试题库在线考试题库-历年真题模拟试题及答案-考博英语在线试题测试中心-希赛网

东北财经大学

Be your own person and don’t try to emulate others.

He labeled the expensive digital video camera something of little use.

They often boast that they lead the new fad of the dynamic hot spring and benefit the people with new healthy life.

All the measures have invigorated the century-old company and helped it obtain an ever bigger market share.

Cheques have largely replaced money as a means of exchange, for they are widely accepted everywhere. Though this is very __1__ for both the buyer and seller, it should not be forgotten that cheques 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 called __6__. An old and very wealthy 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 presented them with a __13__ cheque not long ago. 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 shops. 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.

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