529: Missed the Final? (2 More)
Xia Xiaolan knew why Ning Xue didn't participate in the English competition.
Ning Xue, as the number one student in the national college entrance examination, did not get full marks in the English test paper, so it was not far behind.
Ji Jiangyuan said that Ning Xue had been to the United States when she was in high school, and her speaking skills were also good. She did not participate in the English competition because she felt that the English competition was of little value. Ning Xue is like a long-established expert in the arena. She doesn't need to rely on these competitions to prove herself. Ning Xue is probably waiting for the competition in the professional field.
Xia Xiaolan was different. She also pointed to earning more honors to change other people's impressions of her.
After the military training and the National Day parade, Xia Xiaolan knew that she had indeed changed a bit. She was more integrated into this era, and her collective sense of honor was enhanced.
As Liu Huazheng said, reaching the final is not for personal honor, but for Huaqing's collective honor!
Looking around, it is really surrounded by powerful enemies: Beijing University, National People's Congress, Beijing Normal University, Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Postal University... There are more than 200 people in the Beijing area who passed the initial test.
It is not easy for Xia Xiaolan to stand out among more than 200 people, including professional foreign language players.
She estimated that she was someone who took advantage of her speaking and listening skills, and who could pass the initial test would have similar scores on the paper.
Ji Jiangyuan came over, "You two are nervous?"
Liu Huazheng rolled his eyes at him, and suddenly lowered his voice and said:
"I heard a piece of news that those who can enter the finals will have the opportunity to get a public-funded study abroad place, no matter whether they win the prize or not."
"You said studying abroad at public expense?"
Teacher Lin attaches great importance to this English competition, but she didn't tell Xia Xiaolan what she said.
Liu Huazheng's news is better than Xia Xiaolan's. Obviously, Ji Jiangyuan has heard of it. "It's not a study abroad, it's an exchange student."
Exchange Students?
It turned out that there was an exchange student program in 1984. Xia Xiaolan vaguely remembered that it was not until 1995 that the US State Department officially approved Huaguo to join the "International Student Exchange Program". She remembers it very clearly, because in the same year of her previous life, Xia Xiaolan was admitted to the university. .
Now there is no exchange student program with the United States, and most of them are other countries.
Xia Xiaolan is not a particularly longing for being an improper exchange student. If she has plans to go abroad, she will definitely study abroad directly.
If you can't get a place at public expense, then go at your own expense.
Anyway, it's always right to make more money now.
Among the three, Ji Jiangyuan just came back from the United States, and being an exchange student is not very attractive to him, only Liu Huazheng yearns for it. Knowing this news, for Xia Xiaolan, is an episode before the re-examination, how to take the exam or how to take the exam.
In the beginning, it was a written test, which included the listening part. The time was short, and there were a lot of questions. The reading comprehension of the large-scale articles was good. It was difficult to make time to check the right and wrong.
There is a whole paper for listening questions.
The oral test was taken by the teachers in the test room on the spot. All the college students who participated in the re-examination were divided into single and double groups according to the test number, and each group had three teachers arranged by the Beijing Education Commission.
A lot of English articles were prepared on the spot, and I went to the stage to pick a random one. I read the article in public first, and the teacher would ask some questions after reading it. It is useless to read vaguely in the past. You have to know what the article is about, and you have to organize the language to answer the teacher's questions.
This is undoubtedly the most difficult part of the test.
Will brush the questions, speaking is not necessarily good.
If you have good oral English, you may not be able to answer questions. Ji Jiangyuan felt that he would not be able to enter the finals because his reading comprehension was too poor.
Speaking and listening are fine.
When it was Xia Xiaolan's turn, one of the articles she selected was about environmental protection.
Except for a few words, she read the whole text very fluently. The teacher asked her about her views on environmental protection issues in China, because this article was about environmental pollution in foreign countries. Most of the teachers wanted to hear that China was doing better than foreign countries. Xia Xiaolan thought Think, still can not be ignorant of conscience:
"We are now giving priority to the development of industry. Industry can provide food, clothing, housing and transportation for the people of the country, and make our motherland prosperous and strong. However, on the other hand, industrial waste water is directly dumped into rivers, and the pollution of water and soil is extremely destructive. Now environmental protection issues It has not attracted most of the attention. Without the intervention and prevention of laws and regulations, in another 20 or 30 years, environmental pollution will definitely be a serious problem we will face. No healthy crops can be grown in the land of China, the air is filled with dust, and it is impossible to go out without wearing a mask! No one wants to see such a situation appear, and spend a hundred times more energy on governance afterward. It is better to start paying attention to this problem now and prevent it. question."
This is a bit vague, because I haven't seen anyone who is so smoggy that they can only go out with a gas mask. It's really hard to imagine what Xia Xiaolan said.
Some people think she is grandstanding, some people think she is alarmist.
Xia Xiaolan just picked up this article and took this opportunity to say it.
Maybe not the answer the teacher wanted? The three teachers did not comment.
She spoke in English anyway, and after answering the questions, she finished the speaking test.
Ji Jiangyuan couldn't help but come over, "Have you ever been concerned about environmental protection issues?"
In China in 1984, apart from relevant experts and scholars, who would pay attention to environmental protection? Ji Jiangyuan always felt that Xia Xiaolan was different from others and seemed out of tune with the domestic environment. This time, she felt that way again.
Liu Huazheng also felt that Xia Xiaolan's oral part was a bit biased.
"You speak so well, just answer the teacher's questions well.
! "
What are you doing? Political exam papers are always done. Every college student knows how to answer this kind of question.
Xia Xiaolan did not explain, but sighed: "It seems that I missed the finals."
She said that she will not regret it, but she is very sorry for Teacher Lin. Teacher Lin has high hopes for her, and Xia Xiaolan is the only one in the Department of Architecture to enter the re-examination.
Ji Jiangyuan felt that Xia Xiaolan's answer was correct, but considering the general environment, Xia Xiaolan spoke fluently, and the direction of the questions she answered deviates from the "standard answer", and Ji Jiangyuan did not dare to praise Xia Xiaolan too much. In case Xia Xiaolan especially wanted to enter the finals, because the oral part was brushed off, wouldn't this make Xia Xiaolan sad.
Liu Huazheng also has a high emotional intelligence, and neither of them raised this issue anymore.
Xia Xiaolan said that she wanted to chat with fellow villagers in foreign trade and economics, because there were other students taking the exam. Huaqing took the re-examination and came by the school bus together.
"Come on, I'll let the school bus wait for you in a while."
Liu Huazheng assured Xia Xiaolan to let her rest assured.
Ji Jiangyuan thought for a while, "Let's go, I'll go with you."