Eng II EOC - Review (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 21st-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 like 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 (CFL), 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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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

What does the word fashioned mean in paragraph 7?

• inhibited

• envisioned

• demolished

• formulated

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

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

• “The twisty look of the main energy-saving home 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 U.S. 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 of these 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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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

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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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

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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CCSS.L.9-10.5

What detail from the text supports the author’s claim that General Electric’s highefficiency LED bulb is an illumination breakthrough

• “ ‘LEDs 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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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

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 Philips’s announcement of a breakthrough jet-engine technology to keep LED bulbs cool

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CCSS.RI.9-10.3