1．order命令；shoutaI向……喊；inquire询问，均与句意不符。2．On sale展销；for，sale待销；onshelves在架上；on show陈列，展出。3．鼓励买者出高价符合拍卖的规律。4．这就叫做“敲定”。5．when指时间的一点，while指时间的一段。6. 从上下文可知by auction意为“通过拍卖”。7．meanmg意思是……。8．inths way以这种方法。method与with连用.approach途径，也与with连用；9．being stuck做定语，修饰spear。10. slgnal信号；sign，牌，匾；symbol象征，均与句意不符。11．goods包括A、B和C项。12．从上文可知。13．practtcally实际上。14．among表示三者以上。15．拍卖也包括土地、财产、古董、家具等。16．拍卖的产品通常预做广告。17．partmculars特殊的东西。18．从上下文时态可知。19．pnnt印刷；publish出版；report报导。20．继续按数字的顺序。

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Last evening I was watching the evening news on television.　 The news was about a prize for scientific 　1　 ;I forget what it was. The announcer, whose name was Ralph Story, said something that caught my 　2　 . “AII great discoveries,” he said, “are made by people between the ages of twenty-five and thirty.”　 3　 a little over thirty myself, 1 wanted to disagree with him. 　　4　 wants to think that he is past the age of making any discovery. The next day I happened to be in the public library and spent several hours looking up the 　　5　 　of famous people and their discoveries. Ralph was right.

First I looked at some of the 　　6　 　discoveries.　 One of the earliest discoveries, the famous experiment that proved that bodies of different 　　7　 　fall at the same speed, was made by Galileo when he was 26. Madam Curie started her research that 　　8　 　to Nobel Prize when she was 28. Einstein was 26 when he published his worl&changing theory of relativity. Well, 　　9　 　of that. Yet I　 　　10　 　if those “best years” were true in other 　　11　 .

Then how about the field of 　　12　 ? Surely it needed the wisdom of age to make a good leader. Perhaps it 　　13　 , but look when these people 　　14　 　their career.　 Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln　 15　 the life of a country lawyer and at what age was he elected to the government at what age? Twenty-six.

But why 　　16　 　best years come after thirty? After thirty, I 　　17　 , most people do not want to take risks or try 　　18　 　ways. Then I thought of people like Shakespeare and Picasso. The former was writing wonderful works at the ripe age of fifty, while the latter was 　　19　 　trying new ways of painting when he was ninety! Perhaps there is still 　　20　 　for me.

20. A.　 repeat　　　　 B. read　　　　　　

　　 　C. give　　　　　　 D. continue

Key: 1-5 BABDA　 6-10 BCBAC　 11-15 DACBD　 16-20 BACCD

解析：

19. A. published 　　　　B. reported　　　　

　　 　C. printed　　　　　 D. told

18. A. will be 　　　　　B. would be　　　　

　　 　C. can be　　　　　 D. could be

17. A. particulars　　 　　B. particularly　　　

　　 　C. specials　　　　　 D. specially

16. A.　 sold　　　　　 B.　 advertised　　　　

　　 　C. ordered　　　　　 D.　 reserved

15. A. else　　　　　　 B. only　　　　　　

　　 　C. merely　　　　　 D. also

14. A. Between　 　　　B. Among　　　　　

　　 　C. About 　　　　　D. Around

13. A.　 Hardly　　　　 B. Easily　　　　　　

　　 　C. Practically　　　 D. Greatly

12. A. auctioneer　　 　B. businessman　　

　　 　C. salesman　　　　 D. merchant