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Banking began thousands of years ago in very early civilization(文明). The firstbankers were moneychangers. They took foreign money from travelers and gave the travelers coins of their place. They carried the money in special boxes called strongboxes to protect it from being robbed. Later, people brought their money to moneychangers for protection. Finally, moneychangers lent money to people and charged them interest(利息).
The early Italian bankers worked outdoors on the street. They used a bench for their place of business.
By the sixteenth century, banks were popular everywhere in Europe. They were family business. Kings and other rich people borrowed money from bankers.
In the next century British bankers were the first people to make paper money. They gave their customers paper notes in order to get their gold and silver. People liked the paper bank notes because they were easy to carry. After a while, everyone accepted bank notes as money.
1．How many things did the first bankers do to serve people?
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2．What was common .in the early civilization?
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3．British bankers first made paper money mainly because ________.
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A．it was cheaper to be made
B．it was much lighter than metal money
C．it was much easier to be made
D．it was less expensive than gold or silver
4．According to the context(上下文) the word“change”in the passage means ________.
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