaurant menu
2. Bkitchen
3. Coven mitt
4. Dwaiter

Vocabulary

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 7 minutes.

1.
Each proton carries a positive charge, while each electron carries a negative one.
This sentence is from a science book. What does proton mean?
1. Aa tool for weighing
2. Ba tiny particle with a positive charge, found in the center of an atom
3. Ca kind of cloud
4. Da group of stars
2.
Acquiesce is to comply as censure is to ______.
Which word completes the analogy?
1. Acapture
2. Bpraise
3. Cmeasure
4. Dcriticize
3.
After an hour at the bank, Dad grumbled, "I just love waiting in line."
The words in bold are verbal irony. What does the speaker really mean?
1. Awaiting in line is his favorite thing
2. Bhe hates waiting this long
3. Che enjoys going to the bank
4. Dthe line moved quickly
4.
Which word means the same as facilitate?
1. Ahesitate
2. Bhelp
3. Chinder
4. Dfabricate
5.
What does the root crypt mean in the word encrypt?
1. Abreak or burst
2. Bsound
3. Chidden
4. Dearth or land
6.
The guide words on a dictionary page are sturdy and sufficient.
Which word would you find on that page?
1. Alava
2. Bplunder
3. Csubject
4. Dhabitat
7.
The room filled with jovial laughter as the family shared old stories.
What does the word jovial mean in this sentence?
1. Atired and weak
2. Bcheerful and friendly
3. Cstrict and stern
4. Dgrumpy and cold
8.
Don't worry about the hard homework, because we're all in the same boat.
What does the phrase in bold mean?
1. Ariding together on a boat
2. Bfar away from each other
3. Cin the same hard situation
4. Don different teams
9.
Which word means almost the same as spend but has a more negative connotation?
1. Ahoard
2. Binvest
3. Csquander
4. Dstrut
10.
The exchange students learned to converse in Spanish by the end of the year.
Which meaning of converse is used in this sentence?
1. Atalk with someone
2. Bthe opposite or reverse of something
3. Ca heavy winter boot
4. Da narrow river valley

Reading Comprehension

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 13 minutes.

