A、Automatic Transaction Machine
B、Automatic Translation Machine
C、Automatic Teller Machine
A.取款
B.查询余额
C.更改密码
D.手机支付
Lamberts Bank
206 Rampton Hill
Thompson, WY 82073-3341
June 26
Mr. Michael Hunter
92 Woodvale Road
Wilton, WY 82007
Dear Mr. Hunter:
Your application for a bank account has been successful, and we are able to offer you the following:
Checkbook
Check guarantee/debit card
Use of Lamberts automatic teller machines (ATM's) and CONNEX ATM's
Online banking and 24-hour telephone banking
A copy of the bank account conditions that apply to your account is enclosed.
Please deposit a minimum of $ 100 into your account. Once this has cleared, we will send your check guarantee/debit card to you.
Thank you for your business.
Sincerely,
Jean Villiers
Jean Villiers (Ms.)
Accounts Manager
Why is the bank writing to Mr. Hunter?
A.He lost his check book and check guarantee card.
B.There are new charges to his account.
C.He asked to open an account.
D.He needed instructions for using the ATM's.
to one another.
I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation.There we were walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and…I became invisible, absent from the conversation .
The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones They were passing people wi thout looking at them, say ing hello, noticing their babies or stopping to pat their dogs.It seems that the limitless electronic voice is preferred to human contact.
The telephone used to connect you to the absent.Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent.Recently I was in a car with three friends.The driver hushed the rest of us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone.There we were, four friends driving down the highway, unable to talk to each other because of the small thing designed to make communication easier.
why is it that the wore connected we get.The more disconnected I feel? Every advance in ommunications technology is a setback to the closeness of human interaction(互动).With email and instant message over the internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another.With voice mail, you can make entire conversations without ever reaching anyone.If my moe has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.
As almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated(自动化), the emot ional di stance index(疏远指数) goes up.Pumping gas at the station? Why say good-morning to the assistant when you can swipe you credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact? Making a deposit at the bank? Why talk to the clerk who lives in the neight when you can put your card into the ATM?
More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation.Or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn ’t really have time to talk.The techno logy devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier
I own a mobile phone, an ATM card, a voicemail telephone,and an e-mail account.Giving them up isn' t a choice.They are great for what they are intended to do.It' s their unitended results that make me upset.What good is all this gee-whiz technology if there is no one in the room to hear you crying out“ Gee whiz”?
21.The author’s experience of walking in a park with a frier recently made him feel()
A.unhappy
B.funny
C.wonderful
22.According to the author, human contact in a park means()
A.looking at each other and saying hello when passing
B.noticing their babies and stopping to pat their dogs
C.both A and B
23.According to the author, the more connected we get in communication technology, the () we are
A.more automatic
B.easier
C.more disconnected
24.What are the examples the author gives to explain his idea that every advance in communication technology is a setback to the closeness of human interaction?()
A.With e-mail and instant message over the Internet.We can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another.
B.With voice mail, you can make entire conversations.without ever reaching anyone.
C.Both A and B
25.What is the unintended result of communication technology, according to the author?()
A.It makes communication easier and conversation possible everywhere.
B.It actually reates a distance between people instead of bringing them together.
C.It makes every contact between human beings automatic and makes people feel connected.
M: Sure. I'll be there in a minute. What is the matter?
W: (22) Many of our elderly customers have never tried to use our computerized banking services. Could you tell me why?
M: (23) Hmm, it could be that they might find it strange to use those computers or machines and they didn't like to ask for help. (24)Maybe we should offer some programs to show them how easy and convenient it is to me such devices as ATM.
W: It's a good idea. It will help those senior citizens to know better about the bank computers, to understand how it will save them from waiting in line during regular banking hours.
M: We could also arrange some of our staff to help those who might do their business with a computer while waiting in line. The customers would be happy to find that they could enjoy a more efficient service.
W: (25) We could do that. How about a pamphlet or something to distribute on a Seniors' Day? A beautiful booklet will enable them to learn how to handle the machines quickly.
M: Sounds good. Actually the elderly need more assistance and instruction in such modern matters.
W: (25) Let's go forward with it right now. I want our customers to know just how convenient the computers are and how much we care about their concerns.
M: Ok, I'll make some arrangements for that soon.
(23)
A.She wants Michael to check about the ATM service.
B.She wants to know why the elderly avoid using computerized banking services.
C.She wants Michael to have a try with their automatic banking services.
D.She wants more information about modern machines in banks.
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