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Could you pass China's gaokao college entrance exam?
Updated 08:03, 10-Jun-2021
CGTN

China's annual national college entrance examination, known as the gaokao, concluded on Tuesday, with a record 10.8 million taking the test. 

The gaokao is required to get into any college or university in China. The exam takes nine hours over 2-3 days and questions and vary from province to province.

All students must take the standard Chinese language test and the math test and they can choose from six languages for the foreign language test, but most choose English.

Students also have to choose one of two concentrations: Social Sciences and Natural Sciences. Those who select social sciences are tested further in history, political science, and geography. Those who choose natural sciences get tested in physics, chemistry, and biology.

Students spend months and years studying for this all-important exam. 

Take a look at some questions from previous years in the quiz below. Could you make the cut?

Could you pass China's gaokao college entrance exam?
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Where do you go when you want to learn something? School? A friend? A tutor? These are all XXX places of learning.
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Writing test: The following is the main graphic issued by Zhongyu Post to protect the earth's water environment. Please write down the composition elements and explain the object of the graphic. Be concise. No more than 80 words.
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The active ingredient of hepatitis B vaccine is an antigen of hepatitis B virus. After vaccination, the human body will produce corresponding antibodies. The antibody:
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The "Preface to the Biography of the Officials of the Five Dynasties" says: "the principle of prosperity and decline, although it is the fate of heaven, is it not of human affairs". The historical figure used in this passage is:
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At the northern foothills of Taibai Mountain, the trees are dense and tall. As you go up the middle of the mountain, the trees become sparser and shorter. In this area there is a family that breeds and hunts wolves. (Quoted from Jia Pingwa's "Taibai Mountain". Taibai Mountain is the main peak of Tailing, 3,767 meters above sea level). At Taibai Mountain:
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Figure 5 shows some currencies in different periods. According to the figure, the common cause for the changes in their forms is: Picture 1: Shangzhou Shell Coin Picture 2: Spring and Autumn War' National Cloth Coin Picture 3: Han Five Iron Coin
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Since the 1990s, under the wave of economic globalization, some countries have signed free trade agreements to reduce or even abolish the trade tariffs on commodities between each other and promote free trade in commodities. Figure 1 illustrates the adjustment of the industrial layout of auto companies in A and B that have signed a free trade agreement. Country A is on the left. Country B is on the right. Circle = component manufacturer. Dotted triangle = original assembly plant. Triangle = assembly plant. Square = market. The main purpose of automobile companies transferring assembly plants from country A to country B is:
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Given the function f(x)=sinx + 1/sinx, then
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If [see image]=k, then [see image] =
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By the end of 1952, New China had established a number of Russian colleges, Peking University, Tsinghua University and many other colleges and universities. And a group of middle schools opened Russian courses, and many small and medium-sized cities and towns also set off an upsurge in learning Russian. This shows:
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