In Sections B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet.
A Career in Accounting
As a field of study and work, accounting is expanding
throughout the world. A job in accounting promises good
(1)_________and excellent promotion opportunities, yet suffers (1)_________
only slightly from changes in business cycles or from
(2)_________variations in employment. (2)_________
Bookkeeping is a starting point for a career in private
accounting. It is essential for an (3)_________.The financial (3)_________
records of an organizations are the (4)_________on which (4)_________
accounting is based.
One can attend business or commercial schools to learn
the (5)_________of accounting practices, which include typing, (5)_________
shorthand, bookkeeping and, more recently, accounting and
computer programming. As the principles and (6)_________of (6)_________
accounting have grown more complex, the training now lasts
(7)_________years. (7)_________
There are some alternatives to commercial schools such as
home-study or (8)_________schools. What’s more, education in (8)_________
accounting has become a (9)_________function of the (9)_________
universities, incorporating business administration, business
law, etc.
To sum up, there are two paths towards a career in
accounting. One is through employment and the other through
(10)_________examinations. (10)_________