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For many Chinese families and students, the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) is one of the most important periods in their lives.

Five years of college entrance exams and three years of mock exams, twelve years of preparation for a single bloom.

Thousands of soldiers and horses cross a single-plank bridge, all so that they will have no regrets in their lives.

The significance of the college entrance examination is not just a score or a diploma.

Instead, it is through inhuman torment, through three years of darkness and tempering, that you can face the unpredictable tests of the rest of your life with a stronger heart.

On the eve of the college entrance examination, Li Haoyu did not do any practice questions or review any more.

It's not that he doesn't value the college entrance exam; it's precisely because he cares about it so much that he needs to maintain a calm mindset.

As the old saying goes: When faced with a major event, one must remain calm. When calm, one's mind becomes clear, and doubts and difficulties vanish like ice.

It means that only by calming down can one avoid being negatively affected. Making the right judgments is the only way to find opportunities in a crisis and turn a bad situation into a good one.

Li Haoyu chooses to release stress by painting.

He spent the whole day sketching freely out the window at the street. Although his paintings were all abstract, the kind that no one could understand.

But let's not talk about what happened later.

His mood did indeed calm down.

Li Haoyu arrived at the examination room and saw the test paper in his hand.

He then realized that the college entrance examination had already begun.

The first subject of the college entrance examination is Chinese.

This is also the subject that Li Haoyu is most confident in.

After all, his years working in educational institutions weren't entirely without purpose.

In recent years, the trend in Chinese language exam questions has shifted away from simply memorizing knowledge points to passing the exam. Instead, the questions have begun to focus on assessing students' basic, comprehensive, applied, and innovative abilities.

The focus is no longer on individual knowledge points or types, but on assessing overall comprehensive qualities.

Li Haoyu soon encountered his first challenge: translating classical Chinese. Many people score poorly in classical Chinese translation because they "fail to hit the right points."

Simply put, it's about not being able to find the main point of the article.

In fact, when it comes to translating classical Chinese, as long as you focus on literal translation and use interpretive translation as a supplement, you can grasp the central idea that the classical Chinese text wants to express.

Even if you don't understand the text at all, don't worry. You can use some test-taking techniques to overcome the difficulties. Li Haoyu summarized the six-character mantra for translating classical Chinese:

"Correct" means to translate word by word, one word at a time;

"Retain" means to preserve the unique nouns in the text, such as place names;

"Delete" means to remove unnecessary words, such as modal particles;

"Change" means to replace classical Chinese with modern Chinese.

"Supplement" is used to fill in omissions in classical Chinese texts, such as the omission of subjects or objects.

"Adjust" means to adjust the word order to better suit modern writing.

Before long, Li Haoyu had completed the translation of the classical Chinese text.

His basic knowledge was solid enough, and he also mastered the answering techniques.

He answered the questions very quickly and soon got to the essay.

This year's college entrance examination essay requires students to choose their own writing style and title, with the theme being "My Motherland".

The wide range of topics provided him with ample opportunity to showcase his abilities.

Li Haoyu's strength lies in his divergent thinking, coupled with his good writing skills.

Actually, it's not difficult to get a high score on the college entrance exam essay. You just need to make sure that the theme is insightful, the structure is clear, the examples are novel, and the language is elegant.

To write a good article, one must first determine the topic: The past is filled with brilliant achievements, and the future is filled with outstanding individuals. Looking to the future, let us see the rising sun shining brightly in the East!

Li Haoyu first discussed what young people should do to help his motherland.

The next step is to provide examples to support your point of view.

He plans to start by writing from the perspective of ordinary people: Unfolding the scroll of reality, the yellowed pages are filled with stories of veterans spending ten years venturing into the mountains, dedicating tens of thousands of acres of forest to the motherland's birthday; and village secretaries taking root in the remote village of Xigou, finally seeing the desolate village enter a well-off life when their temples are gray.

It illustrates how everyone can contribute their strength to serve their country.

And what would happen if everyone contributed their share?

