"On Thomas Edison Bulb Anniversary"

Which detail states where the central idea of the text emerges?

• "It hasn't been easy to design an energy-efficient lighting appliance that consumers embrace as warmly as the gadget that Thomas Edison first fashioned 131 years ago in a Menlo Park, New Jersey, laboratory with carbonized thread from his wife's sewing kit"

• "Edison's technology so transformed the candlelit world that his lightbulb has stood for years as the iconic image of a new idea. And it's a shape that 21-st century consumers are reluctant to leave behind, even though Edison's incandescent lightbulb wastes energy by literally giving off more heat than light"

• "We think consumers want a lightbulb that looks light a lightbulb,' says Stephanie Anderson, director of communications at Osram Sylvania, of Danvers, Massachusetts, part of Germany's Siemens AG. Osram Sylvania already has had an LED bulb designed as a replacement for the 40-watt incandescent in Lowe's stores for several months"

• "The twisty look of the main energy-saving home bulb now on the market, the compact-fluorescent (CLF), is seen by the lighting industry as one of a series of stumbling blocks that has prevented the product from gaining deep acceptance"

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What does the word "fashioned" mean in paragraph 7?

• inhibited

• envisioned

• demolished

• formulated

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Which statement from the text supports the author's claim in paragraph 7?

• "The twisty look of the main energy-saving bulb now on the market, the compact-fluorescent (CFL), is seen by the lighting industry as one of a series of stumbling blocks that has prevented the product from gaining deep acceptance"

• "A US Government survey in 2009 found that only 11 percent of household sockets have CFLs"

• "Lighting experts tout long-lasting, ultra-low-energy light-emitting diodes (LEDs)--first seen as indicator lights on appliances--as the remedy for virtually all issues"

• "Years of research have produced ever-brighter and ever-whiter LEDs, with lighting manufacturers now prepared to offer products they say are good enough for the living room lamp"

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What can be inferred from the sentence below in paragraph 8? "Edison's technology so transformed the candlelit world that his lightbulb has stood for years as the iconic image of a new idea"

• The lightbulb produces a significant amount of energy

• The lightbulb represents any fresh and original concept

• The lightbulb has come to represent hope

• The lightbulb has replaced the candle

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What is the effect of the metaphor in paragraph 13? "sixty watts is the holy grail of the LED replacement game"

• It indicates just how far companies will go to win

• It signifies the ultimate goal of the energy companies

• It shows what is no longer desirable in the energy industry

• It marks the competitive nature of energy-related technology

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What detail from the text supports the author's claim that General Electric's high-efficiency LED bulb is an illumination breakthrough?

• "LED's are basically chips you can use in your computer, and are temperature-sensitive"

• "Edison's technology so transformed the candlelit world that his lightbulb has stood for years as the iconic image of a new idea"

• "We think consumers want a lightbulb that looks like a lightbulb"

• "Lighting experts tout long-lasting, ultra-low-energy light-emitting diodes (LEDs)--first seen as indicator lights on appliances--as the remedy for virtually all of these issues

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For what purpose did the author include information about Edison's "candlelit world" crafted "with carbonized thread from his wife's sewing kit"?

• to remind the audience that consumers are frugal people who prefer inexpensive products

• to remind the audience that consumers are younger people who prefer modern goods

• to remind the audience that consumers are basic people who prefer simple designs

• to remind the audience that consumers are older people who prefer new technology

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How did the author make the connection between Edison's lightbulb and the high-efficiency lighting choices available today?

• By evaluating the current experts' solution for most of the problematic issues with the incandescent lightbulb

• By contrasting the benefits of innovative lighting technology with the popularity of traditional lighting

• By outlining the development of technology that transformed the world's lighting preferences from candles to LEDs

• By reporting on Osram Sylvania and Phillip's announcement of a breakthrough jet-engine technology to keep LED bulbs cool

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