全国攻读工商管理硕士学位研究生入学考试英语预测试题参考答案及详细解答(4-5)
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Question 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
Auctions are public sales of goods conducted by an
officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd assembled
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.
Practically all goods whose qualities vary are sold by
auction. Among these is coffee, skins, wool,tea, furs,
spices, fruit and vegetables and wines. Auction sales are
also useful for land and property,antique, furniture,
pictures rare books, old china and works of art.
An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full
particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when
they can be viewed by prospective 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 produces 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 direct
interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible.
The auctioneer must know fairly accurately the current
market values of the goods he is selling,and he should be
acquainted with regular buyers of such goods. He will not
waste time by starting the bidding too Iow. He will also
play on the rivals among his buyers and succeed in getting
a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid
against each other. It is largely in his advice that a
seller "reserved"will fix a price, that is, a price below
which the goods cannot be sold. Even the best auctioneers,
however, find it difficult to stop a "knock-out", whereby
dealers illegally arranged beforehand not to bid against
each other, but nominate one of themselves as the only
bidder, in the hope of buying goods at extremely low
prices. If such a "knock -out" comes off, the real auction
sale takes place privately afterwards among the dealers.
31. At what prices are auctioned goods usually sold?
A. The highest prices offered by buyers.
B.The fixed prices advertised beforehand.
C. The prices higher than their true values.
D. The prices demanded by sellers
32. What kind of goods can not be sold in auctions?
A. Those produced in the same factories.
B. Those provided by the same sellers.
C. Those which have the same qualities.
D. Those which have only one bidder.
33. What can the prospective buyer learn from an
auction catalogue?
A. The current market values of the goods.
B. The order in which goods are to be sold.
C. All the details of the goods to be sold.
D. All the information about the prospective buyers
34. Why doesnt the auctioneer sell the "lots" in
numerical order?
A. Because he wants to confuse some dealers and makes
them bid the highest price.
B. Because he wants to hold back certain goods until
the interested dealers arrive.
C. Because he wants to keep certain people waiting in
order to reduce the number of buyers
D. Because he is bribed by certain dealers who want to
buy articles cheap.
35. Why is it that even the best auctioneer can not
stop a "knock-off"?
A. Because he has been deeply involved in it.
B. Because the dealers do not know the true value of
the article.
C. Because he is not familiar with the regular buyers
of the goods.
D. Because the dealers made the arrangement behind his
back.
参考答案:
31.A 第一段最后一句说,拍卖人鼓励买者抬高价格,最后把商品卖给出价最高的人。auction拍卖;bid出价。
32.C 第二段第一句提到,所有品质不同的商品均可拍卖。
33.C 第三段第二句提到,如果广告不能提供商品的详情,就会印发传单。
34.B 第三段第四行提到,等到对这种商品感兴趣的买者达到一定数量后,拍卖人才开始拍卖。这样可以抬高卖价,拍卖人得以提成更多。innumerous order按数字顺序;auctioneer拍卖人;produce拿出。
35.D 第四段最后一部分提到,有些买者私下达成协议,互不竟价,以低价买下商品(即knock-out),过后再开小拍卖会。nominate指定;come-off发生。
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