Which type of business writing is being described in an employment dismissal letter to an employee of poor performance?

Which type of writing is being described in a letter to the governor explaining why the tax increase is a bad idea?（ ）

A:Narrative
B:Persuasive
C:Expository
D:Descriptive
答案: Persuasive

Which type of writing is being described in a paper discussing the after-effects of a war?（ ）

A:Descriptive
B:Expository
C:Narrative
D:Persuasive
答案: Expository

Which type of business writing is being described in a report Michelle wrote to share with her principal information she has accumulated regarding best practices for teaching Latin?（ ）

A:transactional business writing
B:persuasive business writing
C:instructional business writing
D:informational business writing
答案: informational business writing

Which type of business writing is being described in an employment dismissal letter to an employee of poor performance? （ ）

A:persuasive business writing
B:instructional business writing
C:informational business writing
D:transactional business writing
答案: transactional business writing

What is the primary purpose of a persuasive essay?（ ）

A:to change the audience’s position
B:to let those who feel differently than you know that they are wrong
C:to have a platform to give an opinion without facts
D:to present your point of view as the only one
答案: to change the audience’s position

Which genre does the picture stand for?（ ）

A:business letter
B:business report
C:résumé
D:business proposal
E:email
F:memo
答案: email

The three basic functions of business writing are to inform, to influence, and to entertain. （ ）

A:错
B:对
答案: 对

The goal of a persuasive piece of writing is to convey information.（ ）

A:错
B:对
答案: 错

Which statements are NOT true?（ ）

A:Official letters, forms, and invoices are documents used to record business information.
B:Proposals are the documents outlining an offer of a product or service to a specific potential client.
C:Instructional business writing provides the reader with the information needed to complete a task.
D:Reports and minutes are the persuasive types of business writing.
答案: Official letters, forms, and invoices are documents used to record business information.;Reports and minutes are the persuasive types of business writing.

Which statements are true? （ ）

A:A résumé is a brief document that summarizes your education, employment history, and experiences.
B:A genre consists of a format and a structure.
C:You can access many templates on the word processing software.
D:In businesses, written communication takes very similar forms.
答案: A résumé is a brief document that summarizes your education, employment history, and experiences.;A genre consists of a format and a structure.;You can access many templates on the word processing software.

Which is the proven document-formatting technique?（ ）

A:using signposting words or phrases
B:using Times New Roman or Arial
C:using white space
D:all the above
答案: all the above

Choose the sentence that is correct without adding a comma. （ ）

A:He replied “I have no idea what you mean.”
B:He left the scene of the accident and tried to forget that it had happened.
C:Vests which were once popular have been out of vogue for several years.
D:After a good washing and grooming the pup looked like a new dog.
答案: He left the scene of the accident and tried to forget that it had happened.

Which of the following statements is NOT true? （ ）

A:It is important for a writer to be consistent in using punctuation within a document.
B:People judge intelligence, professionalism, and competence based on grammar and punctuation.
C:It is not acceptable to write an article or a report using only short sentences with commas and periods.
D:A semicolon can be often used to separate words or phrases of any length.
答案: A semicolon can be often used to separate words or phrases of any length.

Which of the sentence is NOT correctly punctuated? （ ）

A:Having chosen nursing as a career Susan enrolled in many science courses.
B:Usually, I have time to eat breakfast.
C:Since we moved into town, our fuel bill has tripled.
D:From outside the twelve-mile fishing limits off the coast of Maine, a strange phenomenon has been reported.
答案: From outside the twelve-mile fishing limits off the coast of Maine, a strange phenomenon has been reported.

White space is reader-friendly, because wide margins make your writing easier for your readers’ eyes to scan.（ ）

A:错
B:对
答案: 对

Professional writing presented in a standard way is expected and appreciated by business people.（ ）

A:错
B:对
答案: 对

He did not however intend to return the money he borrowed.（ ）

A:错
B:对
答案: 错

Saul having forgotten to save his work lost all of his revisions when his computer crashed.（ ）

A:错
B:对
答案: 错

Select the correctly punctuated sentence.（ ）

A:Spain is a beautiful country: the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.
B:Spain is a beautiful country, the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.
C:Spain is a beautiful country. The beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.
D:Spain is a beautiful country; the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.
答案: Spain is a beautiful country. The beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.;Spain is a beautiful country; the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.

Decide which of these sentences uses the hyphen correctly.（ ）

A:I love eighteenth-century architecture.
B:He lived in the eighteenth-century.
C:He was fascinated by eighteenth-century history.
D:He had always been interested in the eighteenth-century.
答案: I love eighteenth-century architecture.;He was fascinated by eighteenth-century history.