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Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He or she asks the assembled crowd 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 bangs a small hammer on a table at which he stands. This is often set on a raised platform called a rostrum.The ancient Romans probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auction, meaning “increase”. The Romans usually sold in this way the spoils taken in war; these sales were called “sub basra,” meaning “under the spear”，a spear being stuck in the ground as a signal for a crowd to gather. In the eighteenth and nineteenth 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.An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by possible 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 therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible.Practically all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction. Among these are coffee, hides, skins, wool, tea, cocoa, furs, spices, fruit and vegetables and wines. Auction sales are also usual for land and property, antique, furniture, pictures, rare books, old china and similar works of art. The auction rooms at Christie’s and Sotheby’s in London and New York are world famous.1.Auctioned goods are sold （ ）.2.The end of the bidding is called “knocking down” because （ ）.3.The Romans used to sell （ ）by auction.4.A candle used to bum at auction sales （ ）.5.The auctioneer may decide to sell the out of order because（ ）.
A.for the highest price offered B.only at fixed prices C.at a price less than their true value D.very cheaply
问题2：
A.the auctioneer knocks the buyer dow B.the auctioneer knocks the rostrum down C.the goods are knocked down on to the table D.the auctioneer bangs the table with a hammer
问题3：
A.spoil goods B.property taken from the enemy C.old worn-out weapons D.spears
问题4：
A.because they took place at night B.as a signal for the crowd together C.to limit the time when offers could be made D.to keep the auctioneer warm
问题5：
A.he sometimes wants to confuse the buyers. B.he know from experience that certain people will want to buy certain items. C.he wants to keep certain people waiting. D.he wants to reduce the number.
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