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山西省太原市第五中学2019届高三下学期英语5月阶段性考试试卷
Who invented the ATM? There have been (argue) for years over who should officially go down in history as "the inventor of the ATM". Now the UK government is (clear) saying it was James Goodfellow invented the ATM.
Back in the mid-1960s, James Goodfellow was working a development engineer for Glasgow firm Kelvin Hughes, and had been charged with inventing a way to enable customers to withdraw (取) cash from banks when Saturday opening ended. "Most people (work) during the week couldn't get to the bank. They wanted a solution. The solution (be) a machine which would issue cash on demand to a (recognize) customer," he said. "I set out to develop a cash-issuing machine, and (make) this a reality, I invented the pin (personal identification number) and an associated coded token (代币)."
The cash machine has become a world-conquering piece of technology. There are now 3 million ATMs worldwide, with number forecast to hit 4 million by 2020. The good news for Goodfellow is that people are beginning to know him for his invention. Even (good) for him, the Home Office has now officially recognized his other achievement.
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