Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 477: The Insidious Question of Pulling Points, the Arctic Route

Fangyan looked at the last question on the test paper:
If you take a ship from Shanghai, my country to London, England, according to the shortest route, which oceans, straits and canals do you have to pass through? (You are required to answer in detail in the order of sailing)

This question is very tricky. If we follow the requirements of the question, the shortest route should be the Arctic route, but there is no canal on the Arctic route.

Therefore, this route should be a regular route currently used internationally.

But the problem arises again, the test question says it is the shortest route.

The shortest is the Arctic route.

How to answer?
First of all, we have to guess what the teacher who set the question is thinking.

There is one last question. Why does he ask it this way?

It is obvious that the teacher set the last question just to increase the score.

So you have to think about how to answer the question appropriately.

As he thought about this, Fangyan finally put down his pen on the last question.

The invigilator and other candidates also noticed it.

They all cast curious glances at him.

Wasn’t it quite amazing just now?
Writing frantically.

How come there are questions that I can’t answer?
Fang Yan didn't pay attention to the outside world at this time. Instead, he stroked his chin and tried to figure out the real intention of the teacher who set the question.

For such an important exam, the person who sets the questions will definitely not write a single extra word.

Soon, the people who were observing Fangyan saw that he twisted his neck and wrists.

He picked up the pen again and started writing quickly.

At this moment, he wrote:
Answer: Starting from Shanghai, the ship first enters the East China Sea, then sails south through the Taiwan Strait into the South China Sea, and then continues to sail southwest, passing through the Strait of Malacca, and then enters the Indian Ocean. The ship continues to sail along the Indian Ocean and passes through the Gulf of Aden. After passing through the Gulf of Aden, it will then pass through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to enter the Red Sea. Sailing along the north of the Red Sea, the ship arrives at the Suez Canal in Egypt. After passing through the Suez Canal, it enters the Mediterranean Sea. The ship continues to sail west in the Mediterranean Sea to the Strait of Gibraltar. After passing through here, the ship enters the Atlantic Ocean, sails along the Atlantic Ocean, and eventually reaches the waters of London, England, and docks.

After finishing writing, Fangyan paused and then wrote:
The above is the regular route of the Suez Canal. If you follow the Arctic route, without passing through the canal, and take the theoretically shortest route, the ship departs from Shanghai, enters the East China Sea, and then enters the Pacific Ocean after leaving the East China Sea, sailing all the way north. It will pass through the Bering Strait into the Arctic Ocean. Then the ship will use the Soviet Northeast Passage in the Arctic Ocean to sail through the Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, East Siberian Sea and Chukchi Sea, and enter the Rowe Sea after leaving the Arctic Ocean. From the Rowe Sea, it will continue to sail south into the Atlantic Ocean, continue to sail east in the Atlantic Ocean, and finally arrive in London, England through the English Channel.

The conventional shipping route through the Suez Canal from Shanghai to London, UK, is 11 kilometers long and takes about 000 to 30 days. However, the transportation time from East Asia to West Asia via the Arctic route can be shortened by about 40% compared with the traditional route.

Fangyan finished writing the last question on the test paper and screwed the cap on his pen.

Then he glanced at his watch.

I found that just over an hour had passed, which was a little longer than the politics class in the morning.

After the next hour, Fangyan sat down with his eyes closed to rest.

The invigilator had no objection to this scene. As long as Fangyan didn't fall asleep and snore and disturb others, or closed his eyes to rest, he couldn't stop him.

When the other candidates saw Fangyan like this, some showed admiration, while others showed a bit of disdain.

They thought that for someone who finished writing so quickly, the answer wouldn't be very good.

The behavior of closing your eyes and resting now is pure pretense.

Soon everyone stopped paying attention to the dialect and started doing their own tests.

On the last question, everyone’s answer was the route of the Suez Canal, the only difference being whether all the areas it passes through were listed.

Only the dialect has more writing about the Arctic route.

It also explains that it is theoretically the shortest route, but it just does not require passing through the canal.

The invigilator suddenly realized the answer after he secretly saw Fangyan's answer on the test paper.

This is indeed the shortest route.

This question that reduces the score is really a sinister way of setting questions.

Although the score only accounts for 20 points, if you answer one question less, 10 points will be lost.

Don't underestimate these ten points. There are 80,000 people taking the exam in BJ, and one more point can leave behind a large group of people.

The statement of selecting the best candidates for admission is no joke.

It really is true that one more point will make a difference in the result.

The invigilator then looked at other people's test papers and found that no one had written about the Arctic route.

Although I don't know how other exam rooms perform, in this exam room, only Fangyan wrote. Just thinking about it, you can tell how far Fangyan can leave many others behind.

……

"Dingling, ringing, ringing..."

At half past three, the bell rang, signaling the end of the exam.

The invigilator said:

"At the end of the exam, all candidates should stop answering questions immediately and place their test papers on the table."

"Then, starting from the door, everyone left the examination room in an orderly manner."

Then a group of people started to walk out of the classroom.

After Fang Yan stood up and left, the person behind him glanced at his test paper and finally stopped at the last question.

Suez route, Arctic route.

These two names immediately gave the examinees a shock.

He stopped walking and was almost bumped by the person behind him.

"What are you doing?" the person behind said dissatisfiedly.

The former turned his head and said in a lost voice:
"For the last question, the shortest route in theory is the Arctic route!"

As soon as these words came out, those who heard them were struck by lightning.

Everyone was stunned on the spot.

Those who had not yet stood up had already picked up the pen and wanted to write the words "Arctic Route".

The invigilator then shouted:
"Take it as if I don't exist, right?"

The people over there didn't dare to start writing and just kept the papers quietly.

Then he muttered with regret:

Why didn't I think of that?
The invigilator urged:
"The exam is over, don't linger! Leave now!"

After this group of people left, the fact that the last question in the liberal arts subject had two answers quickly spread.

For a while, the liberal arts students were asking each other on the playground, wanting to know if anyone had written about the Arctic route.

It turned out that most people didn’t write it, but some people still did.

Except for the dialect section, there are one or two in every examination room.

However, they were not very clear about the specific area and did not write it very clearly. They just remembered the Arctic route later and added its name.

Some people comfort themselves:
"It's okay, it's okay. No one wrote it, so the scores won't be too different. We'll admit the best students anyway, so just assume that the full score for this subject is 90."

On Fangyan's side, the younger brother and the older sister were feeling lucky that they had thought of this route in the last half hour.

It's just that the detailed route is not written.

But writing a name should earn you some points.

Chen Kaige was very proud because he had watched a lot of movies and remembered the complete Arctic route.

Especially when most of the time he didn't write anything, he felt even happier.

Now he even feels that the college entrance examination is just like this.

Maybe if I can really pass the exam, I will be very proud of myself.

It’s a pity that his wife took the science exam, otherwise it would have been even better if Sun Jialin had written it instead of him.

Only Fangyan looked indifferent, listening to the conversations of the people around him.

He is very satisfied with himself.

The first day ended today. He performed steadily and completed the two exams perfectly.

His family is pretty nice, and everything is going according to his plan.

(End of this chapter)