In my neighborhood there were two 1 stores. They were 2 next door to each other, and the owners were 3 enemies. They were having price wars constantly.

　　In one window would appear the 4 sign: “For sale. Irish linen sheets, with such minor flaws that 5 hawkeye could find them. The ridiculous low price of $ 6.50.” Everyone would then traditionally 6 the reply from the other bargain house, and in about two hours it would appear in the window: “My sheets are 7 Romeo is to Juliet and only $ 5.95.”

　　8 the sign war, the two owners would often appear outside their stores, screaming and 9 at each other, and often times coming close to actual blows. Finally one of the owners would stop 10 the price war, claiming the other one was crazy and 11 was anyone who bought from him. That was the starter’s gun 12 . Everyone in the neighborhood would rush into the 13 bargain store and 14 the entire stock of sheets and pillowcases.

　　One day one of the owners 15 . A few days later, the other owner moved out of the neighborhood, 16 again.

　　When the new occupants of the stores 17 their properties more closely, they discovered a secret passageway between the two apartments above the stores where the 18 owners had lived.

　　Further research revealed that these two arch-enemies were brothers. All the price wars were 19 . Whoever outlasted the other would just take all the other’s stock and sell 20 .

　　1.A. rubbish B. garbage C. leftover D. reject

　　2.A. right B. very C. merely D. closely

　　3.A. hostile B. bitter C. offensive D. opposite

　　4.A. handwriting B. handwoven C. handwritten D. hand-reared

　　5.A. not even the B. even the C. any D. none of the

　　6.A. wait B. long C. look forward to get D.await

　　7.A. like first as B. similar to first as

　　C. as close to first as D. the same with first as

　　8.A. Except for B. In addition to C. In place of D. In the light of

　　9.A. cursing B. blaming C. calling names D. abusing

　　10.A. competing B. competing in C. competing against D. competing with

　　11.A. eager B. anxious C. earnest D. so

　　12.A. going off B. going out C. going through D. going by

　　13.A. conquering B. winning C. triumphant D. won

　　14.A. buy off B. buy out C. buy over D. buy into

　　15.A. passed away B. passed out C. passed off D. passed over

　　16.A. never to be seen B. ever to be seen

　　C. never to have been seeing D. ever to have been seeing

　　17.A. looked out B. checked in C. looked in D. checked out

　　18.A. late B. past C. previous D. foreknown

　　19.A. forged B. pretended C. fake D. presumed

　　20.A. his with it B. his but it C. it with his D. it but his

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