Translator: tarararawr
Chapter 74 Part 2
Zhang Man felt quite relieved.
When she told Qi Lele about coming over yesterday, she asked her to ask other classmates. She thought that since they finally had a day off, there wouldn’t be that many people willing to come over.
However, it was beyond her expectations.
There were only two weeks left for summer vacation. Despite complaining every day and talking about what they had to do after the vacation, they still came.
Even the Three Foolish Men, who wanted to spend the whole day at the internet cafe yesterday, came. They brought their thick exercise books and were well behaved. They were there reading the books and doing problems.
These eleven people shared eleven common ideals and also had a decent understanding of each other.
The moments of youth were always unforgettable. Some moments might be due to a deep emotional attachment, some might be due to passionate dreams, but more importantly, it was because it was a period of ignorance and innocence where they simply worked extremely hard.
Life was too complicated and too long to have this time again where there was only one goal.
In early September, summer vacation finally came to an end. School was starting. Zhang Man and her team officially became high school sophomores.
While walking, there were cute new students who called her senior.
And the preliminary physics competition of this year also arrived as scheduled.
The candidates who registered under N City were mainly from their school. The school had already planned the exam rooms early on and the seats were randomly arranged.
There were a lot of students participating in this preliminary competition. It included many students who did not choose the competition luck. They were on the college entrance exams route, but they came to try their luck.
The candidates from two grades, plus the other high school students in N City, totaled to about two hundred students. They were arranged in seven exam rooms.
The physics competition exam was related to future enrollment and recommendations to colleges in the future. The Ministry of Education supervised the exam very strictly. With two proctors in each exam room and high-definition cameras in the front and back of the classroom.
Everyone’s seats were far away, and there was no possibility of cheating.
Zhang Man happened to be sitting in front of Qi Lele in the exam room. Thirty minutes before the exam, everyone was seated and she watched as Qi Lele went to the restroom three times.
Zhang Man turned around and looked at her pale face. She felt a bit worried.
“What’s the matter, Lele? Is your stomach upset?”
“… No, I’m just a bit nervous. There was another question I didn’t understand last night.”
Zhang Man sighed. This girl was too timid and her mental strength was poor. Everyone knew that the most taboo thing to do before an exam was to think about questions they didn’t understand.
There is no use thinking about it. It only increased the anxiety.
She shook her hand to comfort her and realized that her hand was filled with cold sweat.
“Lele, I didn’t know how to solve several questions yesterday, but it has nothing to do with today’s exam. The questions in this exam are much simpler than the ones we usually practice. You will be fine, don’t worry. If you’re really nervous, just take a few deep breaths and you’ll feel better.”
Qi Lele nodded and took a few deep breaths as she said. Sure enough, the heaviness in her heart subsided a lot. She received some comfort, but it was impossible to say that she was not nervous at all. She could only hold her head high and hold on.
Other sophomore students from other schools in the exam room were very relaxed. They were chatting, and they didn’t take the exam seriously at all. They treated it as a one day trip to another school.
In their minds, the ones who really wanted to participate in this competition exam were the high school seniors. They were just testing the waters.
Five minutes before the exam, two proctors began to distribute the papers, which were in envelopes with a seal from the Ministry of Education. It was only during the exam time that it could be opened.
The bell rang at nine o’clock and the exam officially began.
The exam lasted for three hours from 9am to 12pm, which was very different from regular exams. Even the college entrance exam was generally only two and a half hours.
Zhang Man looked through the exam. There were a total of 18 questions, with 200 points available to score. It was the same amount as the exams she had previously done.
There were seven multiple choice questions, six fill in the blank questions, and the rest were all calculation questions.
The main topics were mechanics and electromagnetism, and the part on optical thermodynamics was very small.
She looked at the distribution of question types, briefly judged the difficulty of the questions, and began with a big question.
The three hour exam was difficult. In about two hours, she finished the general questions, but the final question on mechanics and electromagnetism was a bit tricky.
Zhang Man sat for the full three hours and did not submit her paper early.
After the exam was over, she sat in her seat and waited for the teacher to collect the exam. Then, she headed straight to the small dark room. As she had expected, the youth was sitting quietly by the window, reading a paper in his hand.
He definitely submitted his paper early.
In addition to him, several classmates had returned with a relaxed expression on their faces.
Zhang Man breathed a sigh of relief. Everything went smoothly.
A few days later, the preliminary results were released, and as expected, all eleven of them passed the preliminary round and were eligible to participate in the October round.
A lot of students in the school also passed the preliminary level, and all the students in the second year competition class passed.
Zhang Man was not surprised. The preliminary round was not very difficult, and the questions were just as difficult as the last few big questions in the college entrance exam. There was barely any content beyond the outlined topics.
The true divide in competition knowledge would be based on next month’s semifinals.
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