Grade 8 English Exploring New Horizons Question Preview (ID: 51204)


Since The Dawn Of History, Humans Have Always Been Looking Into The Heavens And Wondering About Their Planets, Stars, And Galaxies. This Game/quiz Aims To Review Facts And Problems Of Explorations Beyond Earth. Also, It Aims To Review The Use Of Context C. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

When writing a TV news report, one needs to:
a) write a story for people.
b) write a story for the writer’s journal.
c) use fake numbers.
d) distort facts.

The word ‘space junk’ means:
a) • Satellites sending frequencies
b) Nonfunctional spacecraft or related parts
c) Airplanes
d) Meteors

In the statement: “NASA has successfully launched over 200 crewed flights from its stations.” The underlined pronoun refers to:
a) flights
b) stations
c) 200
d) NASA

Two of the famous pieces of space junk mentioned in your textbook are:
a) a glove and a camera.
b) a satellite and a helmet.
c) a space shoe and a mask.
d) a spacesuit and a ventilation garment.

The word ‘track’ is used correctly in one of the following sentences:
a) ‘They tracked the movement of stars by the telescope.’
b) ‘We always track our holiday in Istanbul.’
c) ‘The teacher has tracked the experiment in the laboratory.’
d) ‘Sami tracked the doll of his little sister.’

One benefit of using remote control rovers is
a) preparing hot recipes.
b) building basic structures before humans go to a planet beyond Earth.
c) constructing Lego statues.
d) testing the temperature of the sun.

One of the following statements is a main idea:
a) Thousands of satellites have been launched into orbit around Earth.
b) The Soviet Union launched the first satellite.
c) Humans’ journey into space began in 1957.
d) A great number of pieces of debris are floating around Earth.

The purpose of the space surveillance network is to
a) broadcast a variety of TV programs.
b) watch the migrating birds.
c) track large pieces of space trash.
d) watch streets in order to track traffic flaw.

One of the following statements is NOT true:
a) Some human-made space debris has settled on Mars. Humanoid Robot Can Dive Deep Underwater, Exploring Reefs And ... popsci.c
b) Very small pieces of space junk cannot be tracked by the space surveillance network.
c) England launched a rocket in November 2015.
d) Michael Collins, an astronaut, lost his camera during a space mission.

When writing a TV news report it is preferable to
a) use the past tense frequently.
b) use the present tense wherever possible.
c) use a limited number of action verbs.
d) none of the choices

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