参考答案：政府将利率增加到5%，使得股价昨日大受冲击。道琼斯指数下跌340点，报收12100点，为十周内最低水平。

解析：[听力原文]
Share prices received a shock yesterday when the government increased interest rates to five per cent. As a result, the Dow-Jones dropped by three hundred and forty points closing at twelve thousand one hundred, its lowest level for ten weeks.