He wouldn't leave the TV set,_______ he was going to have an exam the next day.

                                                                                                                                                        [ ]

A. even if

B. as if

C. as though

D. even

Steve Waters, a CFA Level I candidate, has decided to enter into a long position of Farmco stock. Since Farmco is thinly traded, Waters is concerned the order will overwhelm the liquidity of Farmco and the price will surge. Waters engages in a series of block trades in order to accomplish the purchase. According to Standard Ⅱ (B) , Market Manipulation, Waters has engaged in:（）

A. neither transaction - based manipulation nor information - based manipulation.

B. transaction - based manipulation, but not information - based manipulation.

C. both transaction - based manipulation and information - based manipulation.