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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.

Dear Benter,
　　You have been away exactly two weeks today but it seems more like two years to me!
　　I’m glad to hear you’ll be back soon. Are you coming directly home, dear? Or do you plan to make some stops   36  the way? I hope you’ll be home in  37 for Patsy’s birthday next Sunday. She is  38 you to show films to her  39 friends.
Patsy keeps asking every day  40 you’ll be back. She says you never  41  that story you were telling her about  42 train that lost its “ toot”(喇叭嘟嘟声). You’d better   43  and think up a good ending  44 it. You know how Patsy is? She  45 be happy until she knows exactly what ­__46  to the “toot” and  47 the little train got it back  48 !
　　Everything at home is fine except that we  49 you so much! I’ve been  50 with the spring cleaning. Yesterday I had Cora  51 in to wash the kitchen walls and she did a very good __52 of it. The kitchen looks as though it’s been repainted. I made some new yellow curtains, and they  53 very beautiful.
　 I went to see your mother yesterday. Her  54 is all gone and she looks very  55 . Your sister Jean looks wonderful! She has taken off about fifteen pounds since she began dieting. But now she’s complaining that none of her clothes fit!
Hope to see you before next Sunday.
　 Love and kisses to you!
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　     Yours
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　           Lynn
【小题1】A in           B. on          C. at          D. along

【小题2】

A．time B．fact C．all D．the end

【小题3】

A．expecting B．thinking C．agreeing D．hoping

【小题4】

A．small B．short C．little D．low

【小题5】

A．that B．when C．why D．unless

【小题6】

A．finished B．stopped C．supplied D．included

【小题7】

A．some B．a C．the D．this

【小题8】

A．care B．arrive C．pretend D．hurry

【小题9】

A．on B．for C．at D．in

【小题10】

A．mustn’t B．couldn’t C．won’t D．shouldn’t

【小题11】

A．affected B．about C．happened D．was

【小题12】

A．how B．however C．because D．why

【小题13】

A．yet B．too C．again D．next

【小题14】

A．love B．think C．miss D．care

【小题15】

A．working B．ready C．together D．busy

【小题16】

A．stay B．come C．visit D．drop

【小题17】

A．work B．job C．thing D．clean

【小题18】

A．show B．feel C．become D．look

【小题19】

A．cold B．heat C．health D．medicine

【小题20】

A．good B．well C．nice D．best

--- Excuse me, sir. Would you do me a favour?
--- Of course. What is it?
　--- I ______ if you could take me to the station.

A．would wonder	B．did wonder
C．was wondering	D．had wondered

--- Excuse me, sir. Would you do me a favour?
--- Of course. What is it?
　--- I ______ if you could take me to the station.

A．would wonder	B．did wonder
C．was wondering	D．had wondered

--- Excuse me, sir. Would you do me a favour?
--- Of course. What is it?
　--- I ______ if you could take me to the station.

A．would wonder	B．did wonder
C．was wondering	D．had wondered