新视野大学英语视听说教程第二版4Unit10答案

Unit 10 Learn how to manage your wealth.

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Part I Script

Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, and then choose the correct answers

to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing,

there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing

to check your answers.

1. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)

A. Stocks.

B. Government bonds.

C. Corporate bonds.

D. Stocks and corporate bonds.

2. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)

A. Nasdaq takes an average of all its stocks while Dow does not.

B. Dow takes the average of its all its stocks while Nasdaq does not.

C. Neither uses the average of its stocks.

D. Both take an average of all their stocks.

3. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)

A. A depression is approaching.

B. The stock market may crash.

C. The stock market is stable.

D. The stock market is rising fast.

4. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)

A. The woman will follow the man to buy the company's shares.

B. The man's stocks have gone up.

C. The man suffers a great loss caused by the company's bad performance.

D. The woman suggests the man think carefully before he acts.

5. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)

A. The man lost a lot of money in the stock market.

B. The stock market is in a slump.

C. The woman is surprised at Jack's bad luck.

D. Jack has stayed away from the stock market to avoid losses.

Part II Script

Directions: Listen to the passage three times. When the passage is read for

the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read the second

time, fill in the blanks numbered from (1) to (7) with the exact words you hear.

For blanks numbered from (8) to (10), write down either the exact words you

hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read the third time, check your answers. Just like an (1)individual, a mutual fund can also buy or sell shares of a

company's stock. A mutual fund is a group of stocks and bonds that is (2)owned

by a group of people. A financial company is in charge of the mutual fund, which

is (3)managed by one or more portfolio managers. The people who (4)invest

in mutual funds are also known as shareholders because a unit of (5)ownership

in a mutual fund is called a share. A mutual fund uses the cash invested by

its (6)shareholders to purchase stocks, or in some cases, bonds. The fund's

shareholders are indirect (7)investors in that portfolio of stocks or bonds.

Since a mutual fund may contain the stocks of many companies in its portfolio,

(8).

Most mutual funds are open-end funds. This means that at the end of every day,

(9).

A mutual fund can also be a closed-end fund. The sponsor of a closed-end fund

registers and issues a fixed number of shares at the initial offering, similar

to a common stock. Investors then can buy or sell these shares through a stock

exchange.

(10).

Your answer Correct answer

(1) individual individual

(2) owned owned

(3) managed managed

(4) invest invest

(5) ownership ownership

(6) shareholders shareholders

(7) investors investors

(8) shareholders are often able to own a

greater and more diverse number of

stocks than if they invested directly

in the stock market (9)

the investment management company

sponsoring the fund issues new shares

to investors and buys back shares from

investors wishing to leave the fund

(10)

The sponsor does

not buy back or

issue

shares after a closed-end fund is

launched, so the investor must trade

them through a broker

Part III

Script

Directions: Listen to the following recording, and then choose the correct

answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first

playing, there will be

time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second

playing to check your answers.

1. How much

did

an Apple Computer PowerBook G3 250 laptop cost in 1997 according

to the passage?

A. $3,700.

B. $5,500.

C. $5,700.

D. $7,500.

2. Who has hundreds of examples on his personal Website that show what would

have happened if one had decided to purchase Apple stock?