I was wondering through the street when I caught sight of a strange store; there wasn’t anything but empty shelves at one end of the room in front of which a man was standing on a (21) platform(平台) and shouting loudly that the greatest sale of the year was (22) to begin. I decided to stay and see (23) would happen. A salesman began to pile (24) of things on the shelves such as table-lamps, clocks, combs and a large quantity of small packets (25) in bright paper. When the man at the table was (26) that a large crowd of peo pie had gathered, he began handing out the packets, asking for the sum(金额) of three pence (27) , and declaring the (28) of the contents was fifty times as much.
I paid three pence for my packet and was (29) told I should not open it until after the sale. All these beautiful things the man announced, would be simply (30) . He was as good as his (31) , for he held up a razor
A. demand
B. take
C. accept
D. gain
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