Lola's Hands
My grandmother's hands are maps, and I am still learning to read them. Blue veins branch across their backs like rivers searching for the sea. Her knuckles rise in a ridge of small brown hills, worn soft by seventy-eight years of weather. Here, along her left thumb, runs the pale road of a scar from the summer she was seventeen, cleaning salmon in a cannery in Alaska, an ocean away from Manila. Here, on her wrist, is a shiny island where a pot of rice boiled over in a kitchen in Stockton, California, the first winter she had a kitchen of her own. Her palms are crossed with paths I cannot follow yet: night shifts at a sewing machine, three children carried on one hip and then the other, a garden of bitter melon and tomatoes coaxed out of hard ground. When I hold my hand beside hers, mine looks like a blank page, a country no one has explored. "Don't hurry," Lola says, folding my fingers into my palm the way you fold a map to keep it safe. "Go places. Do things. Your roads will come."
1.
How does the poet develop the metaphor in the first line, "My grandmother's hands are maps"?
1. AThe poet shows that Lola draws maps as her job.
2. BThe poet uses it only to show how large her hands are.
3. CThe poet drops the comparison after the first stanza.
4. DEach stanza turns marks on her hands into map features, such as rivers, roads and an island.
2.
What does the final stanza add to the poem?
1. AIt shifts the poem to a description of her garden.
2. BIt carries the map metaphor into the speaker's future, with roads still to come.
3. CIt lists more of Lola's scars and where she got them.
4. DIt shows that the speaker is upset about being young.
A Safer Crossing on Elm Street
To the Editor:
Every school morning, more than 300 students cross Elm Street at Fifth Avenue to reach Lincoln Middle School, and the only thing protecting us is a set of faded white stripes painted on the pavement. I am asking the city to add flashing warning lights and a crossing guard at that corner before someone gets hurt.
The most serious problem is that drivers do not stop. Elm Street is wide and straight, and many drivers treat it like a highway, even though the speed limit near the school is 20 miles per hour. Last Tuesday, my dad and I stood at the corner from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. and counted the cars that drove through the crosswalk while someone was waiting at it or crossing, and in that single hour there were 14. Last spring, a sixth grader had to jump back onto the curb when a delivery van sped through the crosswalk without slowing down.
Lincoln is also the oldest middle school in the county, and our marching band won first place at the county fair this summer. A school like ours deserves a street that looks as good as we do.
Some people will say that warning lights and a crossing guard cost too much. But a flashing light costs far less than a trip to the emergency room, and no one can put a price on a student's safety.
Please do not wait for a serious accident before making this dangerous corner safe.
Sincerely,
Hana Sato, seventh grade, Lincoln Middle School
3.
How does the writer respond to people who say lights and a guard cost too much?
1. AShe agrees that the city should wait another year.
2. BShe says that the school band will pay for the lights.
3. CShe claims that crossing guards would be happy to work for free.
4. DShe argues that a light costs far less than an injury would.
4.
Which detail best supports the writer's point that drivers do not stop at the crossing?
1. ALincoln is the oldest middle school in the county.
2. BShe counted 14 cars that drove through the crosswalk in one hour.
3. CElm Street is wide and straight.
4. DMore than 300 students cross there each morning.
Matthew Henson's Long Road North
On April 6, 1909, a small team of men and dogs stood on the frozen Arctic Ocean. Their leader, the American naval officer Robert Peary, declared that they had reached the North Pole. With him were Matthew Henson, the African American explorer who had worked beside Peary for nearly two decades, and four Inuit men: Ootah, Seegloo, Egingwah, and Ooqueah.
Henson was born in Charles County, Maryland, in 1866. After losing both parents, he went to sea at about age twelve as a cabin boy on a merchant ship. The ship's captain taught him to read and to navigate, and by early adulthood Henson had sailed to ports in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
In 1887 he met Peary, who hired him as an assistant for a surveying trip to Nicaragua. Henson soon joined Peary's expeditions to the Arctic and became the most capable member of the team. He learned to speak the Inuit language, and from Inuit teachers he learned to drive dog sleds, build igloos, and hunt and dress for survival in extreme cold.
Whether the team truly reached the Pole is still disputed. Peary's navigation records were incomplete, and experts have questioned whether the team could have covered so much distance so quickly. The claim has never been proved, and it has never been completely disproved.
What is not disputed is how long Henson waited for credit. Peary received medals and fame, while Henson spent more than twenty years as a clerk in a federal customs office in New York. Honors came late, including a medal from Congress in 1944. Henson died in 1955, and in 1988 his remains were moved to Arlington National Cemetery and buried near Peary's.
5.
Which statement best expresses the central idea of the article?
1. AHenson was vital to Peary's expeditions, but credit for his work came late.
2. BHenson proved beyond any doubt that he was the first person to reach the North Pole.
3. CThe North Pole had been reached many times before 1909.
4. DHenson preferred working as a clerk to exploring the Arctic.
6.
How does the author handle the claim that the team reached the North Pole?
1. AThe author avoids mentioning the claim at all.
2. BThe author says only the Inuit men believed it.
3. CThe author accepts the claim as a proven fact.
4. DThe author states plainly that the claim is disputed and explains why.
7.
According to the article, how did Henson learn the skills he needed to survive in the Arctic?
1. AHe learned them from Inuit teachers.
2. BHe learned them while working at the customs office.
3. CHe learned them from the captain of his first ship.
4. DHe learned them on the surveying trip to Nicaragua.
Jonah Is Avoiding Me
Jonah Pike is avoiding me, and I know exactly why.
On Saturday we lost the semifinal by a single point. With four seconds remaining, I stood at the free-throw line with two chances to win the game, and I missed them both. Jonah, who has been my best friend since second grade, didn't say a word on the bus ride home; he just sat with his wrist in a bag of ice and stared out the window, probably replaying my misses in his head.
On Monday the situation got worse. He skipped our usual lunch table, and somebody mentioned that he'd spent lunch in the nurse's office, which is the oldest trick there is for avoiding people. At practice he sat on the bench in his regular clothes and never touched a basketball. Twice I caught him whispering to Coach Delgado, and both times Coach glanced in my direction and nodded, as if they were agreeing on something important. I'm fairly certain I know what it was: how to break the news that I'm being removed from the starting lineup.
That night Jonah texted me: "Can't talk. At the doctor again. Tell Coach you're ready."
Ready for what? Ready to sit on the bench for the rest of the season? Classic Jonah, sarcastic even when he's furious.
Today after practice, Coach called me over. "Jonah's wrist will be in a cast for six weeks," he explained. "He tells me you've been his most dependable passer since second grade, and he thinks you should start at guard on Friday. I happen to agree with him."
I thanked him politely, but I could see what was really going on. Jonah felt sorry for me after those free throws, and Coach was going along with it to be nice. I'll start on Friday, I suppose. But I recognize pity when I see it.
8.
How does the narrator's understanding differ from the reader's?
1. AThe narrator suspects Coach, but the reader suspects that Jonah's parents are involved.
2. BThe narrator understands Jonah's text, but the reader finds it confusing.
3. CThe narrator and the reader both believe that Coach is planning to cut the narrator.
4. DThe narrator thinks Jonah is angry, but the clues show Jonah is hurt and on his side.
9.
What does Jonah most likely mean by his text, "Tell Coach you're ready"?
1. AHe wants the narrator to apologize to Coach.
2. BHe is asking the narrator for a ride to the doctor.
3. CHe is mocking the narrator for missing the free throws.
4. DHe wants the narrator to take his place in the lineup.
10.
Which detail best shows that Jonah was not avoiding the narrator on purpose?
1. AJonah skipped their usual lunch table on Monday.
2. BCoach says Jonah's wrist will be in a cast for six weeks.
3. CCoach glanced at the narrator and nodded.
4. DThe team lost the semifinal by a single point.

