Entry Exam Category: College Admission Exams
Course: Texas Success Initiative Assessment 2.0
Exam: TSIA2 Reading and Writing Practice Test 2
Practice Question
Extract
Neon signs are often placed in storefronts to attract customers. The very first display of glass tubes filled with colorful, ignited neon gas was meant to attract only attention, however. In 1910 at the Paris Exposition, two straight tubes filled with lit neon gas were displayed to show off the new technology. It was not until 1912 that glass tubes were bent into a written message and put in the window of a barber shop to entice people to come in.
We can infer that the reason the glass tubes were bent was that
Answer Choices
- A: the Paris Exposition display was considered unsatisfactory
- B: straight tubes are not as bright as bent ones
- C: it is difficult to form letters with straight tubes
- D: neon gas burns out quickly in straight tubes
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The correct answer is 'it is difficult to form letters with straight tubes' because the passage states that in 1912, tubes were bent into a written message, implying that bending was necessary to shape the tubes into letters, which is difficult with straight tubes. Options A, B, and D are not supported by the passage.