Chapter 397

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

It was not yet two in the afternoon when Xiao Hua got up.

He washed his face, then tidied up and went to the classroom to assemble, collected his Admission Ticket from the Homeroom Teacher, then walked to the Erzhong Driving Test Venue.

He arrived at the Driving Test Venue just after two.

The exam would not start until three.

He sat at his seat in silent daze, spinning his pen.

Math was his strong suit, so his Mindset was very relaxed.

In the blink of an eye it was almost three, and examinees came into the Driving Test Venue one after another.

When the proctor entered, all examinees had already arrived.

The proctor brought the File bag containing the exam papers to the students in the front row to sign, to show that the exam papers had remained sealed and had not been opened.

After signing, they broke the Seal Strip.

As soon as the Ringtone sounded, they began distributing the exam papers and Scratch Paper, as well as the Answer Sheet.

The exam began.

Xiao Hua wrote his name on the Answer Sheet, filled in his Admission Ticket number, then began writing furiously.

This year's college entrance exam math was not too difficult; the difficulty could only be called medium. Xiao Hua was originally good at math problems, so his answering speed was very fast.

The multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions posed almost no obstacle to him.

As for the calculation questions later on, the first few were, in his eyes, practically free points.

Only the final difficult question had a bit of difficulty.

But this bit of difficulty meant nothing to him.

It was far simpler than competition problems.

So, he finished all the questions in just over an hour.

The remaining time was for checking the exam papers.

He carefully checked question by question again, checked twice, corrected some minor errors, and in the blink of an eye it was Five o'clock in the afternoon; the bell signaling the end of the exam rang, and only then did he hand in his paper and leave.

Although he finished much earlier, it was impossible for him to hand in his paper early.

Because he knew that children from poor families did not have much room for trial and error, and had no opportunity for Stubbornness.

For such a major life event as the college entrance exam, one had to be cautious and cautious again.

One could have a relaxed Mindset, but could not be careless or blindly arrogant.

Leaving the Driving Test Venue, Xiao Hua breathed the air of the School campus and felt his Mood was extremely refreshed.

Because he felt that this time he had a good chance of getting a score close to full marks.

He was very satisfied with his performance in both subjects tested today.

Math could be counted as normal performance; regarding the Chinese Essay, he felt he should have performed beyond his usual level, and he had a premonition that Chinese should get a score somewhat higher than usual exams.

He did not allow any Accident to occur in the college entrance exam, nor did he permit any Accident to occur.

Next, as long as he properly finished the science comprehensive and English exams tomorrow, the college entrance exam would be perfectly concluded.

Returning to the School in the afternoon, while eating Meal at the Canteen, quite a few students were discussing the problems on the college entrance exam math paper.

Everyone felt the final difficult question was very hard.

"The final question, number 21 this year, is so hard; I only did the first sub-question!"

"You did one sub-question, that's not bad; I only wrote the character 'solve'."

"What number 21? I only did twenty questions; I didn't even look at number 21!"

"The final question is prepared for academic tyrants; we Ordinary People, just looking at it once is an overestimation of our own intelligence. Adjust your Mindset; it's normal not to be able to do it."

"Right, right. If you do the basic questions well and get all the points you can get, that's enough……"

Xiao Hua listened, somewhat unable to agree.

Is it that hard?

Isn't it just a function derivative problem?

The first question asks for the function's domain and the solution set D of the inequality.

That is practically a free point question.

The second question asks for the function's extreme points within set D, which does require thinking and analysis because it requires case-by-case discussion; however, as long as you reason according to normal Logic, it is not very difficult either.

Xiao Hua left after finishing his Meal.

He did not join his classmates' discussion.

Because he knew that if he spoke his true inner thoughts, those classmates would probably say he was showing off.

Xiao Hua was not someone who liked showing off; he was very pragmatic and did not want others to misunderstand him as showing off.

So he generally would not say unnecessary words.

After finishing his Meal, washing the Bowl and lunch box, Xiao Hua took his lunch box back to the dormitory and took a cold shower, then went to the Classroom for self-study.

Tomorrow morning is the science comprehensive exam, and the afternoon is the English exam.

Regarding the science comprehensive, as long as Xiao Hua did not perform abnormally, he should be able to steadily secure it.

For him, the most variable factor was English.

Because his English scores fluctuated greatly; sometimes he could score over one hundred thirty, sometimes only around one hundred twenty.

Bottom line, his English foundation was simply too weak.

Others had started all kinds of listening and reading practice since third grade of Primary School.

When he was in Primary School, he didn't even have a proper English teacher.

In Junior High School, because English held him back, he had never even made it into the school's top ten.

Back then, his English learning could be said to have left him with a psychological shadow; he couldn't overcome this psychological obstacle, so he never learned English very well.

Fortunately, after High School, he adjusted in time, and suddenly it was as if he had an epiphany, thus overcoming this inner demon and regaining his confidence in learning English.

But even so, the gap caused by reality was still unavoidable.

Take Li Jianjia for example: although her math wasn't good, she could easily score above one hundred and forty in English every time. She once said that when she was young, her English wasn't very good either, but later her parents hired a private foreign tutor to teach her during her Summer Vacation.

That foreign teacher required her to communicate entirely in English, to learn English using English thinking rather than Chinese thinking.

From then on, her English grades improved.

Now she can still speak fluent English and communicate with foreigners basically without barriers.

Xiao Hua knew that these seemingly grade gaps were actually gaps in family strength.

He estimated he could never speak fluent English as confidently as Li Jianjia in this Lifetime, just as his introverted personality that wasn't good at communication was estimated to be hard to turn around in this Life either; this was a regret brought by his Growth Environment. He couldn't change the past, could only accept Reality, and then try his best to overcome the difficulties brought by Reality.

The classroom for Evening Self-study was very quiet.

The people in the Special Elite Class were very self-disciplined; even if they wanted to speak, they spoke in gentle voices, for fear of disturbing other students' learning.

Xiao Hua used the time of one class to go over all the key English words learned in High School once, then silently memorized several English articles he had long ago memorized thoroughly.

Only with the remaining time did he go to review the knowledge of liberal arts and sciences combined.

That night, the boarding students basically stayed in the classroom until nearly Ten O'clock at Night before returning to the Dormitory.

Some students actually wanted to stay even later, but the dormitory locked its doors and turned off the lights at ten o'clock.

So they could only reluctantly return to the Dormitory.

Back in the Dormitory, some students couldn't sleep due to anxiety, quietly turned on their Desk Lamp, and lay on the bed continuing to study.

In other dorms, almost everyone had a Mobile Phone.

The Special Elite Class dorm was different: no one there had a Mobile Phone each, but almost everyone had a Desk Lamp each.

Xiao Hua went to sleep early tonight.

He had a dream.

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