Chapter 13 Entrance Examination Xu Heye takes the exam to strive not to repeat the grade...
Feng Shiqing was a little angry, and looked at Xu Heye sharply from behind his black-framed glasses. "Little girl, it's good to have ambition. But blind self-confidence will only harm others and yourself."
"Besides, I saw in your file that you studied Russian as a foreign language in junior high school, but we in Hucheng teach English. If you go to the first grade, you still have time to build a foundation. If you don't repeat the grade and miss the high school entrance exam next July, you'll be the one who regrets it."
Xu Heye: "Teacher, the foreign language I learned in junior high school in Gan Province was indeed Russian, but that doesn't mean I haven't learned English. I studied with an old professor here since I was a child, and I think my English is pretty good."
Xu Heye glanced at the nameplate on Feng Shiqing's desk—"Director Feng Shiqing"—and said, "Director Feng, if you don't believe me, I can take the exam. If I pass, can I continue to study in the second grade as planned?"
Xu Heye did not lie. She did study with an old professor when she was a child, but the subject she learned was not English, but mathematics.
She learned English while working in her previous life. After failing the college entrance examination, she did not repeat it but went to work in a factory.
But she never gave up learning, and later, when conditions allowed, she applied to attend adult college.
If nothing unexpected happened, her English level would be more than enough to pass the professional level 8. At that time, there were some foreign-language orders in the factory, and she helped the boss translate the documents.
Feng Shiqing waved his hand: "No, there is no such precedent."
Feng Shiqing didn't believe what Xu Heye said.
Or even if she really had the ability, he wouldn't make an exception for her. If everyone didn't want to repeat a grade and insisted on taking the exam, how could he carry out his work?
"Director Feng, please let me try! I am confident that I can pass the exam for the second year, no, the third year. I--" Xu Heye still wanted to insist.
Feng Shiqing's eyes flashed with impatience. "Alright, stop talking. It's the school's rule that out-of-town students are demoted a year. I can't make an exception just for you."
"But..." Xu Heye still wanted to fight for it.
At this time, an elderly man in a Mao suit walked into the office. He smiled and said, "Director Feng, since this kid is so confident, give her two sets of papers to test."
Hearing this, Feng Shiqing quickly stood up and looked at the old man who came in: "Principal Liu."
Principal Liu continued, "Director Feng, the school is making out-of-town students repeat a grade for their academic progress, not necessarily. You shouldn't be so rigid."
"Yes." Feng Shiqing then looked at Xu Heye, "Since Principal Liu has spoken, then I will give you a chance. I will give you a set of core exams for the second grade, excluding English listening and Chinese composition. If you can get 90 points in all three subjects after grading, I will agree to let you continue in the second grade. If not, then you can go to Class 10 of the first grade."
"Okay." Xu Heye agreed.
Feng Shiqing quickly brought over three test papers from last year's Grade 8 final exam, then offered his seat to Xu Heye. "Take the exam here, and I'll grade it right after you're done."
Xu Heye nodded and took out a ballpoint pen from her backpack.
She started with English, which took her about forty minutes to finish. After handing in the paper, she continued with math.
These two subjects are her strong points.
Feng Shiqing's face darkened when he got the English test paper. The test lasted two hours, but Xu Heye only took less than forty minutes. He felt that the other party was just writing it casually to fool him.
Just as he was about to speak, he heard Principal Liu say, "Xiao Feng, don't worry. Just correct the test paper first. We have the answers and the results will be out soon."
Feng Shiqing had no choice but to patiently get the answers and correct the paper.
He corrected the paper very quickly. After two minutes, Feng Shiqing put down his red pen and remained silent.
Principal Liu: "Xiao Feng, how is it?"
"Very good," Feng Shiqing murmured, handing the paper to Principal Liu. Principal Liu took the paper, pulled out his reading glasses from his Mao suit pocket, put them on, and took a look. He was also stunned.
Xu Heye scored 100 out of 150. This doesn't mean she did poorly, on the contrary, she did very well.
Feng Shiqing wasn't an English teacher, so he only corrected the questions except for the essay. Plus, since it wasn't a formal exam, there was no listening section. After deducting 50 points from the listening and essay sections, the remaining score for the objective questions was 100.
Xu Heye scored 100 points, which means she got all the multiple-choice questions right.
Principal Liu said, "Xiao Feng, please call an English teacher to take a look at this composition."
Feng Shiqing quickly left the office and went to the teacher's office next door to call an English teacher over.
After reading the essay, the English teacher was also amazed. This short English essay is so well written. The vocabulary and sentence structure are far richer than those of today's middle school students. The handwriting is also beautiful and flows smoothly like printed text.
She said, "Which student wrote this essay? It's really good, and it deserves full marks. But I'll only give him (her) 24 points. I deducted that one point because I don't want him (her) to get too proud."
As soon as these words were spoken, the two of them immediately understood the weight of the essay. Xu Heye ignored all this, completely immersed in the joy of solving math problems. She was fast, and this time, she finished the math paper in less time, about half an hour.
After handing in the paper, Xu Heye started writing Chinese. She quickly finished the multiple-choice questions and poetry dictation, but when it came to the reading comprehension section, her speed finally slowed down.
Reading comprehension questions are so different for everyone, it's hard to come up with a standard answer. Xu Heye thought about it and decided to answer according to her own understanding.
Because she didn't have to write an essay, the Chinese exam went by quickly. By the time she handed in her Chinese paper, her math exam had already been graded, though she didn't get a perfect score. Because she'd subconsciously used more advanced problem-solving methods, she didn't get points for some of the key points. But everyone knew her math skills were there.
The Chinese teacher Lin Shuangping, who came to join in the fun, quickly snatched the test paper from Xu Heye's hand, selected all the correct answers, and changed the words and sentences so that there were no flaws. When it was his turn to recite the poem, Lin Shuangping glanced at Xu Heye quietly.
She even lost two points where she shouldn't have. She got two wrong in the poetry dictation, which was worth eight points.
Xu Heye also saw it and secretly bit her tongue. It couldn't be helped. It had been so long that she really couldn't remember some of the obscure poems.
When it came to the reading comprehension section, Lin Shuangping carefully graded it. Because Xu Heye didn't write an essay, after deducting 50 points for the essay, she scored 92.
Of the three subjects, Chinese, math, and English, only Chinese was not fully answered. But this score was enough for her to continue in the second year of junior high school.
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