When anyone opens a current account at a bank, he is lending the bank money. He may (1) the repayment of the money at any time, either (2) cash or by drawing a check in favor of another person. (3) , the banker customer relationship is that of debtor and creditor who is (4) depending on whether the customer’s account is (5) credit or is overdrawn. But, in (6) to that basically simple concept," the bank and its customer (7) a large number of obligations to one another. Many of these obligations can give (8) to problems and complications but a bank customer, unlike, say, a buyer of goods, cannot complain that the law is (9) against him.
The bank must (10) its customer’s instructions, and not those of anyone else. (11) , for example, a customer opens an account, he instructs the bank to debit his account only in (12) of checks drawn by himself. He gives the bank (13) of his signature, and there is a very firm rule that the bank has no right or (14) to pay out a customer’s money (15) a check on which its customer’s signature has been (16) . It makes no difference that the forgery may have been a very (17) one, the bank must recognize its customer’s signature. For this reason there is no (18) to the customer in the practice, (19) by banks, of printing the customer’s name on his checks. If this (20) forgery, it is the bank that will lose, not the customer.
9（）
A.loaded
B.offended
C.discriminated
D.directed
参考答案：A
解析：
[注释] 词义惯用搭配。be loaded against…对…不利，例如：The odds were loaded against him. (情况对他不利)。offend against…触犯(法律等)，例如：This verdict offends against one’s idea of justice. (这个裁决触犯了人们的正义观念)。discriminate against歧视，例如：The law does not discriminate against any race, creed or color. (法律并不歧视任何种族、信条或肤色)。direct…against使…针对…，例如：His remark directs its blows mainly to the working people.(他的话主要打击了劳动人民)。