The less clear you are about what you want to do, the less effective your plan will be（）

A.A.LIU meets the requirement of grammatical rules.

B.B.LIU looks more eye-catching than Liu.

C.C.LIU makes it clear that it is the family nam

D.D.LIU is less reader-friendly than Liu.

.{A、B、C}

A. 你不太清楚自己想要做什么，你的计划就会失效。

B. 你越不清楚自己想要做什么，你的计划就越没有成效。

C. 你的计划越没有成效，你越弄不清楚自己想要做什么。

A.what

B.who

C.whom

D.which

A．LIU looks more eye-catching than Liu

B．LIU is less reader-friendly than Liu

C．LIU makes it clear that it is the family name

D．LIU meets the requirement of grammatical rules

Companies are constantly downsizing and offering early retirement to employees (144) are near retirement age. You can make this less traumatic if you do some planning before it happens. (145) at your financial situation and clear up any major debts, put back money for emergencies, don't fall victim to credit card debt, and live (146) your means.

(44)

A．what

B．who

C．whom

D．which

ding to you. For example, the word "difficult" does not【C1】______ the same as impossible. Imagine you are staying in a hotel, and your want to change your room. The managers answer of "That would be difficult, sir", does not mean that he is saying "no". It just means that he wants to know【C2】______ you are prepared to offer him in return for the change of room. If you【C3】______ you will cause him a lot of trouble if he does not change your room, he might【C4】______ it would be better for him to do as you ask. If you are buying a new car, and want to pay less than the price being asked, then the salesmans【C5】______ , "Im sorry, but we never negotiate on the price", means that they do negotiate on other things, like the【C6】______ time, or the "extras" that might be available as part of the purchase. In all these【C7】______ the message is never communicated in clear terms. In any negotiation, the two "players" wish to get as much out of it as they can, of course. In the three【C8】______ above, the salesmen and the hold manager are hoping that you will accept their price or conditions, but their messages make it clear that there may be【C9】______ for movement and compromise. In a successful negotiation, the two sides move towards each other and reach agreement on conditions that【C10】______ both sides.

【C1】

A．produce

B．mean

C．equal

D．give

Week 9 For the following three or four weeks, you are going to review some of the writing skills you have learned during the previous 8 weeks. What you need to do each week is watch the related video clip and write a short essay of no less than 200 words. This week, we are going to focus back on argumentation(in Unit 1). Argumentation is a genre of writing that requires you to investigate a topic, to collect and evealutate evidence, and to establish a position on the topic in a concise and logical manner. It is a strategy we often employ to develop a paragraph or an essay. In argumentation, we take a stand on the issue; we either state our position in the topic sentence and then inmmediately present a major argument against us, or directly introduce the rival argument in the very first sentence. Then we support our stand with good reasons and support our reasons with good evidences. We are supposed to attack fiercely with clear position and powerful criticism, but also carefully with logical reasoning and kindly with respect for the sensible part of the opposing position. In other words, use hard arguments but soft words, point out common ground, and avoid logic fallacy. A good argument consists of 5 elements: an explanation of the issue (introduction), a clear thesis statement (your stand), arguments with solid evidence (arguments), rubuttals to the opposing arguments (rebuttals) and restatements of your arguments (restatements). Now choose one of the following topics and develop it into an essay of no less than 200 words. 1. As a 20-year-old, I strongly believe in expressing my own individuality rather than trying to be “just like everybody else” (OR: believe in confrming to the customs and practices of our society rather than expressing my individuality). 2. It is quite a popular belief that the current method of selecting students for higher education should be eliminated, but I believe in the contrary.