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. (254 words)
10（）
A.conform
B.comply
C.obey
D.abide
参考答案：C
解析：
[注释] 词义结构搭配。obey one’s instructions服从某人的指令。conform to符合，遵守，例如：All students must conform to the rules．(全体学生都必须遵守这些规则)。conform with符合，例如：The design conforms with the regulations．
注意：conform to较常用；只偶尔用conform with。comply with照……办；遵守，例如：1) People who refuse to comply with the law will be punished．2)He knows the regulations，and if he refuses to comply with them he must take the consequences．abide by遵守，服从，例如：1)We agreed to abide by your judgment．2)She will abide by her promise．3)abide by承受，例如：You will have to abide by the consequences．
