CHINA / National
9.5 million sit college exam this year
By Zhu Zhe (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-06-07 05:52
Today's college entrance exam is often likened to thousands of people and
horses trying to cross a narrow footbridge.
This year a record figure of 9.5 million high-school graduates will sit
down for the first day of tests, each vying for one of only 2.6 million
undergraduate places.
Students smile when they went to schools to familiarize themselves with
the test rooms in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province June 6, 2006. [newsphoto]
With the rest of their lives ahead of them, it's a tense day. And one
that 9.5 million families have been building up to.
Concerned parents will have taken time off work to cook for their
revising children. They'll have mapped out the route to the exam hall,
booked hotel rooms nearby and looked out cabs with lucky number plates.
Teachers have been busy answering last-minute queries, and many students
will have suffered sleepless nights as tension builds towards the big day.
But not everyone is that nervous. Eighteen-year-old Kong Lingqiang turned
up at the Dongdan Sports Centre in central Beijing yesterday afternoon,
basketball in hand.
Although he will begin the two-day exam today, Kong, a graduate from
Guangqumen Middle School, played basketball with three of his friends for
about an hour, showing no signs of pre-exam nerves.
Asked about the looming exam the fair-skinned boy paused for a few
seconds, saying he fully realized the importance of the test and that the
two-day exam would decide his future life, and that he would not let his
parents down. "But last-minute revision won't give you an additional
point, and nervousness will make things worse," he said. "Playing
basketball helps me relax."
He said he planned to watch TV in the evening, before heading to bed at
about 9:30pm. "And I'm looking forward to the World Cup after the exam,"
he added with excitement.
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