EXERCISE 4

  Check have largely¹ __1_ money as a means of exchange for they are widely accepted everywhere.Though this is very _2__ for both buyer and seller,it should not be forgotten that checks are not real money;they are quite _3__ in themselves. A shopkeeper always runs a certain _4__ when he accepts a check and he is quite _5__ his rights if,on accasion,he refuses to do so.

  People do not always know this and are __6_ if their good faith is called _7__. An old and very wealthy friend of mine told me he had an extremely _8__ experience.He went to a famous jewelry² shop which keeps a large __9_ of precious stone and asked to _10__ some pearl³ necklaces.After examing several trays,he decided⁴ to buy a particularly fine string of pearls⁵ and asked _11__he could pay by check.The assistant said that this was quite _12__,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 __13_ exactly the same name had presented them with a worthless⁶ check not long ago. My friend fot very angry when he heard this and said he would buy a necklace 14___.When he got up to go,the manager told him that the police would arrive at any moment and he had better stay_15__ he wanted to get into serious troubles._16__ the police arrived soon afterwards,They apologized to my friend for the __17_ but explained that a person who had used the same name as his was responsible for a number of recent robberies⁷.Then the police asked my friend to copy out a note _18__ had been used by the theft in a number of shops.The note _19__ "I have a gun in my pocket.Ask no questions and give me all the money in the safe."Fortunately,my friend"s handwriting was quite _20__ the thief's.Then he was allowed to go without delay.

1)    A  made        B replaced      C instead         D pretended

2)    A  favourite     B popular       C profitable       D convenient

3)    A  dangerous    B meaningless   C unimportant     D valueless

4)    A  chance       B risk          C opportunity     D danger

5)    A  within       B out of         C without        D beyond

6)    A  unhappy     B ashamed       Cshocked        D puzzled

7)    A  in doubt     B in earnest      C in difficulty     D in question

8)    A  exciting     B happy         C unpleasant      D wonderful

9)    A  amount      B accident       C stock          D number

10)   A  give        B be given       C show          D be shown

11)   A  if          B when          C what          D that

12)   A  in need     B in common      C in use         D in order

13)   A  used       B with           C named         D by

14)   A  anywhere   B somewhere     C somewhere else  D everywhere

15)   A  unless      B otherwise      C if              D whether

16)   A  really      B sure enough     C certainly       D however

17)   A  manner     B behavior       C inconvenience   D treatment

18)   A  told        B read           C which       D what

19)   A  told        B informed        C read        D wrote

20)   A  unlike      B different         C dissimilar   D dislike

答案：

1--5 BDDBA
6--10 AACCD
11--15ABBCA 
16--20 DCCCA