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A. Goods for auction sales B. Definition of bidding D. Auction sales in history E. Brief introduction to auctions F. Making a larger profit as an auctioneer | ||||||
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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. | ||||||
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The ancient Roman probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auctio, maning “increase” The Romans usually sold in this way the goods taken in war. In | ||||||
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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. | ||||||
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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 I 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. | ||||||
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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. | ||||||
A great many people are disappointed because of unrealistic expectations.
Walking up to a department store’s cloth counter, a(n) 1 young woman said, “I want to buy this material for a new dress. How much does it cost?”
“Only one 2 per yard,” replied the smirking (自鸣得意的) male clerk.
Not to be taken back by the funny words, the woman said,” That’s fine! I’ll take ten yards.”
With 3 written all over his face, the clerk 4 measured out and wrapped the cloth, then held it out teasingly, 5 forward to receive his “ 6 ”.
The woman got the package quickly from the clerk and pointed to a little old man standing beside her. “Grandpa will pay the bill instead of me,” she 7 .
He was no doubt disappointed. But in the course of living, many people are 8 when others do not 9 their expectations. In order to be happy, some expectations must be dropped. These three particular 10 and unhealthy expectations are some of the main causes:
1. Expect too much 11 .When others say, “Thank you,” or in any way to show their gratitude, be happy. It is a gift!
2. Expect others to make you happy. They simply cannot do that. Make yourself happy and 12 your joy with others.
3. Expect not to be 13 . At times, people will simply not come through for you in the way you need. 14 them and move on.
Get rid of these three unrealistic expectations and you can begin to expect more 15 right away!
1. A．tricky B．attractive C．ugly D．generous
2. A．kiss B．pay C．dollar D．cent
3. A．happiness B．enjoyment C．expectation D．courage
4. A．hurriedly B．slowly C．patiently D．curiously
5. A．setting B．sitting C．leaning D．taking
6. A．reward B．payment C．bonus D．money
7. A．smiled B．begged C．waved D．thought
8. A．encouraged B．disappointed C．annoyed D．surprised
9. A．live up to B．go against C．go without D．hope for
10. A．reasonable B．proper C．unimportant D．unrealistic
11. A．profit B．kiss C．appreciation D．disappointment
12. A．spare B．share C．make D．control
13. A．put down B．let down C．taken down D．thrown down
14. A．Forgive B．Punish C．Blame D．Praise
15. A．happiness B．encouragement C．excitement D．pride
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A boy of 14 has become the youngest student to win a place at Cambridge University. Arran Fernandez, who was 16 at home by his father, Neil, will 17 a mathematics degree at Fitzwilliam College next month and he hopes to have a career as a research mathematician to 18 the Riemann hypothesis(黎曼猜想) that has confused the brightest minds. It will make him the youngest Cambridge student 19 14-year-old William Pitt the Younger studied there in 1773.
Last night the child genius said: “I am looking forward to going to the 20 . I have started the first-year books 21 and it is all right, not too 22 . I can understand it. I am excited about going to Cambridge, 23 I am used to making records about being the youngest in education. It isn’t the youngest moment that is so important to me-- 24 I’m more interested in going to Cambridge than comparing 25 with other people who go there.”
But 26 his age he will not be able to 27 many of the alcohol-fuelled festivities(庆典) traditionally 28 to Freshers’ Week. “I don’t think I’m missing too much fun,” he insisted. “Even if I was 18, I wouldn’t want to go out 29 . ”
Arran, 30 plans to join the bird-watching society instead and go boating while at university, was five when he 31 the youngest person to be 32 a GCSE (General Certificated of Secondary Education), after passing maths. He was offered the 33 to learn at Cambridge in 2010, when he was 14, on the condition he gained an A-level in physics, which he 34 with an A+ grade. Arran had already gained an A grade in further maths last year.
Cambridge also asked him to attend three GCSEs in subjects which were not related to maths and physics to 35 his knowledge. He gained A+s in English literature and French and an A in English language this summer.
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A great many people are disappointed because of unrealistic expectations.
Walking up to a department store’s cloth counter, a（n） 1 young woman said,“I want to buy this material for a new dress. How much does it cost?”
“Only one 2 per yard,” replied the smirking （自鸣得意的） male clerk.
Not to be 3 back by the funny words, the woman said,” That’s fine! I’ll take ten yards.”
With 4 written all over his face, the clerk 5 measured out and wrapped the cloth, then held it out teasingly, 6 forward to receive his “ 7 ”.
