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In the early 1970’s, Citibank of New York City became one of the first financial institutions to install ATM’s on a large scale. Since then, the (1) of automated teller machines has increased dramatically. At the time, the bank hoped (2) their operating costs by replacing human tellers with machines. Little did they (3) that the cash machines would become so successful. However, as more banks added (4) automated service through ATM’s, the machines mushroomed all over the world.
To use an ATM, all you need is a (5) issued by your bank. Your bank may also (6) through a credit card, such as MasterCard or Visa. To begin a (7) , you need to insert the card into an ATM and punch in a personal identification number on the (8) . The personal ID number may consist of (9) and can prevent anyone from using the card.
The ATM next flashes instructions on its (10) for carrying out transaction. To get cash, for example, you are instructed to (11) that indicate whether the money should be withdrawn from a checking or a savings account and the (12) . This request is then displayed on the screen. After you press a button to (13) that the information is correct, the ATM goes to (14) .
How safe, you may ask, is banking by ATM The (15) is meant to prevent anyone, no matter who you are, from using a cash card (16) . If you enter the wrong ID number for a card, a message on the screen will (17) . If you fail to produce the correct number for three times, most machines will (18) .As another precaution against (19) , the bank generally limits the amount that may be withdrawn by cash card (20) , say, to $ 200.

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参考答案:four or six digits

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It was two years ago today that the hunting ban came into force, supposedly ending centuries of tradition. However, the law has been an unmitigated failure—not that either side is shouting about it.
It was a nightmare vision that struck fear and loathing into the hearts of millions. When the hunting ban became law, it was said, 16,000 people would lose their jobs, thousands of hounds would be put down, rotting carcasses would litter the countryside, hedgerows would disappear, riders would face on-the-spot fines, law-abiding people from doctors to barristers would be dragged from their horses and carted off to prison, while dog owners would be prosecuted if their mutt caught a rabbit.
These were just some of the claims as desperate countryside campaigners battled to save their sport in the lead—up to the hunting ban, which Labour rammed into law using the Parliament Act on November 18, 2004.
For many, the fears were real. Others exaggerated as they fought an increasingly aggressive anti-hunting lobby which had rejected acres of independent evidence affirming that hunting is the most humane way of killing foxes. In the battle to "fight prejudice, fight the ban", every emotive argument was deployed.
For its part, the anti-hunting brigade extravagantly claimed that the ban would put an end to the rich parading in red jackets. A senior Labour MP, Peter Bradley, admitted in this newspaper that it was, as many suspected, about "class war". He lost his seat shortly afterwards. But people in red coats did not disappear.
In fact, none of the forecasts came true. What did happen was something nobody had predicted: the spectacular revival and growth of hunting with hounds. In short, the hunting ban has been a failure.
Today, on the second anniversary of the ban’s coming into force on February 18, 2005, new figures show that participation in the sport has never been higher. It is so cheerful that two new packs have been formed, something that has not happened for centuries.
They include the seductively named Private Pack, set up by the financier Roddy Fleming in Gloucestershire. It operates on an invitation—only basis, a sort of hunting private members’ club. This can only mean one thing: like it or not, hunting is cool. Young people are taking it up, enticed by the element of rebellion and the mystique of what actually happens as hunts attempt to keep within the law.

Those who break the hunting ban would ______.

A.lose their jobs

B.bring shame to their fellow people

C.have to kill their horses and dogs

D.face either fines or imprisonment

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