最新六级710分全真模拟试卷--阅读理解

最新六级710分全真模拟试卷--阅读理解

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Part Ⅱ Reading  Comprehension (占总分的35%)??

(占总分的25%)?

Directions:  There are three passages in this part.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C)and D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.?

Questions 35 to 39 are based on the following passage:?

   Auctions(拍卖) are public sales of goods,conducted by an officially approved auctioneer.He asked the crowd to gather in the auction room to bid for 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 “autic”,meaning “increase”.The Romans usually sold in this way the spoils taken in 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 arecoffee,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 Chritie’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,catalogue

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