Getting acquainted () Sara was a special treat; I am indebted to her for joining us
Getting acquainted () Sara was a special treat; I am indebted to her for joining us at dinner on such short notice.
A、by
B、with
C、of
D、about
Getting acquainted () Sara was a special treat; I am indebted to her for joining us at dinner on such short notice.
A、by
B、with
C、of
D、about
An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by prospective 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 numerical order; he may wait until he registers the fact that certain dealers are in the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested in. The auctioneer's services are paid for in the form. of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer there- fore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible.
The auctioneer must know fairly accurately the current market values of the goods he is selling, and he should be acquainted with regular buyers of such goods. He will not waste time by starting the bidding too low. He will also play on the rivalries among his buyers and succeed in getting a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against each other. It is largely on his advice that a seller will fix a "reserve" price, that is, a price below which the goods cannot be sold. Even the best auctioneers, however, find it difficult to stop a "knock-out', whereby dealers illegally arrange beforehand not to bid against each other, but nominate one of themselves as the only bidder, in the hope of buying goods at extremely low prices. If such a "knock-out' comes off, the real auction takes place privately afterwards among the dealers.
The passage is mainly concerned with______.
A.how an auction is conducted
B.the auctioneer's role in an auction
C.the development of auctioning
D.the kinds of goods to be auctioned
A.acquainted
B.exposed
C.adapted
D.devoted
Are you well acquainted ______ David?
A.for
B.with
C.at
D.about
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