Auctions (拍卖) 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 goods. This is called "knocking down the goods,
for the bidding ends when the auctioneer bangs a small hammer on a table at
which he stands, This is often set on a raised platform called a
rostrum. The ancient Romans probably invented sales by auction,
and the English word comes from the Latin auction, meaning "increase". The
Romans usually sold in this way the spoils taken in war; these sales were called
"subusta", meaning "under the spear", a spear being stuck in the ground as a
signal for a crowd to gather. In the eighteenth and nineteent A. for the highest price offered B. only at fixed prices C. at a price less than their true value D. very cheaply
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[单项选择] Passage Five
Auctions (拍卖) 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 goods. This is called "knocking down the goods,
for the bidding ends when the auctioneer bangs a small hammer on a table at
which he stands, This is often set on a raised platform called a
rostrum. The ancient Romans probably invented sales by auction,
and the English word comes from the Latin auction, meaning "increase". The
Romans usually sold in this way the spoils taken in war; these sales were called
"subusta", meaning "under the spear", a spear being stuck in the ground as a
signal for a crowd to gather. In the eighteenth and nineteent A. the auctioneer knocks the buyer down B. the auctioneer knocks the rostrum down C. the goods are knocked down on to the table D. the auctioneer bangs the table with a hammer
[单项选择]Passage Four
Auctions( 拍卖) are public sales of goods, made by an officially approved auctioneer. He asked the crowd assembled in the auction room to make offers, or bids, for the various items on sale. He encouraged buyers to bid higher figures, and finally named the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods. This is called “knocking down” the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer bangs a small hammer on a table at which he stands.This is often set on a raised platform called a rostrum.
The ancient Romans probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auction, meaning “increase”. The Romans usually sold in this way the spoils taken in war, these sales were called “sub hash”, meaning “under the spear”, a spear being stuck in the ground as a signal for a crowd to gather. In England in the eighteenth century, goods were often sold “by the candle”: a short candle was lit by the auctioneer, and bids could be made while it stayed alight.
A. who sells something. B. who buys something. C. who offers a price. D. who borrows something.
[单项选择]
Auctions (拍卖) 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 goods. This is called "knocking down the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer bangs a small hammer on a table at which he stands, This is often set on a raised platform called a rostrum.
The ancient Romans probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auction, meaning "increase". The Romans usually sold in this way the spoils taken in war; these sales were called "subusta", meaning "under the spear", a spear being stuck in the ground as a signal for a crowd to gather. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries goods were often sold by the candle’, a short candle was lit by the auctioneer; and A. for the highest price offered B. only at fixed prices C. at a price less than their true value D. very cheaply
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