The cash machine is 47 years old, but where was the birthplace of this world-beating invention? New York? Tokyo? No. The first ever cash machine was born in Enfield Town, north London. It was a Scottish inventor, John shepherd Barron, who realized the concept of a self-service machine that could be used 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to withdraw cash from one’s own bank account. It struck the inventor while he was in the bath. He hit upon the idea of a chocolate bar dispenser, replacing chocolate with cash.
On September 2 in 1969, America’s first automatic teller machine (ATM) appeared in public, giving out cash to customers at Chemical Bank, New York. It was only able to give out cash, but in 1971, an ATM that could handle many functions, including depositing(存款) money, was introduced. Today there are over one million ATMs around the world, with a new one added every five minutes. It is reported that Americans over the age of 18 use their ATM card six to eight times a mouth. Not surprisingly, ATMs get their busiest workouts on Fridays. In the 1990s, banks began charging fees to use ATMs, a profitable move for them and an annoying one for consumers.
Consumers were also faced with an increase in ATM crimes. Robbers preyed(搶奪) on people using money machines in poorly lit or otherwise unsafe locations, and criminals also thought up ways to steal customers’ PINs (personal identification numbers), even setting up fake money machines to capture the information. In response, city and state governments passed laws such as New York’s ATM Safety Act in 1996, which required banks to install such things as surveillance cameras (監(jiān)控攝像頭), reflective mirrors and locked entryways for their ATMs. 
小題1:What does the underlined word, “It”, in the first paragraph, probably refer to?
A．The opening time of the bank.
B．The concept of an ATM.
C．Ordinary banking service.
D．The act of withdrawing cash.
小題2: Which of the following is true about ATM?
A．It appeared earlier than the chocolate bar dispenser.
B．It was invented by a Scottish man in 1971.
C．It was at first free of charge for its consumers.
D．It was originally designed to deposit money.
小題3: What can we learn from the text? "
A． Americans under the age of 18 are not allowed to have an ATM card.
B． People are more likely to turn to ATMs for banking service on Fridays.
C． Criminals usually choose unsafe locations to steal customers' PINs.
D． The ATM crime rate in New York is much lower than that in other state
小題4: Which of the following might be the best title for the text?
A． How to Operate on an ATM
B． What is Waiting for ATMs in the Future?
C． The First ATM Opened for Business
D．The Unknown Truth about ATM

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D
本文主要講述的是ATM的一些不為人所知的事情，ＡＴＭ的發(fā)明者以及具體的發(fā)展歷程。
小題1:B
【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)第一段3,4,5行It was a Scottish inventor, John shepherd Barron, who realized the concept of a self-service machine that could be used 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to withdraw cash from one’s own bank account.可知是蘇格拉人John shepherd Barron首先有了the concept of a self-service machine的概念。所以下句中的it就是指自動取款機的想法。故B正確。
小題2:C
【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)第二段最后2行In the 1990s, banks began charging fees to use ATMs, a profitable move for them and an annoying one for consumers.可知在1990s，銀行開始對ATM的使用收費了，說明之前在剛剛開始使用的時候是不收費的。故C正確。
小題3:B
【試題解析】細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第6行Not surprisingly, ATMs get their busiest workouts on Fridays.
可知在星期五的時候，ATM是最忙的，也就是說人們最喜歡是在星期五使用ATM。故B正確。
小題4:D
【試題解析】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段前3行The cash machine is 47 years old, but where was the birthplace of this world-beating invention? New York? Tokyo? No. The first ever cash machine was born in Enfield Town, north London. 可知本文主要講述的是關(guān)于ATM的一些我們所不知道的事情。故D正確。
【長難句解析】
It was a Scottish inventor, John shepherd Barron, who realized the concept of a self-service machine that could be used 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to withdraw cash from one’s own bank account.
【翻譯】正是一位蘇格蘭的發(fā)明家，John shepherd Barron他意識到一種自動服務(wù)的機器可以一天24小時、一周7天、天天都被使用，來從銀行賬戶里取錢。
【分析】本句中有一個強調(diào)句型，It was a Scottish inventor, John shepherd Barron, who realized the concept of a self-service machine 。強調(diào)句子的主語a Scottish inventor, John shepherd Barron。句中還有一個定語從句that could be used 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to withdraw cash from one’s own bank account.修飾先行詞a self-service machine。
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