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.<br/>　　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.<br/>The manager was very polite, but he explained that someone with 12 the same name had presented 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.-考研英语题库-考无忧网校