At noon, Lin Xiaoguang hurriedly finished his meal in the Hong Kong University cafeteria and took a short rest. In less than half an hour, at one o'clock, he entered the classroom again and started the exam.
The sun was warm and there was no lunch break at noon, so he couldn't help but feel a little drowsy at this time.
At this moment, a middle-aged man opened the door and walked in. He walked towards the podium with a stack of test papers in his hand.
He knocked on the desk and saw Lin Xiaoguang sitting in the middle sitting up straight. He coughed and then stared at him and said: "This exam is closed book. Because the major you are about to apply for is literature and cultural studies, this exam
The content is also related to literature and cultural studies. There are 30 questions in total, and the answers are in pure English. It takes five hours to complete, so you have plenty of time, so you can rest assured.”
Lin Xiaoguang listened and calculated slowly.
He had expected a closed-book exam, but the content of the exam was related to literature and cultural studies, so it was a bit difficult, but it wasn't too difficult, because it wasn't advanced mathematics or something he couldn't learn. In fact, he had really learned it before.
I'm a little worried that if I have to take high-level mathematics in the exam, I won't be finished.
Fortunately, there is no high number, which is a blessing among misfortunes.
As for answering questions in English, the professors at the University of Hong Kong may think that students from the mainland have poor English, but they are wrong. As long as they have the ability to study abroad, even if their speaking is poor, their writing is not that good. For them,
The same is true. Answering the questions in English is just a little more difficult, but it’s not too difficult.
Finally, there are 30 questions in five hours, which means one question takes ten minutes, which is really plenty of time.
He thought, looked at the white teacher, and nodded slowly.
Seeing this, the middle-aged teacher walked down the stage with the test paper, walked to his seat, put down the test papers one by one, and then said: "If you want to go to the bathroom, you can go out quietly by yourself.
Come back, by the way, my name is Hicks, just answer the questions quietly, I will correct the homework in front."
Lin Xiaodong took the test paper and scanned it quickly. He felt a headache immediately after looking at it.
All of them are essay questions.
He thought there were choices, fill-in-the-blanks, and judgments. Unexpectedly, they were all essay questions. There were thirty questions. Each question had a piece of A4 paper. Each question had blank areas on both sides for answering. After a rough scan, he realized
Everyone knows that you can write about 500 words in these two words, or even more.
Just taking a pen and writing on paper will take more than seven minutes for each question, leaving only three minutes of thinking time. For essay questions, three minutes is enough time to think about it.
Lin Xiaoguang took a deep breath, he finally understood what these French and British guys were thinking about.
On the surface, they couldn't reject him directly due to various reasons, but they were not convinced in their hearts, so they wanted him to quit before the difficulties. They just made a reply, but it didn't bother him. In other words, the reply was just a cover, and their trump card was still
I was informed about this exam just yesterday.
Thirty essay questions and five hours, which sounds like a lot of time, is actually not much when divided into each question.
If it were an ordinary 1977 Tsinghua graduate with a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in literature and cultural studies, he would most likely not be able to pass the current exam. After all, he had very little exposure to literature and cultural studies at the undergraduate level, and he was not professional.
Nowadays, when it comes to majors and exams, the possibility of failure is very high.
But who knows that he is Lin Xiaoguang? He has a good memory, and he read a lot of books and papers in his previous life. He can piece together an answer by ramble on, and he doesn't go off topic.
Therefore, after a cursory glance, he secretly cursed Facker and the British, but felt relieved.
It only took a moment. He took the test paper, looked up at Teacher Hicks, and asked: "What should I do if there is a problem with the test question?"
"There will be no problem with the test questions."
Hicks shook his head: "If you really think there is a problem with it, you can choose to leave it blank. At most, you will be given 0 points for this question during marking. As long as you answer the other 29 questions well, it will not affect the overall situation.
"
He paused, spread his hands, and shrugged: "Of course, if you think there are problems with all 30 questions, you can leave directly. We will think that you give up automatically."
"I won't give up." Lin Xiaoguang said with a smile on his face.
Hicks was noncommittal and walked away, then asked, "Do you have any other questions?"
Lin Xiaoguang thought for a moment and said, "I want to drink coffee."
Hicks looked at the desk. His cup was quietly placed there. There was coffee in it. However, after thinking about it, he shook his head and said, "You should have prepared it in advance. I am just the invigilator, not a coffee shop."
waiter."
"The exam time is five hours. No one told me, only that it was at 1 o'clock." Lin Xiaoguang expressed his dissatisfaction in a subtle way.
"OK! OK!" Hicks nodded.
"Well, there is a convenience store outside the campus called Huarun Wanjia. I can ask some students to help you buy that instant coffee called Manka, but you have to pay the fee and tip, and I will tell you in advance.
There are no extra flavors, there are only three kinds: extra strong, original flavor and milky flavor. The taste is terrible, but you can only drink this."
"Okay." Lin Xiaoguang nodded.
He thought to himself, do you still need to tell me about the flavors of Manka? He doesn’t know? Does Manka taste good or bad, and do you still need to taste it? He doesn’t know? You’re a Frenchman.
However, with the boost of coffee, he should be able to survive this drowsy spring afternoon.
He readily took out a handful of Hong Kong dollar bills and handed them over.
Hicks took it expressionlessly, looked at his watch, and said: "As we speak, five minutes have passed. You still have four hours and fifty-five minutes to answer the question. I hope you will seize the time. You will not finish the answer by then."
I don’t care about the topic.”
"Don't worry, as long as the coffee is in place, I will definitely be able to finish the answer." Lin Xiaoguang dropped this sentence and began to write.
The smooth A4 paper exudes the fragrance of ink, and the all-English test paper makes people dizzy. Only the numbers mixed in it, 30, 300, 150, make people feel refreshed. 3 questions, 300 minutes, 150 points, one question
5 points.
Lin Xiaoguang looked at the first question.
On the influence of British tea culture on the development of British literature.
"WTF!" He couldn't help but secretly curse. This first question seemed very simple, but the scope of the question was too big. This question would be enough to write a book or a master's thesis. Now let him write it on a piece of paper.
To answer, you also need to write something and make it meaningful. This is not an ordinary level of difficulty.
Everyone knows that it is easy to write a long novel, but difficult to write a short novel. What is condensed is the essence. This is the truth.
The author of this set of test papers is simply trying to embarrass him. This first question is enough for a master's thesis in literature and cultural studies, let alone an exam equivalent to undergraduate graduation and master's entrance.
This is just one of the thirty essay questions, and there are twenty-nine more to come.