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中国奥运第一人
1932年7月8日上午。上海黄浦江畔。
刘长春，这个正要踏上第十届奥运会征程的中国唯一的选手，踏着微微颤动的渡桥，登上威尔逊总统号。他回眸岸上，送行的人们挥动着红红绿绿的小旗，如潮水般向码头边流涌。雷鸣般的掌声和欢呼声，汇集成一股热浪扑面而来。江上船只都减速行驶，几艘货轮和客轮拉响了汽笛，向即将远行的健儿致敬。刘长春不由涌出两行热泪，心情十分激动、亢奋，可又是沉重、悲壮的。是的，偌大的中国，四万万同胞，第一次出征世界奥运会，仅仅派出他一个选手！自己的两肩，能挑得起这千钧重的国人期待吗……
　　刘长春14岁时，100米成绩已达到11秒8，400米成绩59秒。1927年，他的百米成绩提高到11秒。年底，他被东北大学录取为体育系学生。一次，与俄侨进行4×400米接力对抗赛，刘长春接第4棒时已经落后几米，可他急如闪电，竟然先于对手十多米到达终点，令俄国裁判目瞪口呆。1929年的一次中、日、德田径运动会上，他以10秒6的百米成绩名列世界前10 名。这是当时世界上中国人百米成绩的最好名次。
7月29日下午4时，在太平洋上颠簸了二十五个昼夜的威尔逊号，在数百华人的欢呼声中抵达洛杉矶港。刘长春乘上轿车，在美国警察的四辆摩托车引导和护送下，直朝唐人街开去。闻讯赶来的华侨华人排成近1公里的长龙，为刘长春欢呼，鞭炮声、锣鼓声、汽笛声、喇叭声冲天而起，场面十分壮观。许多热情的美国人聚集在奥运村，发现刘长春便欣喜地高喊：“China！”请他签名，围住他问长问短，刘长春常久久难以脱身。当然，也有蔑视与嘲弄他的美国人，一家美国报纸登出了他的照片，照片说明是：“看看，这个小中国人明天如何跑法……”
8月1日，第十届奥运会男子百米预赛正式开始。还没有来得及好好休整的刘长春直接参加比赛，被分在第二小组第四跑道。发令枪声一响，各国好手奋力冲刺，刘长春用尽全身力气冲向终点的红丝带，20米，10米，5米，刘长春仍然跑在第四名。美国观众热情地欢呼着，给刘长春注入了新的活力，在身体触及丝带的一瞬间，他奋力超过了前面一名法国选手。裁判报告他的成绩为11秒35。可惜的是，按照规定只有前8名才有资格参加决赛，而第8名的成绩为11秒02。
刘长春千里迢迢远涉重洋，在海上颠簸近月，到达洛杉矶第二天就得参加比赛，身体疲乏，无法正常发挥水平，竟与奥运决赛失之交臂，国人为之扼腕。
【小题1】文章第三、四自然段插叙刘长春小时候的事情，突出了刘长春哪些特点？（4分）
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【小题2】文章第五自然段末尾，作者还选用了一家美国报纸蔑视与嘲弄刘长春的材料，其作用是什么？
（4分）
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【小题3】刘长春只身远涉重洋参加奥运会，送行和迎接的场面热烈壮观，海内外华人及华侨的热情和期盼超乎寻常。对此，你有何见解？（4分）
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（节选自《安东尼奥·萨马兰奇》，有删改）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。
A.　Goods for auction (拍卖) 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
【小题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.
【小题2】 ______
The ancient Roman probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auction, meaning “increasing”. The Romans usually sold in this way the goods taken in war. In England in the eighteenth 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.
【小题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.
【小题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 1 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.
【小题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.