A、AB
B、BA
C、A B
D、B A
A、AB
B、BA
C、A B
D、B A
A、whether
B、which
C、that
D、if
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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 (拍卖) sales B. Definition of bidding C. Ways 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 auction, meaning "increasing". The Romans usually sold in this way the goods taken in war. 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. 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 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. 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. |
•Choose the best word or phrase to fill each gap from A, B, C, or D on the opposite page.
•For each question 19--33, mark one letter (A, B, C, or D) on your Answer Sheet.
Cruise Ship Holidays
Passengers on cruise ship holidays, as they are (0) on TV programs and films, usually appear to be both rich and elderly. Such people do not, however, accurately represent the 6.8 million (19) who took this kind of holiday last year. Over the last few years the world cruise industry has concentrated on (20) to younger, less wealthy people, giving them a/an (21) more like a floating disco than the traditional quiet holiday on a luxury ship. Even families with young children are no longer so (22) on cruise ship. Partly as a result, the number of passengers taking a cruise has increased by a/an (23) of 8.5 % a year since 1990.
Cruise Star is now the world's (24) cruise line. The other two major companies are Intersail and Seaways. Together these three carry (25) half the world's cruise passengers and (26) almost all the industry's profits. For the 30 or so smaller firms, life is much tougher. That is because (27) size brings so many benefits to the large firms. They can negotiate bulk discounts on (28) such as food and fuel, and even, if they order enough of them, on ships. A secondary (20) for the smaller operators is that they cannot spread overheads such broadly marketing. A significant part of the cost of (30) people on a cruise happens before they go on board the ship. The three large companies between them spend more than $ 100 million a year on TV (31) in America. They (32) armies of salesman. Delivering passengers to the ship is part of package deal and, once again, (33) means savings: Cruise Star is the biggest single buyer of airline tickets in America.
(19)
A.passengers
B.holders
C.managers
D.producers
A、beat the clock
B、run out of time
C、take time out
D、have spare time
A、on time
B、take time off
C、run out of time
D、at times
A、Circular reasoning.
B、Red herring.
C、Straw man.
D、Appeal to ignorance.
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