Ifyouwanttobetakenseriouslyinthebusinessworld,youmustunderstandhowtowriteaproperletter.Donˊtusebigwords:useeverydaylanguage.Theword″per″isoftenusedinbusinesscommunication.Itˊsnotarealword!Donˊtuseit.Usesho

　　Ifyouwanttobetakenseriouslyinthebusinessworld,youmustunderstand

　　howtowriteaproperletter.Donˊtusebigwords:useeverydaylanguage.The

　　word″per″

　　isoftenusedinbusinesscommunication.Itˊsnotarealword!

　　Donˊtuseit.Useshortwords,andshortparagraphs.Spaceyourparagraphs

　　evenlyandcleanlyforamore

　　professionallook.Theaveragepapercan

　　hold66sentences:usethisguideasyouformatyourletter,sothatthebulk

　　大部分)ofthewordsarenicelycentered.Thinkabout

　　whenyourletteris

　　goingtoreachitsrecipient.Youdonˊtwantyourlettertogetlostinthe

　　end-of-the-monthbills.AletterthatarrivesonMondayislesslikelytobe

　　readcarefullythanonethatarrivesonTuesday.Agoodtip:includethe

　　words″you″or″your″asoneofthefirstthreeopeningwords.Why?It

　　drawsthereaderˊs

　　attentiontotheletter!Theonlythingbetterthan

　　thisisopeningwithareferral(提及)toamutualacquaintance(熟人.),asin″Liu

　　DemingsuggestedthatIwritetoyou.

　　″Readersalsolove

　　stories--particularlyhumor--andanythinginquotes.Quotationmarkscatchthe

　　eye,andmaketheletterlookmoreinviting.Signyourletterlegibly,so

　　thatyournamecanbereadclearly.Nothingsays″egomaniac″likeabig,

　　uglyscrawl(潦草的笔迹).

　　1.Whatisthemainideaofthe

　　passage?

　　A)Howtowritea

　　properbusinessletter.

　　B)Howtouse

　　everydaylanguageinaletter.

　　C)Howtospace

　　paragraphsevenlyandcleanlyinaletter.

　　D)Howtouseshort

　　wordsandshortsentencesinaletter.

　　2.Whichofthefollowing

　　sentencesisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

　　A)Bigwordsshould

　　notappearinabusinessletter.

　　B)Theword″per″

　　shouldbeusedinabusinessletter.

　　C)Aletterhad

　　betterarriveonTuesdaythanonMonday.

　　D)Storiesor

　　humorscanbeusedtoattractreaders.

　　3.Whatisabettertipon

　　startingabusinessletter?

　　A)Startthelett