Writing

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 9 minutes.

1.
The puppies caused ______ when they ran through the kitchen.
Which word is spelled correctly and completes the sentence?
1. Achaos
2. Bchoas
3. Ckaos
4. Dchaose
2.
Which sentence uses capital letters correctly?
1. ANext semester, Ethan will take Latin and a computer science class.
2. BNext semester, ethan will take Latin and a computer science class.
3. Cnext semester, Ethan will take Latin and a computer science class.
4. DNext Semester, Ethan will take Latin and a computer science class.
3.
Mr. Bell saved two seats on the bus for Nia and ______.
Which word best completes the sentence?
1. Aherself
2. Bher
3. Cshe
4. Dhers
4.
The thunderstorm was very loud. Even so, the baby slept through the whole night.
Which sentence best combines the two sentences without changing what they mean?
1. AThe thunderstorm was very loud, the baby slept through the whole night.
2. BAlthough the thunderstorm was very loud, the baby slept.
3. CAlthough the thunderstorm was very loud, the baby slept through the whole night.
4. DBecause the thunderstorm was very loud, the baby slept through the whole night.
5.
Which sentence uses parentheses correctly?
1. ADiego's family (drove to Yellowstone National Park in the northwest corner of Wyoming).
2. BDiego's family drove to Yellowstone National Park (in the northwest corner of Wyoming.)
3. CDiego's family drove to Yellowstone National Park (in the northwest corner of Wyoming.
4. DDiego's family drove to Yellowstone National Park (in the northwest corner of Wyoming).
6.
Principal Hayes, I believe our school should start a student newspaper this year. A survey by our English teachers found that more than eighty students would like to write for a school paper. Writing news stories teaches students to ask good questions, check facts, and meet deadlines. Some staff members point out that a newspaper would need an adult adviser and a lot of extra time. However, Ms. Rivera, an eighth-grade English teacher, has already offered to advise the newspaper after school. Please give our students the chance to start a school newspaper this year, Principal Hayes.
Who is the writer most likely writing this paragraph for?
1. Athe school principal
2. Bthe members of a college swim team
3. Ca group of tourists visiting the city
4. Dthe cooks at a local restaurant
7.
1. Finally, hold a sheet of white paper a few feet in front of you to catch the light.
2. Tape a piece of aluminum foil over the square hole, and poke a tiny hole in the foil with a pin.
3. Begin by cutting a small square hole in the center of a sheet of stiff cardboard.
4. During the eclipse, stand with your back to the sun and hold the cardboard above your shoulder.
In what order should these sentences go?
1. A4, 2, 3, 1
2. B3, 2, 1, 4
3. C3, 2, 4, 1
4. D3, 1, 4, 2
8.
Built in 1803, sailors relied on the lighthouse for more than a century.
This sentence has a dangling modifier. Which revision corrects it?
1. AThe lighthouse, which was built in 1803 and relied on by sailors for more than a century.
2. BSailors relied on the lighthouse, which was built in 1803, for more than a century.
3. CBuilt in 1803, sailors relied for more than a century on the lighthouse.
4. DSailors relied on the lighthouse, which was built in 1903, for more than a century.
9.
The honking of the geese over the lake ______ loud enough to wake me.
Which word or words best complete the sentence?
1. Awere
2. Bhave been
3. Cwas
4. Dare
10.
Finished in 1936, the Hoover Dam tamed the Colorado River and became a major source of power for the Southwest. According to the US Bureau of Reclamation, which runs the dam, the curved concrete wall is more than 700 feet tall. Water held back by the dam formed Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States when it is full. As water from the lake rushes through the dam, it spins giant turbines that generate electricity. Our English class is reading a mystery novel set at a ski lodge in Vermont. Consequently, the dam's power plant can supply electricity to homes and businesses in Nevada, Arizona, and California. In these ways, the Hoover Dam both controls a mighty river and powers towns and cities across the Southwest.
Which sentence does NOT belong in this paragraph?
1. AAs water from the lake rushes through the dam, it spins giant turbines that generate electricity.
2. BAccording to the US Bureau of Reclamation, which runs the dam, the curved concrete wall is more than 700 feet tall.
3. COur English class is reading a mystery novel set at a ski lodge in Vermont.
4. DWater held back by the dam formed Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States when it is full.

