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As you are students of English,its very possible that you’ll be interested in England.

A. Britain
B. England
C. Great Britain
D. Ireland

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A.wayB.hopeC.considerationD.possible

A. way
B. hope
C. consideration
D. possible

根据下列材料回答下列各 题。 Passage Four Why is there no risk to the customer when a bank prints the customer’s name to his cheques? Wenn yone opens a cuITent account at a bank,he is lending the bank money,repay.ment of which he mayDemand at any time,either in cash or byDrawing a check in favor of an-other person. Primarily,the bank—customer relationship is that ofDebtor and creditor-who iswhichDepending on whether the customers account is in credit or overdrawn.But.in additionto that basically simple concept,the bank and its customer owe a large number of obligations toone another.Many of these obligations Can give rise to problems and complications but a bankcustomer,unlike,say,a buyer of goods,cannot complain that th.e law is loaded against him.The bank must obey its cUStomers instructions,and not those of anyone else.When, forexample,a customer first opens an account,he instructs the bank toDebit(把……记入借方)his aecount only in respect of ehecksDrawn by himself.He gives the bank specimens of his819nature,and there is a very firm rule that the bank has no right or authority to pay out acustomer’s money on a check on which its customers signature has been forged.It makes nodifference that the fbrgery may haye been a very skillful one:the bank must recogllize itscustomers signature.For this reason there is no risk to the customer in the practice,adoptedday banks,of printing the customers name on his checks.If this facilitates forgery,it is thebank which will lose,not the customer. When you have a bank account,you_________.

A. must always be in credit
B. Can’t draw any money if you’re overdrawn
C. can draw money without notice
D. Can’t pay money to anyone else

()In the United States,___________.

A. Tv broadcasting hours Devoted to education are more than those Devoted to en-tertainment
B. educational programs are shownDuring peak viewing times
C. most of TV broadcasting hours are given to entertainment
D. TV programs are shown for world audience to watch

根据下列材料回答下列各 题。 Auctions(拍卖)are public sales of goods,conducted by an officially approved auctioneer.He asks the crowd assembled in the auction loom to make offers,or“bids”,for the variousitems on sale.He encourages buyers to bid higher figures,and finally names the highest bidderas the buyer of goods.This is called“knockingDown”the goods,for the bidding ends when theauctioneer bangs a small hammer on a table at which he stands,This is often set on a raisedplatform. called a rostrum. The ancient Romans probably invented sales by auction,and the English word comes fromthe Latin auction,meaning“increase”.The Romans usually sold in this way the spoils taken inWalt":these sales were called“subusta”,meaning“under the spear”,a spear being stuck in theground a8 a signal for a crowd to gather.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries goods wereoften soldby the candle,a short candle was lit by the auctioneer;and bids could be made whileit stayed alight. An auction is usuallv advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be soldand where and when they can be viewed by possible buyers.If the advertisement cannot givefullDetails.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 l and continue in numericalorder;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 auctioneers services are paid for in the form. of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for.The auctioneer therefore has a Directinterest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible. Practicaly all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction.Among these are coffee,hi-der,skins,wool,tea,cocoa,furs,spices,fruit and vegetables and wines.Auction sales are alsousual 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. ()Auctioned goods are sold_________.

A. at a price less than their true value
B. very cheaply
C. for the highest price offered
D. only at fixed prices

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