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SECTION A
In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening to the lecture, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE after the mini-lecture. Use the blank paper for note-taking.
Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically & semantically acceptable. You may refer to your note.
The Stock Market
When a new company is organized and shares are sold, it is not hard to determine the value of each share: all the shares together represent the total value of the company.
Ⅰ. The best way to explain how the stock market works.
To imagine you form a company to produce a soda with 4 friends:
1) putting in $600 together for the expenses involved in the (1) of (1) ______
the company;
2) stating every (2) represents $10 of the present value of the company; (2) ______
3) owning a share signifies--a part owner of the company.
Ⅱ. Stock price increases when (3) is good and the value of the company (3) ______
jumps.
1) the (4) $600 invested→$1,800 in value at present (4) ______
2) $10 per share originally → (5) each currently (5) ______
Ⅲ. Stock price falls when business is worse and the value of the company drops.
1) (6) of $1,800 → a low point of $300 (6) ______
2) $30 per share $5 → per share
Ⅳ. How to buy stocks
1) to find a (7) buying and selling stock for other people; (7) ______
2) the stockbroker’s entering a stock market;
3) the stockbroker’s inquirement of other brokers about your buying;
4) the stockbroker’s (8) of the stock purchase; (8) ______
5) to pay the bill the amount of purchase & the stockbroker’s (9) (9) ______
You have to pay the broker whenever he buys and sells for you, (10) (10) ______
each time you sell stock and sometimes when you buy. You may also pay a small fee
to the owners of the place where the stock is bought or sold.