【Ifyouwanttobetakenseriouslyinthebusinessworld,youmustunderstandhowtowriteaproperletter.Donˊtusebigwords:useeverydaylanguage.Theword〃per〃isoftenusedinbusinesscommunication.Itˊsnotarealword!Donˊtuseit.Usesho】

　　Ifyouwanttobetakenseriouslyinthebusinessworld,youmustunderstandhowtowriteaproperletter.Don

　　ˊtusebigwords:useeverydaylanguage.Theword〃per〃

　　isoftenusedinbusinesscommunication.Itˊsnotarealword!Donˊtuseit.Useshortwords,andshort

　　paragraphs.Spaceyourparagraphsevenlyandcleanlyforamore

　　professionallook.Theaveragepapercanhold66sentences:usethisguideasyouformatyourletter,sothatthe

　　bulk大部分)ofthewordsarenicelycentered.Thinkabout

　　whenyourletterisgoingtoreachitsrecipient.Youdonˊtwantyourlettertogetlostintheend-of-the-month

　　bills.AletterthatarrivesonMondayislesslikelytobe

　　readcarefullythanonethatarrivesonTuesday.Agoodtip:includethewords〃you〃or〃your〃asoneofthe

　　firstthreeopeningwords.Why?Itdrawsthereaderˊs

　　attentiontotheletter!Theonlythingbetterthanthisisopeningwithareferral(提及)toamutualacquaintance

　　(熟人.),asin〃LiuDemingsuggestedthatIwritetoyou.

　　〃Readersalsolovestories--particularlyhumor--andanythinginquotes.Quotationmarkscatchtheeye,andmake

　　theletterlookmoreinviting.Signyourletterlegibly,so

　　thatyournamecanbereadclearly.Nothingsays〃egomaniac〃likeabig,uglyscrawl(潦草的笔迹).

　　1.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?

　　A)Howtowriteaproperbusinessletter.

　　B)Howtouseeverydaylanguageinaletter.

　　C)Howtospaceparagraphsevenlyandcleanlyinaletter.

　　D)Howtouseshortwordsandshortsentencesinaletter.

　　2.WhichofthefollowingsentencesisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

　　A)Bigwordsshouldnotappearinabusinessletter.

　　B)Theword〃per〃shouldbeusedinabusinessletter.

　　C)AletterhadbetterarriveonTuesdaythanonMonday.

　　D)Storiesorhumorscanbeusedtoattractreaders.

　　3.Whatisabettertiponstartingabusinessletter?

　　A)Starttheletterwiththewordssuchas〃you〃or〃your〃.

　　B)Starttheletterinacourteousmanner.

　　C)Starttheletterwithstoriesorhumors.

　　D)Starttheletterwithareferraltoamutualacquaintance.