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pairs of curtains eíĩortlessly opened or closed. That, at least, was the idea. In
practice what happened was that one opened, one closed, one opened and
closed repeatedly and one did nothing at all for five minutes and then started
to produce smoke. We didn’t go an3 Twhere near them after the íírst week.

Automatic curtains, electric cat-food dispensers and clothes steamers only
seem to make life easier. In fact, all they do is add expense and complication
to your existence.

1. What is the author’s opinion of everyday invention?
A. On the whole they make life easier.
B. Some people do not know how to use them very well.
c. They cause more problems than they solve.
D. He likes them now more than he used to.
2. What point is the author making with the story of his experience at
Burger King?
A. Fast food restaurants are not very fast.
B. Some aspects of modern life are not always as convenient as they are
intended to be.
c. The driver of the pickup truck had parked in the wrong place.
D. The queues at the drive-through windows are usually very long.
3. What does the author tell us about everyday inventions in America?
A. They were all inventod there.
B. They make life less exciting.
c. People assumed they would make life more comíortable.
D. There aren’t as many now as there used to be.
4. What does the author mean hy “Perhaps my memory is playing tricks on
me” (paragraph 5)?
A. He is sometimes very forgetful.
B. He cannot remember all the details.
c. What he says might not be completely true.
D. He remembers having fun.

5. What does “the whole thing” in the fifth paragraph refer to?
A. the turkey
B. the plate
c. the rubber gloves
D. the carving knife

6. What does the author say about labour-saving devices today?
A. People cannot stop buying them.
B. People try to do ridiculous things with thom,
c. They are better than the ones in the sixties.
D. They help people to do more work.
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