Accounting is More Than Numbers
Accounting could date back to about 7,000 years ago. People of that time relied on old accounting methods to
record the growth of crops and herds. Accounting has greatly developed with the growth of joints tock companies .
When you think of accounting, you may find pages of tables and numbers. That image doesn’t usually give you too much excitement. When you have your ownbusiness, though, those numbers come to
mean the world to you because they give you the record 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 alanguage 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.
第1题,共5个问题
(单选题)Accounting could date back to about()years ago.
A:7,000
B:6,000
C:5,000
第2题,共5个问题
(单选题)People in the old days relied on old accounting methods to record.()
A: how much money they had
B: management of their business
C: the growth of crops and herds
第3题,共5个问题
(单选题)Accounting has greatly changed with the development of().
A: crops and herds
B: joint stock companies
C: internet companies
第4题,共5个问题
(单选题)Accounting is very important in your business because it shows().
A: how much money you’ve earned or lost
B: pages full of tables and numbers
C: strange dollar amounts or boring numbers
第5题,共5个问题
(单选题)According to the writer, accounting is().
A:a language of business
B:your sales figures, your costs, and your profits
C:Both A and B
出自:国家开放大学《商务英语(本科)》