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       Others say that using electronic money places too much control               The temptation to take out the credit card is strong, especially
of our personal finances in the hands of strangers.                          among ________ 4. (certain / a certain / every) people who are not
       ... it was a bit of a pain to have to learn a new money system        highly creditworthy at the time they receive the offer, such as students
every time you crossed a border.                                             or recent graduates. The prospect of having ___________5. (much of /
                                                                             much / many) desirable goods so easily attainable with a little plastic
      FOCUSED PRACTICE                                                       card can be extremely seductive.
      1. Look again at some of the sentences from What's                            _______________6. (An amount of / Much / Some) cards are
Happening to Cash? In each case, say whether or not the word                 issued by individual stores and are good only for purchases within the
in parentheses could be used to replace the italicized word or               store. Others are issued by banks, through MasterCard or VISA, for
phrase without changing the meaning or creating an incorrect                 example, and still others by the credit card companies themselves,
sentence. If not, explain why.                                               such as American Express and Diners Club.____________7. (Either
       1. Even so, the Euro will have a great many significant effects.      of the / Any of the / Some) oil companies and telephone companies,
(many)                                                                       too, issue cards to large numbers of users.
       2. There won't be any Euro coins and bills for a while. (some)               ___________ 8. (Most of / Much of / A great deal of) the
       3. Are there any advantages to cash? (some)                           credit cards work the same way. The consumer makes purchases and
       4. You remember that you need to buy some flowers. (any)              receives bills in the mail within a month. What he or she doesn't pay
       5. At this writing, few flower vendors take checks ... (a few)        that month is subject to interest, often at a rate as high as 18 percent.
       6. ... and even fewer take plastic. (less)                            Large stores and services usually have systems set up to bill the
       7. If you've got a little money with you . . . (little)               customer directly. The bank cards work somewhat differently. When a
       8. ... you simply pull out a few bills. (few)                         customer uses the card to purchase an item, the credit card issuer pays
       9. Of course, cash has a good many disadvantages as well. (a          the store but deducts _____________ 9. (an amount of / a number of
great many)                                                                  / a few) money from this payment as a service charge. The credit card
       10. Carrying a lot of coins can make holes in your pockets.           issuer therefore profits from service charges and from interest charges
(many)                                                                       and, in most cases, also profits from an annual fee charged to the
       11. Some people have little use for plastic cards. (a little)         consumer for the privilege of using the card.
       12. The jury is still out on whether the trend toward less and less          _____________ 10. (Neither / Both / Either) way, paying the
use of cash is good or bad. (fewer and fewer)                                store directly or paying the credit card company, if the customer doesn't
                                                                             pay within ____________11. (a certain / certain / little) time, he or
     2. Read the information and complete it by choosing the                 she must pay interest. Of course, the more he or she pays at once, the
appropriate quantifiers.                                                     _________12. (fewer / little / less) interest the customer will have to
       Almost ______1._every____1. (every / either / all) adult in the       pay in total.
United States has been invited to use a credit card at_________
2. (some / any / each) time. Usually an 'invitation' to use one comes in           LISTENING
the mail, along with a _________3. (great amount / number / great
                                                                                   1. T 16 Jack Andrews, who is three months behind on his
deal) of flattering remarks about the exclusivity of the people chosen
                                                                             loan payments, is talking on the telephone with Nancy Grant, the
to use the card.                                                             loan officer at his bank. Listen to their conversation.


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