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  3. In 1904 A. P. Giannini became a board member of a San Francisco bank. He dis

In 1904 A. P. Giannini became a board member of a San Francisco bank. He dis

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问题     In 1904 A. P. Giannini became a board member of a San Francisco bank. He discovered that most banks cared only for the wealthy, powerful, and well-born. The "little fellows" had to hide their savings under a mattress (床垫) and borrow from loan sharks at high rates.
    Yet A. P. knew these people were struggling to make something of their lives. A. P. argued with the bank’s directors to change their policies. They refused. So he stormed out saying, "I’ll start my own bank!" And on October 17, 1904, Bank of Italy later renamed Bank of America opened its doors.
    According to Giannini, "There isn’t any good reason why a bank should have the temperature of a fish market. When you walked into some of them you felt as if you’d got into a funeral parlor. I think what I am most proud of is anything I may have done to help with the humaniza-tion of banking. "
    At first, bankers looked down their noses at "the baby bank" and its methods. They felt that going out to ask for new business was distasteful especially from immigrants, farmers, and wage-earners. But A. P. and bank employees went door-to-door explaining to people what a bank could do for them and inviting them to become customers. They did. And Bank of Italy grew. Said Giannini, "The old idea of a banker was that he must wear a silk hat and shut himself up in fancy quarters. He thought he couldn’t ask for business. If business is worth having, it’s worth going after. It helps to get up earlier than your competitor, and to keep looking for new ways to do more good business. "
    A former bank vice-president remembers that "A. P. was always available. People would often come to his desk, just to say hello. " Recalls another bank employee: "He wanted to make sure the customer was always our boss, that we were working for the customer. " [br] Which of the following is true?
选项 A、A.P. ’s new bank became popular with poor people as soon as it was opened.
B、Ordinary people resented the idea of depositing money in a bank.
C、A.P. ’s bank was exclusively for poor people.
D、At the beginning A.P. ’s bank was looked down upon by other banks.
答案 D
解析 本题是一道判断是非题。问下面哪个论述是正确的。针对每个选项提供的内容，利用查阅式阅读法，结合原文相关内容，我们可以推断出本题的正确答案应是D“在起初时，吉安尼尼的银行备受其他银行的歧视”。相关信息可参考文章第四段内容，起初，银行家们瞧不起这家“小儿科式的银行”及其经营方式，他们觉得外出寻找新的业务不是一件愉快的事，特别是去找那些移民、农民和工薪阶层。但是，吉安尼尼和他的雇员们却挨家挨户向人们解释银行可以为他们做些什么，并且吸收他们为客户，于是，客户便来了，意大利银行也得以发展。
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