FIGURE 20 Buswell Reading Test Item

TEST 4
READ CAREFULLY AND THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

During a heavy fog the steamship Castine struck a rock and broke in two. All of the 75 passengers were thrown into the sea. In the panic which followed two of the passengers were drowned. The others and the members of the crew were rescued by a passing steamer. The wreck occurred near Camden. The wrecked boat was owned by the Rockand Steamship Company.


1. How many passengers were drowned?________________________

2. What became of the crew?_________________________________

3. Where did the wreck occur?________________________________


Sinus infections are common among both children and adults. After the infection has become firmly established, the victim is in for a lifelong struggle. Sinus infections get better when free drainage exists, but get worse whenever the outlets of the sinus areas become clogged or swollen shut. Frequently the infection from common colds spreads to the sinus bones and sets up a more or less permanently infected area. Prevention of sinus infections consists in establishing good hygenic conditions, with plenty of fresh air, much sunshine, and well ventilated sleeping quarters.


1. What happens to sinus infections when the outlets of the sinuses become clogged?

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2. Do children have sinus infections?

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3. What three things help to prevent sinus infections?

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The Brookings Institution is an economic research organization of high reputation, located at Washington. A group of expert economists belonging to this institution made an appraisal of the functioning of the National Recovery Administration. Among other conclusions this group of experts said that the freezing of the wage structure against any downward readjustments involved also a very considerable freezing of the price structure.


1. What did the economists appraise?

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2. What is the Brookings Institution?

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3. Did the economic experts say that when wages were kept up prices tended to go down?

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4. Does freezing the wage structure mean making wages higher, keeping them as they are, or lowering them?

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Source: G. Buswell (1937, August). How Adults Read. Supplementary Educational Monographs. Number 45. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, (p.152).
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