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The karaoke machine is the most annoying invention in Britain,a survey (民意调查) for the
government found.It found that the Japanese invention topped a list of inventions that people
wished had never been invented.
2,584 adults were surveyed in England online.Among them,22 percent chose the karaoke
machine.17 percent said 24－hour sports channels,12 percent chose video games,while 11
percent said mobile phones and seven percent said alarm clocks."Seeing the karaoke machine
at the top of that list made me smile," said Kane Kramer,a director at the British Inventors
Society.
"When people are singing karaoke,they are enjoying themselves,but as a member of the
audience you are just watching somebody who can't perform for as long as you can bear it.
It is antisocial (令人讨厌的)．You might have 10 people who want to sing some karaoke,
which means 150 people have to suffer it.But the crazy thing is that people still do go just to
be a listener at other people's inability to sing.After a short while-unless they're very drunk
they're going to find that listening to performers failing to perform for two hours is not the best
way to spend the evening."
Karaoke has turned into a very large industry since being invented in 1971 by Daisuke
Inoue,a worker in a club in Japan who was looking to provide music for a customer who
wanted to sing on a company trip.
Asked what people would like to see invented in the future,18 percent said a robot cleaner
and 16 percent said a time machine.Asked what the most important safety inventions were,
69 percent said the smoke alarm,64 percent said seat belts and 29 percent said baby seats.
1．What do we learn from the survey?
A．Half the people surveyed wished karaoke machines hadn't been invented.
B．Smoke alarms embarrass people a lot in many cases.
C．Alarm clocks are a must for everyone.
D．Some people are not satisfied with mobile phones.
2．The underlined word "It" in Paragraph 3 refers to the fact that________.
A．people who can't perform sing karaoke
B．many drunks go and sing karaoke
C．people enjoy themselves by singing karaoke
D．people watch others perform
3．According to the passage,the karaoke machine________.
A．needs to be improved
B．was invented in the 19th century
C．gives a lot of people the chance to sing
D．was invented by a British person
4．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The time machine will come out in the near future.
B．The seat belt is one of the most important safety inventions.
C．Most people surveyed hope a robot cleaner will be invented soon.
D．The survey was carried out around the world.
5．The author's main purpose in writing the passage is to________.
A．introduce some inventions to us
B．advise people to give up the karaoke machine
C．tell us some details about a survey
D．give his opinions about the karaoke machine
