国开大学商务英语1-6答案(8)

of how much money you’ve earned or lost.

Actually, accounting is not simply about strange dollar amounts or boring numbers; they’re your sales figures, your costs, and your profits. In other words, accounting is a language of business. Once you know how to work with those numbers, how to read those numbers and how to read the story they tell, you will be able to manage your business toward greater success.

1. Accounting could date back to about {A; B; C} years ago.

A. 7,000

B. 6,000

C. 5,000

2. People in the old days relied on old accounting methods to record {A; B; C}.

A. how much money they had

B. management of their business

C. the growth of crops and herds

3. Accounting has greatly changed with the development of {A; B; C}.

A. crops and herds

B. joint-stock companies

C. internet companies