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Auctions（拍賣）are public sales of goods conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd gathered in the auction-room to make offers or “bids”, for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods.

Almost all goods of various qualities are sold by auction. Among these are coffee, skins, wool, tea, fruit, vegetables and wines. Auction sales are also useful for land and property, antique（古董）, furniture, pictures, rare books, old china（瓷器）, and works of art.

An auction is usually advertised beforehand with a full description of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by possible buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues（目錄）are printed, and each group of goods to be sold together, called a “l(fā)ot”, is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin with Lot 1, and continue with Lot 2, Lot 3 and so on; he may wait until he sees certain dealers in the room and then produces the lots they are likely to be interested in. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible.

The auctioneer must know quite accurately the current market values of the goods he is selling, and he should be acquainted（熟悉）with regular buyers of such goods. He will not waste time by starting the bidding too low. He will also encourage the rivals among buyers to bid against each other in order to get a high price. It is largely in his advice that a seller will fix a “reserved” price, that is, a price below which the goods cannot be sold. Even the best auctioneer, however, finds it difficult to stop a “knock-out”（連襠拍貨）, because dealers illegally arranged beforehand not to bid against each other, but choose one of them as the only bidder, in the hope of buying goods at very low prices. If such a “ knock-out” succeeds, the real auction sale takes place privately afterwards among the dealers.

1. At what prices are auctioned goods usually sold?

A. The reserved prices fixed by sellers.

B. The prices officially approved.

C. the highest prices offered by bidders.

D. The prices the dealers arranged beforehand.

2. Which of the following statements about an auctioneer is NOT true according to the passage?

A. He encourages buyers to bid higher prices.

B. He gives advice to sellers.

C. He should know the current values of the goods on sale.

D. He is a government official.

3. “A reserved price” in the last paragraph means______.

A. a price which an article can be sold at

B. a price below which an article cannot be sold

C. a price fixed by the local government

D. a price acceptable to possible buyers

4. Even the best auctioneer finds it hard to stop a “knock-out” because______.

A. dealers sometimes arranged in advance not to bid against each other

B. he is not familiar with the regular buyers

C. he does not know the values of the goods

D. he has never heard of such a thing

 

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A. positive thinking can make people healthy

B.a better attitude results in a better operation

C.researchers have observed 16 patients recovery during the past 30 years

D.great attention has been paid to how attitudes affect health

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C.The painting was purchased through telephone.

D.The painting has not been seen on the market for more than 10 years.

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A.the kindergarten fired the teacher surnamed Yang

B.the mother demanded an unreasonable apology from the teachers

C.the teacher frightened a South Korean boy

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My turn finally came. I put on my hat, rubbed Cowboy’s neck and entered the arena. At the signal, we dashed toward the first fence, jumped it without trouble and raced on to the next one. Cowboy then flew over the second, third and fourth fences like a bird and I turned him toward the finish line.

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I gained much more than a blue ribbon that day. At thirteen, I realized that no matter what the odds, I’d always come out a winner if I wanted something badly enough to work for it.

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D. told to enter the timed-speed events

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A. He was an inexperienced rider.    

B. He had not practiced enough.

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D. He thought his horse wasn’t as good as the others.

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A. the audience didn’t like Cowboy    B. people envied the writer

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A. Life can sometimes be unfair.

B. Anything is possible if one tries hard enough.

C. A positive attitude will bring success.

D. One should not make judgments based on appearance. 

60. The best title for the story is ___________.         .

A. A Race to Remember              B.A Horse’s Tale

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Many people think that college bookstore are the most convenient source for textbooks. Titles are usually in-stock and students may purchase new textbooks or choose to buy second-hand books and save money . But the money saved by purchasing second-hand textbooks from college bookstores is small compared to the amount they could save by shopping online.

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Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph.
There is one extra heading which you do not need.
A. Goods for auction sales
B. Definition of bidding
C. Way to sell more goods by auction
D. Auction sales in history
E. Brief introduction to auctions
F. Making a larger profit as an auctioneer

1. (     ) 
     Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd
assembled in the auction-room to make offers, or "bids" for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers
to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods. This is called "knocking
down" the goods., for the bidding ends when the auctioneer strikes a small hammer on a table at which he
stands.
2. (     ) 
     The ancient Roman probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auctio, meaning"increase". The Romans usually sold in this way the goods taken in war. In England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, goods were often sold"by the candle", a short candle was lit by the auctioneer and bids could be made while it stayed alight.
3. (     ) 
     Practically all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction. Among these are coffee, skins, wool, tea,
furs, silk and wines. Auction sales are also usual for land and property, furniture, pictures, rare books, old
china and similar works of art.
4. (     ) 
     An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and
when they can be viewed by potential buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details. Catalogues are
printed, and each group of goods to be sold together, called a "lot", is usually given a number. The auctioneer
need not begin with Lot I and continue in the order of numbers: he may wait until he notices the fact that
certain buyers are in the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested in.
5. (     )
     The auctioneer's services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The
auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible. He will not waste time
by starting the bidding too low. He will also play on the opponents among his buyers and succeed in getting
a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against each other.

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