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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 After five decades since it created a new way people 1. (obtain...
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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
After five decades since it created a new way people 1. (obtain) and used cash, the world’s first ATM (automated teller machine) was turned into gold for celebrations of its 2. (fifty) anniversary. The invention of Scottish inventor Shepherd-Barron, 3. first ATM was opened on June 27, 1967 at a branch of Barclays bank in Enfield, north London.
English actor Reg Varney, 4. starred in the British TV comedy show On The Buses, was the first person 5. (take) cash from the new machine. Now there are an estimated three million cash machines across the globe 6. some 70,000 cash machines in the UK alone which operated 175 billion pounds in 2016. The world’s most northerly machine is at Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway 7. the most southerly is located at the McMurdo station at the South Pole.
To celebrate the anniversary, Barclays transformed the ATM at its Enfield branch into gold, and placed a red carpet in front for its 8. (user). “Even though recent years 9. (see) a huge increase of digital banking and card payments, cash 10. (remain) an important part of most people’s day-to-day lives.” said Raheel Ahmed, Head of Customer Experience and Channels at Barclays.
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