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Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asked the crowd assembled in the auction-
Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asked the crowd assembled in the auction-
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Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asked the crowd assembled in the auction-room to make offers, or bids, for the various items on sale. He encouraged 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 table at which he stands. This is often set on a raised platform called a rostrum.
The ancient Romans probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auction, 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 century, goods were often sold "by the candle": a short candle was lit by the auctioneer, and bids could be made while it stayed alight.
Practically all goods whose qualities varied are sold by auction. Among these are coffee, skins, wool, tea, cocoa, furs, spices, fruit, vegetables and wines. Auction sales are also usual 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.
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 produce 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 are sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible.
A candle was used to burn at auction sales________.
选项
A、because they took place at night
B、as a signal for the crowd to gather
C、to give light to the auctioneer
D、to limit the time when offers could be made
答案
D
解析
推理判断题。由第二段最后一句可知,在蜡烛燃烧过程中可以竞价,烛灭则拍卖结束,所以蜡烛是用于控制拍卖时间的。
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