单选题 Cheques have largely replaced money as a mean s of exchange, for they are widely accepted everywhere. Though this is very (1) for both buyer and seller, it should not be forgotten that cheuqes are not real money: they are quite (2) in themselves. A shop-keeper always runs a certain (3) when he accepts a cheque and he is quite (4) his rights if, (5) , he refuses to do so.
People do not always know this and are shocked if their good faith is called (6) . An old and very wealth friend of mine told me he had an extremely unpleasant (7) . He went to a famous jewellery shop which keeps a large (8) of precious stones and asked to be shown some pearl necklaces. After examining several trays, he (9) to buy a particularly fine string of pearls and asked if he could pay (10) cheque. The assistant said that this was quite (11) , 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 with (12) the same name had them with a (13) cheque not long age. He told my friend that the police would arrive (14) any moment and he had better stay (15) he wanted to get into serious trouble. (16) , the police arrived soon afterwards They apologized to my friend for the (17) and asked him to (18) a note which had been used by the thief in a number of shop. The note (19) : "I have a gun in my pocket. Ask no questions and give me all the money in the safe." (20) , my friend's handwriting was quite unlike the thief's.

单选题 A. complicated B. trivial C. bearable D. convenient

单选题 A. valueless B. invaluable C. valuable D. indefinite

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 考查形容词辨析。从上下文来看，支票不是真正的钱，因为支票本身是无价值的。故A．valueless“无价值的”是正确答案。invaluable“无法估价的，非常宝贵的”。valuable“宝贵的，有价值的”，indefinite“无限期的，不明确的”。

单选题 A. danger B. change C. risk D. opportunity

单选题 A. within B. beyond C. without D. out of

单选题 A. in general B. at the least C. on occasion D. in short

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 考查短语辨析。in general“一般来说”，at the least“至少”，on occasion“偶尔”，in short“总之”。从上下文意思来看，本句意为：当店主接受支票时，他总是要冒一点的风险的。因此，如果他偶尔拒绝受支票，他也是完全有权这样做的。故选C．on occasion。

单选题 A. in difficulty B. in doubt C. in earnest D. in question

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 考查短语辨析。call sth. In question (=raise doubts about sth. )“对……表示怀疑”：His honesty was called in question. (他的诚实受到怀疑。)故正确答案为D．in question。不能选in doubt，因为没有call sth. in doubt这个习语。in earnest“认真的”，in difficulty“处于困境之中”。

单选题 A. accident B. experience C. event D. incident

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 考查名词辨析。have an extremely unpleasant experience意为“有一次非常不愉快的经历”。accident“事故”，event“重大事件”，incident“事件，事变，附带的事”，border incident“边界事件”。相比之下，experience是最佳选择。故正确答案为B．experience。

单选题 A. amount B. stock C. number D. store

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 考查名词辨析。本句意为：他去一家备有大量宝石的商店，要了一些珍珠项链来挑选。keep a large stock of“备有大量……的现货供应”，符合题意，故正确答案为B．stock。a large store of sth. 指“大量储藏某物”，根据题意，此处是指商店。商店不是仓库，商店的现货是供出售的，故此处选store不符合题意。a number of接可数名词复数，只指“有若干某物”，无“供出售”的含义。可见，如填number虽不算错，但不是最佳答案。至于an amount of后接单数形式的不可数名词，所以无论在逻辑意思上或语法结构上均不合题意。

单选题 A. considered B. thought C. conceived D. decided

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 考查动词辨析。由语法知识可知，此处需填一个可接不定式的动词。decide后可接不定式，consider后接不定式，则必须有连接代词或连接副词：consider how to change the plan，consider what to do next。至于think，不能说think to do sth. 。conceive后不接不定式，意为“设想，幻想”不合题意。故正确答案为D．decided。

单选题 A. by B. in C. with D. through

单选题 A. in order B. in need C. in use D. in common

单选题 A. largely B. mostly C. exactly D. extremely

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 考查副词辨析。exactly (=correctly, quite)“正确地，完全地”，符合题意，为正确答案。extremely“极度地，极端地”，在本句中言过其实；largely“主要地”；mostly“主要地，基本上”，均不符合题意。

单选题 A. worth B. worthy C. worthwhile D. worthless

单选题 A. for B. at C. until D. during

单选题 A. whether B. if C. otherwise D. unless

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 考查连词辨析。本句意为：当他起身要走的时候经理告诉他，警察随时会来。如果他不想招惹麻烦的话，最好在这儿待一会儿。unless“除非，如果不”。符合题意，故正确答案为D．unless。

单选题 A. Really B. Sure enough C. Certainly D. However

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 考查逻辑关系。Sure enough“果然，果然不出所料”，符合题意，为正确答案。Really“真正地，实在”；Certainly“当然，肯定，确实”。虽然从意义上看，这两个词填入空内似乎也说得过去，但really放在句首，作插入语并用逗号隔开时，意为“确实，实际上”；certainly放在句首，并用逗号分开，作插入语时，一般用于问答句中，意为“当然”。However“然而”，用来表示语气的转折，故不合题意。

单选题 A. treatment B. manner C. inconvenience D. behavior

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 考查名词辨析。本句意为：由于给我的朋友带来麻烦，她们向他表示歉意，并请他抄写那个诈骗犯在几家商店里曾用过的条子。inconvenience“不便，麻烦”，treatment“对待，处理”，manner“(做事情的)方法，方式”；behavior“举止，品行，行为”。根据题意只能选inconvenience。

单选题 A. write off B. write out C. copy out D. make out

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 考查短语辨析。copy out“抄写”，符合题意，为正确答案。write off“报废；购销(债务)”，write out“开出(药方、支票等)”；make out“弄懂；辨认，开出(支票，药方)”，均不符合题意，故排除。

单选题 A. read B. told C. wrote D. informed

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 考查动词辨析。read此处意为“上面写道”。The ticket reads "From New York to Boston". (票上写着“从纽约到波士顿”。)可见，其他选项均为错误的。注意：可用say来表达同样的意思：(1)Her passport says she is nineteen. (她的护照上写道她19岁。)(2)The papers say the export is down. (据报载，出口额下降了。)