参考词汇：全面的overall
Whether to cancel the division of science and arts in senior middle school is an issue of controversy nowadays．We have heard many different voices about it．Some experts，as we can see from the cartoon，approve of it while other senior school students are opposed to it．
2．你作为一名高中生对取消文理分科持什么态度，并陈述你的理由。(至少写出两条理由)
1．专家们赞成取消文理分科。
理由是：1)文理分科不利于学生全面发展。
2)社会对人才的要求不是单一的，多学些知识更能适应社会的需要。
第二节写作(满分25)
某中学生英语报习作栏正在就下列漫画举行征文活动。请仔细观察漫画，并根据漫画所表述的内容，用英语写一篇短文向该报投稿。
75．In response to stress，how does crying make us feel better?(回答词数不超过10个单词)
74．The underlined part“tears seem to be uniquely human”in Paragraph 2 infers that“ ” ．(回答词数不超过6个单词)
73．What's the main idea of the first paragraph?(回答词数不超过8个单词)
72．The examples of California and New York show that ．
A．the recession is deepening
B．the economic downturn started in New York and then influenced California
C．banks tend to buy more houses instead of individuals
D．the housing market in cities is not as active as in suburban areas
第二节简答题(共3小题；每小题2分,满分6分)
阅渎下面短文，根据文后各题的具体要求回答问题，并将答案转写到答题卡上。
Tears are nature's way of making us feel more comfortable．When our eyes are made uncomfortable by some small pieces of pollution, or when we are cutting onions，or when we are exhausted and“red-eyes”from over work and late hours, tears form in our eyes to clean and refresh them．
Tears are also a sign of strong emotion．We cry when we are sad and we cry when we are happy．And tears seem to be uniquely human．We know that animals also experience emotion fear，pleasure，loneliness，but they do not shed(流)tears．
Biologically speaking，tears are actually drops of saline fluid，which is a little bit salty，produced by a gland(腺)in the body．Because salt is an important component，tears may actually constitute the most conclusive evidence that the human animal is the end product of a long evolutionary process that began in the sea．
And it is clear that，in addition to the emotional benefits，the shedding of tears has a specific biological function as well．Through tears，we can eliminate from our body certain chemicals which build up in response to stress and create a chemical imbalance in the body．Crying actually makes us feel better by correcting that imbalance and making us feel good again．And thus the emotional and the biological functions of tears merge(合并)into one and make us even more“human”than we would otherwise be．
71．According to the passage，which of the following is NOT true?
A．Not all vacant houses are for sale or for rent at the moment．
B．The Obama administration plans to repay loans for troubled borrowers．
C．This March-to-June season will be the worst season ever．
D．Home values in California used to fall，but now they start to rise．
