Does_____matter if an engineer is a man or a woman?

---- What a hot day! Have you had a drink? -----Yes, but I’d like to have _____ after class.

The official website of Beijing Municipal Education Commission has recently published a             reform plan to reduce the scores for English to 100 points from the current 150 points, _____ that is bound to cause an overwhelming stir across the country. 

—Is Tony a man with good manners?—I don't think so. As a matter of fact, he is ________ but polite.

 —What major will you choose when you are at university?—______ but Physics, which has brought terrible dreams to me for the past 12 years.