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Go Wenlan! Wenlan must win!
June 15, 2013, the first day of the Hangzhou High School Entrance Exam. Arrived at school at 7:20 AM to find teachers lined up in two rows to welcome us. They had set up a gate-like structure with a bell hanging from it. At first, I didn't understand what was happening and walked around it... until a teacher called me back.
4 pictures 3 pictures (one was a duplicate earlier): (Not taken by me, sourced from 19lou)
Entered the campus and saw colored-flag ropes encircling the teaching building – blocking access. As planned, we went to the lab building to review.
Around 8:00 AM, we wandered near the exam hall and saw a seal on the door. The invigilator forcefully pushed the door open, breaking the seal instantly... Following the two rehearsals, test papers were distributed. When I saw the picture on the exam paper (students volunteering, requiring a 60-word description), I nearly fainted. Then came question 9 in the basics section – even worse, a triple-combined question. Question 8 changed the news summarization task to three 6-character phrases. For the essay, the topic was "Understanding Sharing." I wrote an argumentative essay because a narrative wouldn't meet the length requirement.
The exam designer kept their promise by including argumentative writing, though the topic was still buggy.
Reference this post:
http://www.19lou.com/forum-15-thread-18521371259589726-1-1.html
They didn't even bother making the fabricated story believable – just clickbait. Wanted to criticize it but couldn't (post was locked). Some still fell for it:
http://www.19lou.com/forum-15-thread-12441371284544673-1-1.html
A normal invigilator's post:
http://www.19lou.com/forum-15-thread-18971371264744236-1-1.html
After the exam, returned to the lab to review. The afternoon math test felt like night and day compared to the morning – ridiculously easy. But there were pitfalls. For example, math question 16: sure enough, some wrote 2,4,6,8 (I knew because I initially fell for it too). (Correct answers: t=2, t=8, 3≤t≤7). The major questions were all laughably weak – though slightly writing-intensive, the difficulty approached zero (for me).
More stories here:
http://www.19lou.com/forum-15-thread-18621371278444163-1-1.html
Coasted through the politics exam, referenced the book throughout, finished with 40 minutes to spare.
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