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The Japanese like parties.From ancient times, a party becomes enlivened (活潑) when someone starts singing and others keep applauding.Having such a custom, the Japanese can easily sing in front of others without feeling embarrassed.This seems to be one of the reasons that karaoke has been largely accepted in Japanese society.

It is now widely recognized that the use of karaoke started at a snack bar in Kobe City, one of the three biggest cities in Japan.It is said that when a guitarist could not come to perform at the bar due to illness, the owner of the bar prepared tapes of accompaniment recordings, and people enjoyed singing to the tapes.

It was at that time that karaoke appeared.Holding a microphone and singing a song to the accompaniment of an “orchestra (管弦樂隊)”， you can feel like a professional singer.For soldiers living in a stressful society, there is no other entertainment activity that can make them feel so refreshed.

It is a typical way to relax for Japanese businessmen.They use it to take away their stress after work.However, there is an obstacle to this: since most Japanese houses are still made of wood, it would be very annoying to the neighbors to sing into a microphone at night.Seizing upon the opportunity, businessmen created the karaoke box, a roadside facility containing karaoke equipment.Karaoke boxes are soundproofed rooms, closed with a door, placed on roadsides where people can sing.The first “Karaoke box” was placed in a rice camp in the countryside in 1984.It was built from a converted freight car (改裝的貨運車).Now, the karaoke boom has even spread abroad and it has also been attracting the attention of the countries trying to improve their literacy rate (識字率) as a good educational tool.

1.According to the text, we can learn that karaoke ________.

A.originated from the biggest city of Japan

B.originated in the form of singing to tapes

C.can help you achieve the level of professional singers

D.first appeared in the army to relieve stress for soldiers

2.The underlined word “soundproofed” in Paragraph 4 most probably means “________”.

A.recording sounds repeatedly

B.receiving sound signals

C.making sound more clear

D.stopping sound from being heard outside

3.What can be inferred from the text?

A.Karaoke was started in a bar during a party.

B.A guitarist was the originator who brought the karaoke into being.

C.Karaoke was very common as a form of entertainment at home when it was born.

D.Karaoke is used as a way of education in some countries.

4.What is the text mainly about?

A.What karaoke boxes are like.

B.How karaoke boxes were created.

C.The origins and development of karaoke.

D.Karaoke becomes a popular form of entertainment.

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