Then Li Haoyu cited the example of Yuan Lao and added interest to the article by presenting it as a story.

It describes a story from when Mr. Yuan was young, about a dream he had of "enjoying the cool shade under the rice plants".

In his dream, Yuan Longping saw rice plants growing as tall as sorghum, with grains as big as peanuts. He and his assistant sat under the rice seedlings, enjoying the shade. He wanted to make this dream a reality, to ensure that the Chinese people could hold their rice bowls firmly in their own hands.

He was tireless and dedicated his life to his work, even at the age of 90, he insisted on going to the fields to conduct experiments.

Then, he planned to write it like this:

Beneath the curtain of time lie countless ambiguous whispers; history always unfolds in this way.

After a century of mud and hardship, we will finally usher in today's bright and clear day.

Some people lament the passing of spring and the coming of autumn, pitying themselves...

Some shirk their responsibilities and boast of their carefree attitude...

At the end of the article, he planned to elevate the theme further.

Don't think that a strategy is old-fashioned; as long as it scores points, it's a good strategy.

But many more people are silently dedicating themselves to the motherland. There is no such thing as a peaceful and carefree life; it's just that someone is bearing the burden for us.

The future always requires the efforts of young people, and as one of them, I must step forward without hesitation and shoulder my own responsibilities.

Li Haoyu exclaimed, "Perfect ending."

After finishing his essay, he glanced at the remaining time and saw that he still had more than half an hour left.

Li Haoyu also did not hand in his paper early, thus avoiding any meaningful attention.

He checked the answer sheet to make sure there were no mistakes or omissions.

Then check if there are any errors or omissions in the answers you filled in. For questions you are unsure about, reconsider them carefully.

After checking twice, it was time to hand in the paper.

After finishing the exam in the morning, Li Haoyu returned to the short-stay room he had rented near the exam venue.

He quickly washed up and then lay down on the bed to rest.

He needed to conserve his energy for the afternoon's exam.

The afternoon session was math, which is much simpler than language arts.

Geometry, functions, derivatives, vectors... inequalities.

Math is easy if you know it, but if you don't, even if you have several hours, you'll just be staring blankly at the test paper.

Thanks to his previous mathematical background, he quickly finished answering the math questions.

With that, Li Haoyu's first day of exams came to an end.

Li Haoyu returned home and had a simple dinner.

He briefly reviewed the key points and looked at his error notebook before taking the English and humanities exams tomorrow.

When facing the college entrance examination, it is best to maintain the same routine as before.

Going to bed too early or too late is not good.

After reviewing his notes, he listened to some music.

I checked the time; it was already past 10 p.m.

I turned off the lights and went to rest.

With the last exam paper submitted, the bell rang, signaling the end of the exam.

That moment meant the end of the college entrance examination that had troubled countless students.

When students walk out of the examination room, it's like a pregnant woman giving birth.

All the pain and stress vanished in that instant; all that could be done was to quietly wait for the outcome.

Standing at the entrance of the examination hall, looking at the relieved classmates and parents, Li Haoyu couldn't help but sigh:

In my past life, whenever I encountered difficulties, whether it was the college entrance exam or work, I always thought that I should just make do and what would happen if I gave up?

Ultimately, this led to him ending up in his thirties with nothing to show for it.

If he had gritted his teeth and persevered back then, would his life have been completely different?

But in this life, everything is different.

Looking at his shadow under the sunset, a surge of heroic spirit welled up in his heart.

Li Haoyu couldn't help but shout, "Throughout the ages, across the vast wilderness, the future is as boundless as the sea, and the days ahead are long!"

Several onlookers couldn't help but burst into laughter upon seeing this.

However, after the college entrance examination, there are quite a few students like him who release their stress.

However, Li Haoyu's high spirits immediately deflated.

He muttered under his breath, "So naive! If he wasn't hot-blooded, would he even be a young man?"

However, he quickened his pace, wanting to escape the scene of the incident as soon as possible.

In the blink of an eye, Li Haoyu disappeared into the crowd.