The employees could not __________ the pressure of the work, so they chose to leave the company.
A. give up           B. put up with        C. keep away from       D. make up for

If you happen to __________ my lost novel while you are searching for you book, please let me know at once by telephone.
A. come out              B. come up            C. come across            D. come about

He is too tired and his strength has __________.
A. run out                    B. used up         C. given up               D. been run out

 __________ the great efforts we made, we failed to carry out our plans.

A. Instead of            B. Thanks to       C. In spite of             D. Because

--Have you got the news that Jack’s company has gone broken?

--Yes, I think their failure __________ a mixture of bad luck and poor management.

A. results from           B. dues to         C. leads to             D. brings in

The winner of the award said that he had owed his success to many people, his parents __________.

A. after all                    B. by chance          C. on purpose             D. in particular

It took her ten years to __________ her publishing business.

A. take up                 B. put up         C. build up               D. bring up

今年2月6日，教育部對“高中是否該取消文理分科”公開向社會征求意見。為此，某媒體做了一次民意調查，結果如圖表所示。

請你結合圖表，用英語寫一篇題為“Should Science and Arts Education Be Separated?”的短文，介紹調查情況并談一下你的看法。

要求：

       1. 觀點明確，理由充分；

       2. 不要逐句翻譯；

       3. 字數120左右，開頭已給出，不計入總詞數。

參考詞匯：   負擔 － burden (n.&vt)   復合型人才 － multi-skilled people

Should Science and Arts Education Be Separated?

The issue of separating science and arts education is getting heated up as debate spreads across the country, which attracts tens of thousands of votes．

People go to a formal Western dinner party the first time may be surprising by the Western table manners. Next to the napkin, you’ll find some bread and three glass which are for the wine. The knife and fork that are closest to your plate are a little more bigger than the ones besides them. Dinner starts with a small dish, that is often called a starter. For the starter, which you eaten with the smaller pair, you keep the knife in your right hand and the fork in your left one. Although good manners always make you look good, but you do not need to worry about all these rules while you having dinner with your foreign friends.

       The people below are all looking for a course on Chinese to study．Read the following information about the six courses．Decide which course would be the most suitable for the people mentioned in questions 1―5 and then mark the correct letter （A―F） on your answer sheet．

81．Mathew majors in media and hopes to understand Chinese broadcasting and TV News and     communicate with the Chinese people．

82．Sarah is a leaner of Chinese with a fairly good knowledge of basic Chinese grammar and a    vocabulary of 2500, hoping to improve her Chinese ability in speaking, reading and      writing．

83．Lois majors in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language and hopes to improve her ability in   translation．

84．Dennis once has taught himself Chinese and can speak a little Chinese but with poor       pronunciation and grammar, hoping to meet the needs of everyday life and study, and    understand each other in basic communication through training．

85．Georgia specializes in the Chinese language and culture at the average．He plans to have a tour in China．

A．Comprehensive language skill training

       100 lessons in total focusing on pronunciation, grammar and discourse（談話）．To enable the learner to master the basic knowledge of the Chinese language, to have the basic ability of listening, speaking, reading and writing, so that they are able to communicate with others and to meet the need of everyday life, study and society．This will lay a foundation for further study of Chinese．

B．Intermediate （中等） Chinese Comprehensive Course

       40 lessons in all, focusing on the training of the comprehensive skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing of intermediate Chinese．To enable the students to recognize, understand and use the active and less active words, to improve their ability of expressing themselves in paragraphs and discourse (語篇), to master the new words, patterns, grammatical structures, paragraphs and discourse and means of connections so as to express the meaning of the texts correctly and fluently in paragraphs and discourse．

C．News Listening

       Based on frequently used words, typical sentences and information and concentrating on improving the ability of listening comprehension．To  improve the ability of collecting information, to grasp the knowledge and skills, they have learned to understand the broadcasting and TV news of similar themes and relevant level of difficulty with the correctness of 80%．To build up the foundation for further study．

D．Elementary English-Chinese Translation

       25 classes in total, including various styles such as poems, popular science, political comments and news, about every aspect of everyday life．The texts vary from easy to difficult and combine theory with practice as well as translation and interpretation．About 185 hours are needed．To familiarize the learner with the equivalent（對等的）Chinese expressions of English．To enable them to know usage of Chinese and English words and sentences, cultural differences and the background knowledge．

E．Elementary Spoken Chinese in Business

       24 units in all．Chinese words and expressions in business and trade are introduced in the form of vivid situational dialogues, notes and exercises．To enable the learner to master the words and expressions of elementary spoken business Chinese and to communicate with others in trade and business．

F．Chinese Human Geography

       Introduction to geographic environment and cultural phenomena in various parts of China, such as natural features, historical backgrounds, religious sites, ancient battle fields, dramas and arts, traditional products, and special food, etc．Through the introduction to historical and cultural sites and scenery, the leaner will have a general view about Chinese geography, history, culture and regional features．