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As my wife greeted me one evening, her voice came through the door, "Guess what？"
I always take a deep【C1】______on this very leading question. "What？" I asked.
"I just won a sales contest at work and the【C2】______is dinner for two at the new fancy restaurant down by the river-front!"
She was so【C3】______. We knew the restaurant was extremely good. "See？ I told you there would be a【C4】______for me to wear my new spring outfit," she shyly reminded me.
"【C5】______can play at that game," I responded, "I will wear my gray suit, my Borsalino-imported straw hat and a new silk tie. We will be well【C6】______." It was early【C7】______and nearing dusk as the waiter took us to a table by a window, with a(n)【C8】______of the river. And the table was【C9】______set, with a smoke-gray table cloth and bright colored napkins.
A delicious meal【C10】______in such an atmosphere should be remembered a long time. As it【C11】______, this will probably never be forgotten.
As the shadows lengthened, the【C12】______rocking by the riverbank, I murmured, "Why not take a walk？"
Hand in hand, we walked by the stores. People smiled and nodded. "I【C13】______realized there were so many【C14】______people as we have seen this evening, dear," I observed.
"Probably your new straw hat or your【C15】______," she said.
After receiving many smiles, we【C16】______ourselves back at the restaurant, looking at ourselves in the【C17】______. It was then that I saw the【C18】______for all the smiles.
Caught in the fly of my trousers and【C19】______down for all to see was a bright red【C20】______from the restaurant!
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The things happened after 1957 are given to illustrate that ______.
Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage？
In England a candle was used to burn at the auction sales ______.
Part A
Directions: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd to gather in the auction room to bid 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 raised platform.
The ancient Romans probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin "auctic", meaning "increase". The Romans usually sold in this way the spoils taken in the war, these sales were called "sub hasta", meaning "under the spear", a spear being stuck in the ground as a signal for a crowd to gather. In England 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 was burning.
Practically, all goods can be sold by auction. Among these are coffee, skins, wool, tea, cocoa, furs, fruit, vegetables and wines. Auction sales are also usual for land and property, antique furniture, pictures, rare books, old china and works of art. The auction rooms at Christie's and Sotheby's in London and New York are world-famous.
An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by the 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 One and continue the numerical order; he may wait until he notices the fact that certain buyers are in the room and then produced 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 arc sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding.
Auctioned goods are sold ______.
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