[单选题]Passage OneQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
ATime was—not so many years ago, either—when the average citizen took a pretty dim view of banks Banking. That this was so, it should be said, was to no small extent the fault of banks bankers themselves. Banks used to be—a few still are—forbidding structures. Behind the little barred windows were, more often than not, elderly gentlemen whose expression of friendliness reflected the size of the customer’s account, nothing less than a few hundred thousin the bank could have inspired the suggestion of a smile.yet the average bank for many year was, to the average citizen, a fearful, if necessary, instrument for dealing with business—usually big business. But somewhere in the past quarter century, banks Began to grow human, even pleasant, started to attract the little man. It is possible that this movement began in medium-sized towns, or in small towns where people know each other by their first names, spread to big towns. At any rate, the results have been remarkable.The movement to “humanize” hanks, of course, received a big push during the war, when more more women were employed to do work previously performed by men. Also more more “little” people found themselves in need of personal loans, as taxes became heavier as the practice of installment (分期付款) buying broke down the previously long—held concept that there was something almost morally wrong about being in debt. All sorts of people began to discover that the intelligent use of credit (信贷) could be extremely helpful.51.The author believes that the unfriendly atmosphere in banks many years ago was chiefly due to ________.A. the outer appearance of bank buildings
Bunfriendliness of customers toward banks
Ceconomic pressure of the time
Dthe attitude of hankers
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