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Girl challenges 'gaokao' with zeroNineteen-year-old Jiang Duoduo, a female graduate from Nanyang No. 8 Middle School, in Central China's Henan Province, scored 114 points in the June trial gaokao, a far cry from what she had expected.Jiang wanted to get zero on the gaokao to serve as a warning to officials about the state of the gaokao as she saw it.To make sure she didn't get any points, Jiang wrote her answers in two colors, a severe breach of examination rules.She also filled in the blank spaces on the paper with questions and writing venting her discontent towards the current education system and the gaokao format.In the space on the exam paper where students are not allowed to write, she signed her pen name "Heart-Broken Flying Devil."Envisioning "no grade divisions, friend-like teacher-student relations, quality education, and an innovation-oriented teaching method," Jiang vaguely outlined her ideal education system.The girl harshly criticized the college entrance exams, citing students' waning creativity and innovation abilities.In her second year in senior middle school, Jiang became bored with common school education and began to harbor a deep-rooted hatred of the college entrance exams that she had to soon face. .Rigid doctrines and the expectations of gaokao totally ruined Jiang's interest in schooling.She turned to writing as a release, which she has done since primary school."My writings were often picked as model essays and circulated in class in grade school," Jiang says.Shrugging off the idea of a college education, Jiang foresees no possible fulfillment of her expectations of higher education. "Why bother to squeeze onto the narrow bridge?" she asks.When asked about her future plans, Jiang says she is considering acting or writing. "Anyway dream is just dream," she says. "I'd better be true to reality."Jiang's parents were kept in the dark about her plans for the gaokao and scolded her when they found out what had happened. She says she feels slightly guilty because her parents wanted a higher education for her.Q: Should students score zero to challenge the current education system?Words and phrases:a far cry from: 远离；相距甚远；截然不同；有天壤之别serve as a warning to：作为…的警告a severe breach of examination rules：严重违反考试规定venting o ne’s discontent towards the current education system：发泄对当今考试体系的不满innovation-oriented teaching method：以培养创新能力为主的教学方法waning creativity and innovation abilities : 苍白/贫乏的创新能力harbor a deep-rooted hatred of怀有对…的憎恨ruined sb's interest in破坏了某人对…的兴趣Shrugging off：摆脱，逃避foresees no possible fulfillment of her expectations of…看不到任何对…的期望的满足squeeze onto the narrow bridge 挤上独木桥Sentence structure:分词结构Envisioning "no grade divisions, friend-like teacher-student relations, quality education, and an innovation-oriented teaching method," Jiang vaguely outlined her ideal education system.Reforms for College Entrance ExaminationThe National Outline for Educational Reform and Development is bringing change to China's annual College Entrance Examination.It suggests new ways to improve the examination and enrollment system, proposing separate exams for different kinds of colleges.One of the key points of the Outline is to broaden the enrollment process to include factors beyond just the examination.Currently, a student's score on the College Entrance Examination is the only factor determining his or her future. Universities set minimum scores in screening prospective students, and only those whose scores are higher than the minimum are admitted.The Outline suggests that universities choose students based on not only the results of the entrance exam, but also other criteria.For example, if a student's score is lower than his peers, but he shows great potential in the subject he's applying for, then the college might consider admitting him despite the lower score.The Outline also proposes that some subjects, as a pilot project, carry out multiple exams each year. This means that if a student fails an exam, he may have other chances at the exam in the coming semester.And to improve the system for higher education, China will gradually classify exams according to different kinds of education.Currently almost all the high school graduates in China take the College Entrance Exam. While some are applying for top universities like Peking and Tsinghua universities, others seek to attend advanced vocational schools.The Outline suggests that different kinds of education have different entrance exams. It states that entrance exams for colleges and universities should be organized by the Ministry of Education, while exams for vocational schools should be organized by provincial educational departments.As a next step, the Outline calls for a committee to conduct research on the reform and to implement pilot projects try out some of its new initiatives.Q1: What’s your view on China's annual College Entrance Examination?Q2: What suggestions would you like to give to the reforms?Words and phrases:The National Outline for Educational Reform and Development：国家教育改革与发展纲要screening prospective students：选拔潜在的学生implement pilot project:实施试点项目advanced vocational schools：高级技工学校Ministry of Education：教育部try out new initiatives：试行新举措sentence structure:1. For example, if a student's score is lower than his peers, but he shows great potential in the subject he's applying for, then the college might consider admitting him despite the lower score.Consider+doing sth2. While some are applying for top universities like Peking and Tsinghua universities, others seek to attend advanced vocational schools.While引导的从句…, + 主句：尽管…。