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Sweden was the first European country to introduce bank notes in 1661. Now i

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问题     Sweden was the first European country to introduce bank notes in 1661. Now it’s come farther than most on the path toward【B1】_____them.
    "I can’t see why we should be printing bank notes at all anymore," says Bjoern Ulvaeus, former member of 1970’s pop group ABBA, and an【B2】_____for a world without cash.
    The outlines of such a society are starting to【B3】_____in this high-tech nation, frustrating those who prefer coins and bills over【B4】_____money.
    In most Swedish cities, public buses don’r. accept cash. Tickets are prepared or【B5】_____with a cell phone text message. "There are towns where it isn’t at all possible anymore to enter a bank and use cash," complains Curt Persson, chairman of Sweden’s National Pensioners’ Organization. He says that’s a problem for elderly people in rural areas who don’t have credit cards or don’t know how to use them to【B6】_____.
    The decline of cash is【B7】_____even in houses of worship, like the Carl Gustaf Church in Karlshamn, Southern Sweden, where Vicar Johan Tyrberg recently【B8】_____ a card reader to make it easier for worshippers to make offerings.
    The Swedish Bankers’ Association says the【B9】______of the cash economy is already making an impact in crime statistics. The number of bank robberies in Sweden plunged from 110 in 2008 to 16 in 2011—the lowest level since it started keeping records 30 years ago. Less cash in【B10】______makes things safer, both for the staff that handle cash, but also of course for the public. [br] 【B5】
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答案 purchased
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