2005年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语（上海卷）5-无忧考网(E)Directions:ReadthefollowingtextandchoosethemostsuitableheadingfromA-Fforeachparagraph.Thereisoneextraheadingwhichyoudonotneed.A.GoodsforauctionsalesB.DefinitionofbiddingC.WaytosellmoregoodsbyauctionD.AuctionsalesinhistoryE.BriefintroductiontoauctionsF.Makingalargerprofitasanauctioneer80.Auctionsarepublicsalesofgoods,conductedbyanofficiallyapprovedauctioneer.Heasksthecrowdassembledintheauction-roomtomakeoffers,or“bids”,forthevariousitemsonsale.Heencouragesbuyerstobidhigherfigures,andfinallynamesthehighestbidderasthebuyerofthegoods.Thisiscalled“knockingdown”thegoods,forthebiddingendswhentheauctioneerstrikesasmallhammeronatableatwhichhestands.81.TheancientRomanprobablyinventedsalesbyauction,andtheEnglishwordcomesfromtheLatinauction,meaning“increasing”.TheRomansusuallysoldinthiswaythegoodstakeninwar.InEnglandintheeighteenthcenturies,goodswereoftensold“bythecandle”:ashortcandlewaslitbytheauctioneer,andbidscouldbemadewhileitstayedalight.82.Practicallyallgoodswhosequalitiesvaryaresoldbyauction.Amongthesearecoffee,skins,wool,tea,furs,silkandwines.Auctionsalesarealsousualforlandandproperty.Furniture,pictures,rarebooks,oldchinaandsimilarworksofart.83Anauctionisusuallyadvertisedbeforehandwithfullparticularsofthearticlestobesoldandwhereandwhentheycanbeviewedbypotentialbuyers.Iftheadvertisementcannotgivefulldetails,cataloguesareprinted,andeachgroupofgoodstobesoldtogether,calleda“lot”,isusuallygivenanumber.TheauctioneerneednotbeginwithLot1andcontinueintheorderofnumbers:hemaywaituntilhenoticesthefactthatcertainbuyersareintheroomandthenproducethelotstheyarelikelytobeinterestedin.84.Theauctioneer’sservicesarepaidforintheformofapercentageofthepricethegoodsaresoldfor.Theauctioneerthereforehasadirectinterestinpushingupthebiddingashighaspossible.Hewillnotwastetimebystartingthebiddingtoolow.Hewillalsoplayontheopponentsamonghisbuyersandsucceedingettingahighpricebyencouragingtwobusinesscompetitorstobidagainsteachother.第Ⅱ卷（共45分）.TranslationⅠDirections:TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish,usingthewordsgiveninthebrackets.1.我希望尽快收到你的照片。（hope）2.多吃蔬菜和水果有益健康。（good）3.今天下午我没空，我和牙医有约。（appointment）4.你最好乘出租车去电影节的开幕式，不然就要迟到了。（or）5.这款手机样式新颖、携带方面，深受年轻人的欢迎。（popular）6.他进公司后不久就独立完成了一项艰巨的任务，同事们对他刮目相看。（so）.GuidedWritingⅡDirections:writeanEnglishcompositionin120-150wordsaccordingtotheinstructionsgivenbelowinChinese.“”古人云：天生我材必有用（Theremustbeauseformytalent.）请你描述你生活中的一件事，说明人各有所长，无论才能大小都能成为有用的人。===========无忧考网https://www.kaowang.com/show/568445.html===========11欢迎访问无忧考网官方网站：www.kaowang.com微信公众号：无忧考网