The woman got the package quickly from the clerk and 8 to a little old man standing beside her. “Grandpa will pay the bill instead of me,” she 9 .
He was no 10 disappointed. But in the course of living, many people are 11 when others do not 12 their expectations. In order to be happy, some expectations must be 13 .These three particular 14 and unhealthy expectations are some of the main causes:
1． Expect too much 15 .When others say,“Thank you,” or in any way to show their gratitude, be 16 . It is a gift!
2． Expect others to make you happy. They simply cannot do that. Make yourself happy and 17 your joy with others.
3． Expect not to be 18 . At times, people will simply not come through for you in the way you need. 19 them and move on.
Get rid of these three unrealistic expectations and you can begin to expect more 20 right away!
1． A．tricky B．attractive C．ugly D．generous
2． A．kiss B．pay C．dollar D．cent
3． A．moved B．forced C．fought D．taken
4． A．happiness B．enjoyment C．expectation D．courage
5． A．hurriedly B．slowly C．patiently D．curiously
6． A．setting B．sitting C．leaning D．taking
7． A．reward B．payment C．bonus D．money
8． A．tended B．paid C．pointed D．nodded
9． A．smiled B．begged C．waved D．thought
10． A．wonder B．use C．good D．doubt
11． A．encouraged B．disappointed C．annoyed D．surprised
12． A．live up to B．go against C．go without D．hope for
13． A．set B．made C．dropped D．completed
14． A．reasonable B．proper C．unimportant D．unrealistic
15． A．profit B．kiss C．appreciation D．disappointment
16． A．happy B．sad C．angry D．excited
17． A．spare B．share C．make D．control
18． A．put down B．let down C．taken down D．thrown down
19． A．Forgive B．Punish C．Blame D．Praise
20． A．happiness B．encouragement C．excitement D．pride
查看习题详情和答案>>A boy of 14 has become the youngest student to win a place at Cambridge University. Arran Fernandez, who was 16 at home by his father, Neil, will 17 a mathematics degree at Fitzwilliam College next month and he hopes to have a career as a research mathematician to 18 the Riemann hypothesis(黎曼猜想) that has confused the brightest minds. It will make him the youngest Cambridge student 19 14-year-old William Pitt the Younger studied there in 1773.
Last night the child genius said: “I am looking forward to going to the 20 . I have started the first-year books 21 and it is all right, not too 22 . I can understand it. I am excited about going to Cambridge, 23 I am used to making records about being the youngest in education. It isn’t the youngest moment that is so important to me-- 24 I’m more interested in going to Cambridge than comparing 25 with other people who go there.”
But 26 his age he will not be able to 27 many of the alcohol-fuelled festivities(庆典) traditionally 28 to Freshers’ Week. “I don’t think I’m missing too much fun,” he insisted. “Even if I was 18, I wouldn’t want to go out 29 . ”
Arran, 30 plans to join the bird-watching society instead and go boating while at university, was five when he 31 the youngest person to be 32 a GCSE (General Certificated of Secondary Education), after passing maths. He was offered the 33 to learn at Cambridge in 2010, when he was 14, on the condition he gained an A-level in physics, which he 34 with an A+ grade. Arran had already gained an A grade in further maths last year.
Cambridge also asked him to attend three GCSEs in subjects which were not related to maths and physics to 35 his knowledge. He gained A+s in English literature and French and an A in English language this summer.
16. A. educated B. equipped C. arranged D. evaluated
17. A. run B. operate C. end D. start
18. A. work out B. make out C. help out D. break out
19. A. before B. after C. since D. but
20. A. festivities B. lectures C. contests D. literature
21. A. especially B. already C. hardly D. gradually
22. A. difficult B. easy C. interesting D. boring
23. A. therefore B. but C. additionally D. and
24. A. fortunately B. merely C. actually D. mentally
25. A. it B. them C. themselves D. myself
26. A. because of B. instead of C. except for D. as for
27. A. pick out B. join in C. pick up D. join up
28. A. added B. addicted C. related D. encouraged
29. A. smoking B. singing C. drinking D. dancing
30. A. who B. which C. that D. he
31. A. turned B. seemed C. grew D. became
32. A. presented B. awarded C. rewarded D. submitted
33. A. tendency B. treaty C. profit D. opportunity
34. A. improved B. achieved C. reserved D. represented
35. A. reduce B. improve C. broaden D. insure
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