Quantitative Reasoning

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 10 minutes.

1.
A stall owner sold 16 pencil cases at $10 each. In total this was a profit of $48. How much did one of the pencil cases cost the owner?
1. A$7
2. B$10
3. C$13
4. D$112
2.
A guitar with a list price of $900 was sold for $486 after two successive discounts. The first discount was 10%. What was the second discount?
1. A40%
2. B42%
3. C46%
4. D50%
3.
Jack and Ava have shells in the ratio 1 : 6. Ava gives 22 shells to Jack. Now they have shells in the ratio 2 : 1. How many shells did Jack have at first?
1. A6
2. B22
3. C28
4. D50
4.
A bag of flour weighs 5 pounds. How many ounces is that? (1 pound = 16 ounces)
1. A5
2. B60
3. C78
4. D80
5.
Ethan and James share $560 in the ratio 4 : 3. How much does Ethan get?
1. A$140
2. B$240
3. C$280
4. D$320
6.
Column A: 5/6
Column B: 10/15
Compare the quantity in Column A with the quantity in Column B.
1. AColumn A is greater.
2. BColumn B is greater.
3. CThe two quantities are equal.
4. DIt cannot be decided from the information given.
7.
One digger would dig the trench on its own in 6 days. A second digger would dig it on its own in 12 days. If both work at the same time, how long do they take together?
1. A3
2. B4
3. C6
4. D18
8.
7 pens and 4 rulers cost $80. 2 pens and 4 rulers cost $40. What does one pen cost?
1. A$4
2. B$6
3. C$8
4. D$40
9.
Ruby is now 4 times as old as Lucas. In 4 years' time Ruby will be 3 times as old as Lucas. How old is Ruby now?
1. A8
2. B32
3. C33
4. D36
10.
Column A: 30% of 80
Column B: 10% of 80
Compare the quantity in Column A with the quantity in Column B.
1. AColumn A is greater.
2. BColumn B is greater.
3. CThe two quantities are equal.
4. DIt cannot be decided from the information given.

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