Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 9: Mathematics is difficult, comprehensive science is average, English is easy
At 3:00 p.m., the math test begins.
Holding the test paper, Chen Zhou flipped through it several times but never started writing.
There is no way. Math and Chinese are completely different styles. The questions are too difficult. I can't find any simple ones that are easy to start with.
"In that case, let's do it in order." Chen Zhou turned the test paper back to the first page and began to calculate on the draft paper.
When it came to the third multiple-choice question, his progress was interrupted.
This is a function geometry problem. The straight line through the focus F of the parabola y2=4x intersects the parabola with points A and B. O is the origin of the coordinate system. If |AF|=3, find the area of △A0B.
On the draft paper, Chen Zhou had already drawn the coordinate axis and the parabola, and also casually drew a straight line passing through the focus F.
Then, Chen Zhou looked at the draft paper and was at a loss for ideas.
Seeing the time passing, Chen Zhou moved the draft paper slightly down, revealing the four covered options.
I took a quick glance and checked option C, which was a quarter of the possible options.
Skip this question and go to question 4.
It's a question about permutations and combinations. I read the question once and seemed to have some idea, then read it again. Forget it, move on to the next question.
Question 5: Application of derivatives in studying the monotonicity of functions. Very difficult! I will pass it first!
Question 6 is still difficult! Pass!
…
"Done? Then I'm done too..."
Chen Zhou skipped and skipped until he came to the second largest question type, fill-in-the-blank questions.
The fill-in-the-blank questions and multiple-choice questions are exactly the same. There are 5 questions in total. Except for the first one, which you can do, just pass the rest.
"It took me nearly forty minutes, and I was only able to finish three questions?" Glancing at his watch, Chen Zhou was very troubled.
There is not even a one-quarter chance of getting the key fill-in-the-blank question right.
The remaining questions are also difficult to answer in this way.
An hour later, Chen Zhou finished the first question completely, barely completed the second question, and filled in the third question as much as he could.
As for the remaining three questions, he left a "solution:" and some formulas that he guessed and didn't know whether they were correct or not. He just hoped that the examiner would give him some sympathetic marks.
After finishing all this, Chen Zhou turned the test paper to the front and worked hard until he handed it in.
At this moment he felt somewhat fortunate that this was not a test to assess his proficiency in the subject, otherwise he would have been finished.
Even when he went to the classroom for evening self-study, Chen Zhou's head was still buzzing.
There was also widespread wailing in the classroom, with everyone denouncing the teacher who wrote the math test papers.
"How did you do in the exam?" Chen Zhou turned his gaze to Zhang Yifan who had arrived in the classroom earlier.
Shaking his head, Zhang Yifan sighed and said, "This is the most difficult math test I have ever taken, no doubt about it! It feels like... like..."
"Like what?"
"It's like... it's like... I can't really describe it, understand?"
"I see. It's okay. Maybe the teacher who wrote the test paper was in a bad mood." Chen Zhou pointed at the students who were complaining, "Everyone is the same."
Zhang Yifan was silent.
Chen Zhou chatted with the students in the front row for a few more words, but of course they were not in the mood. The math test made everyone a little withdrawn.
After the evening self-study, Chen Zhou returned to the rental house , took out the collection of wrong answers from his backpack and put it on the table.
Open? Or not?
Chen Zhou is very conflicted!
During the entire evening self-study period, he never dared to look through the collection of wrong questions.
Now, just die.
"Sure enough, it's horrible!"
I have written down more than two pages of wrong questions in the collection!
With a lost mood, Chen Zhou fell asleep.
The next day at 9:00 am, there was a comprehensive science test.
The full score for comprehensive science is 300 points, including 110 points for physics, 100 points for chemistry, and 90 points for biology. The score distribution is relatively balanced.
During this two and a half hour exam, Chen Zhou also felt the balance of this test paper.
Unlike Chinese, where half of the questions are original, and unlike mathematics, where you are required to only know a few questions, this comprehensive science test is of moderate difficulty.
Moderate difficulty means that the difficulty of the questions increases from simple to difficult, but it will not be so difficult that you cry.
Chen Zhou tried his best to fill out the test paper at his own pace.
Things like mechanical vibration, the law of universal gravitation, chemical bonds, structural formulas, protein extraction and separation, I will do the ones I know first, and leave the ones I don’t know blank for now.
Chen Zhou first completed the physics part of the test, then the chemistry part, then the biology part, and finally went back to go over the questions he didn't know how to answer.
I can’t say that I’m sure of everything, but I can apply what I’ve learned. I’m not like in mathematics where I’m completely in the dark.
Chen Zhou secretly gave a thumbs up to the teachers who set the comprehensive science test paper.
Three minutes in advance, Chen Zhou checked the test paper one last time, handed it in and left.
This time, Chen Zhou learned from the lesson of the previous day and was very calm.
After all, people should not be complacent.
Like yesterday, you only experienced the joy of Chinese for three hours, but in the blink of an eye you fell into the sadness of mathematics, but it took a whole night.
So, he learned his lesson and no longer felt gloating about his good performance in the comprehensive science test.
Soon, the time came for the English exam.
English listening test first.
During the listening test, Chen Zhou discovered a serious problem. The questions were very simple and he could understand them, but he could not understand the listening part.
"What a mistake! I really can't miss any of the listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in English!"
Chen Zhou secretly decided that after the exam, he must add the listening part to his study plan.
After the listening part, there was a fill-in-the-blank question. Chen Zhou looked at question 1.
"—Which one of these do you want?"
"—___Either will do."
“AI don’t mind, B. I’m sure, C. No problem, D. Go ahead”
"Hmm... What this conversation means is that you can choose whichever of the two you want. Either one is fine. So you should choose A."
Question 1 is quite easy, next question.
"Well... Grandma always said that life is like walking on the snow..." Chen Zhou muttered to himself, "Then choose C."
The next question is also quite simple.
Next question: Yes, I can do it too.
Further down.
Simple!
Simple!
too easy!
For the first time, Chen Zhou felt that the English multiple-choice fill-in-the-blank questions were like easy points.
Chen Zhou continued answering questions with confidence, all the way to the cloze test.
Read the passage once first, and if you have a general idea of what it means, then start looking at the options.
The 20 blanks in the passage were quickly filled in. Except for a few options whose grammar I was not very familiar with, I could choose the others based on the meaning of the words.
Keep going down!
The first reading comprehension article talks about children’s education issues. The question is quite simple. CCBDD, done!
The second article tells the story of bees, which is not difficult either!
Chen Zhou quickly finished the four reading comprehension passages. He felt so good that he could understand them all and answer all the questions!
This English test is so easy!
There is only one last essay left.
"Dear Sir or Madam..."
"It feels so good to not have to remember every word when writing an essay!" Chen Zhou experienced the exhilarating pleasure that came from expanding his vocabulary.
Fill in the answer sheet and check it one last time to make sure there are no omissions or mistakes.
For the first time, Chen Zhou held his head high and handed in his English test paper early!
After walking out of the examination room, Chen Zhou strolled leisurely around the campus.
I just think the sky is so blue, the clouds are so white, and the chimneys spewing clouds are so cute.
The joy I felt in the English exam completely dispelled the gloom of the math exam.
While wandering around, Chen Zhou took out the collection of wrong questions and secretly calculated the scores. Without the composition, he would get 100 points!
An unprecedented breakthrough. Even though he got zero in composition, he was still a man with three-digit scores in English!
I had dinner happily and went to evening study happily.
Just waiting for the test papers to be handed out.
