Checks have largely taken the place of money as a means of
36 , for they are widely accepted everywhere.
37 this is very
38 for both buyer and seller, it should not be forgotten that checks are not real money: they are quite
39 in themselves. A shop-keeper runs a certain 40 when he accepts a check and he is quite
41 his rights if, on occasion, he
42 to do so. People do not always know this and are
43 if their good faith is called in question. A wealthy friend of mine told me he had an extremely
44 experience.
One day he decided to buy a particularly fine pearl necklace at a famous jewelry shop which keeps a large__
45 of precious stones and asked if he could pay
46 check, the assistant said that this was quite
47 . But the moment my friend signed his name, he was invited into the manager’s office. The manager was very polite, but he explained that someone
48 exactly the same name had presented them with a worthless check not long ago. My friend got very angry at it and said he would buy a necklace
49 . When he got up to go, the manager told him that the police would arrive at any moment and he had better stay
50 he wanted to get into serious trouble. Sure enough the police arrived,
__51 to my friend for the
52 , but explained that a person who had used the same name as his
53 for a number of recent robberies. Then the police asked my friend to
54 out a note which had been used by the thief in a number of shops. The note read, “I have a gun in my pocket, ask no questions and give all the money in the safe.” Fortunately, my friend’s handwriting was quite__
55__ the thief’s. He was not only allowed to go without further delay, but to take the pearl necklace with him.
| 小题1: | | A．change | B．exchange | C．trade | D．business |
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| 小题2: | | A．Because | B．If | C．Though | D．Since |
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| 小题3: | | A．favourite | B．popular | C．profitable | D．convenient |
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| 小题4: | | A．dangerous | B．priceless | C．unimportant | D．valueless |
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| 小题5: | | A．chance | B．risk | C．opportunity | D．danger |
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| 小题6: | | A．within | B．out of | C．without | D．beyond |
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| 小题7: | | A．refuses | B．agrees | C．fails | D．hates |
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| 小题8: | | A．unhappy | B．ashamed | C．shocked | D．puzzled |
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| 小题9: | | A．uninteresting | B．unreasonable | C．unforgettable | D．unpleasant |
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| 小题10: | | A．amount | B．accident | C．stock | D．number |
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| 小题12: | | A．in need | B．in common | C．in use | D．in order |
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| 小题13: | | A．used | B．with | C．named | D．by |
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| 小题14: | | A．anywhere | B．somewhere | C．somewhere else | D．everywhere |
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| 小题15: | | A．unless | B．otherwise | C．if | D．whether |
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| 小题16: | | A．coming | B．sticking | C．apologizing | D．checking |
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| 小题17: | | A．manner | B．behavior | C．inconvenience | D．treatment |
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| 小题18: | | A．responsible | B．answered | C．charged | D．blamed |
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| 小题19: | | A．copy | B．read | C．take | D．bring |
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| 小题20: | | A．unlike | B．different | C．dissimilar | D．dislike |
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