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2005年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语（上海卷）5-无忧考网
(E)
Directions: 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 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
80.
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.
81.
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.
82.
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.
83
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.
84.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.
第Ⅱ卷（共45分）
Ⅰ. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the
brackets.
1. 我希望尽快收到你的照片。（hope）
2. 多吃蔬菜和水果有益健康。（good）
3. 今天下午我没空，我和牙医有约。（appointment）
4. 你最好乘出租车去电影节的开幕式，不然就要迟到了。（or）
5. 这款手机样式新颖、携带方面，深受年轻人的欢迎。（popular）
6. 他进公司后不久就独立完成了一项艰巨的任务，同事们对他刮目相看。（so）
Ⅱ. Guided Writing
Directions: write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the
instructions given below in Chinese.
古人云：“天生我材必有用”（There must be a use for my talent.）请你描述你生活
中的一件事，说明人各有所长，无论才能大小都能成为有用的人。
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