Английский язык. Бабушкин А.П - 27 стр.

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across the Atlantic Ocean. Marconi went to Newfoundland to try to receive signals
from England.
        Late in 1901, the letter "S" was sent out in Morse code from England. "Dot,
dot, dot" came the signal. Marconi picked it up on his set.
        In a short time, wireless was in use everywhere. Americans call it radio. It can
send invisible messages around the world.
Are these statements true or false?
1. Radio is a piece of equipment which is rarely used by people in their everyday life.
2. Morse Code is a system of sending messages in which the alphabet is represented
   by signals made of dots and dashes.
3. The drawback of the telegraph is that it needs electricity and wires.
4. Radio signals can move through air and space.
5. A Hungarian G. Marconi was the first to send wireless messages.
                                   The Face Is Familiar
        At one time, most people lived in small towns where everybody knew every-
body else. When people went to the bank, the tellers recognized them. Therefore, the
tellers didn't need to ask for identification.
        As towns grew larger and many people moved to cities, things changed. Tellers
didn't know their customers so they checked customers' signatures against signatures
they kept on file. To make life easier, banks started giving customers identification
cards. People got used to handing their bank cards to the tellers.
        Then banks put in automatic teller machines, or ATMs. People didn't have to
wait for a teller any more and they could do their banking at any time. Customers still
used bank cards to identify themselves, however. To do this, they fed their card into
the ATM. But if the card was stolen, a thief could use it to empty the customer's bank
account. Banks found a way to protect their customers by giving them "Personal
Identification Numbers," or PINs. They could identify themselves by entering their
PINs on the keypad.
        New technology makes it possible for computers to recognize people's faces.
Someday we may be identifying ourselves to ATMs by simply smiling at built-in TV
cameras.
Choose the correct answer.
1. The story does not say so, but it makes you think that
a. automatic teller machines are not very convenient.
b. people change their habits as the world they live in changes.
c. banks don't need tellers anymore.
2. Bank cards are used for
a. writing checks.           c. entering PINs.
b. identification.           d. taking pictures.
3. On the whole, this story is about
a. changes in how banks identify customers.
b. how to use automatic teller machines safely.
c. the job of a bank teller.
4. How did small town tellers identify their customers?
a. They asked for their bank cards.