dognovel Chapter 18: Mock Exam Results Are Out
Chapter 18: Mock Exam Results Are Out
Monday, January 2019, 9.
The fight last night had nothing to do with the senior high school students, and it had absolutely no impact on the students in the elite class. Not many people even knew about it.
After morning reading, the first class officially began, and the specific results of this mock exam were already released.
The homeroom teacher, Zhang Xiangsong, happened to be teaching the first class. He first distributed the test curls and then began his narration.
"I won't go into the questions you got wrong, they were easy points. Ask me privately if you don't understand."
"We've covered this calculation problem before, just with a different number, and yet a whole bunch of people got it wrong. Is it really that difficult? Those who got it wrong, go back and review what we covered before..."
"I won't go over the first three big questions, they're all easy points. The fourth and fifth ones are also fine, we just covered them a couple of days ago."
"sixth……"
Finally, a single exam paper was covered in no more than ten minutes.
Li Chao looked at the numbers on the exam paper and didn't know what to say.
148 points!
Wen He's math test was perfect except for the last big question where the solution steps weren't complete. The calculation result was correct, so she lost two points. Everything else was correct.
Even at his peak, Li Chao rarely scored close to full marks in mathematics, usually hovering between 130 and 145.
His worst subject was actually Chinese, because there are rarely perfect answers in Chinese. If he's lucky, he can get 120, but if he's unlucky, he can only get 110.
My English is neither good nor bad; I consistently score above 120, occasionally reaching 130.
But that was in my past life.
His combined science score also fluctuates. He's not very good at biology, which is the biggest source of the fluctuation. It also depends on luck. If he's lucky, he might get 280, and if he's unlucky, he might get 240.
During the second half of the self-study period, Zhang Xiangsong came to Li Chao's side and whispered, "The results are out. You did well, with a total score of 658, still first in science. Your combined science and math scores are still stable, and you made some progress in Chinese this time. But English... is there something wrong with your English score this time? Are you not able to hear clearly from your seat? You only got 96 points in English this time."
Li Chao: "..."
No, what?
You only got 96 points on your English test?
Where the hell did the total score of 658 come from?
I only lost 39 points in total across Chinese, Math, and Science subjects?
Wen He's actual skill level is higher than mine.
However, it's still a bit short of Tsinghua and Peking Universities. The higher the score, the harder it is to improve, because it's difficult to find a way to increase it further.
"I was probably feeling a bit unwell that day and my mind wandered."
Li Chao said it casually.
Zhang Xiangsong immediately said, "Your score this time is amazing. Based on your previous performance, if you had performed normally in English, you would have had a chance to reach a total score of 680, which is the cutoff score for Tsinghua and Peking Universities."
"Okay, I'll try my best."
"If you encounter any problems in your studies or life, remember to tell me anytime."
"Don't worry, teacher, there are no problems for now."
After a brief exchange, everything was fine.
After the first class ended, Qin Zhiguo came to the classroom.
He first chatted with Li Chao for a while, then brought up the same old question again, asking Li Chao to move in with him.
Li Chao still made excuses to refuse.
In the end, Qin Zhiguo had no choice but to let Li Chao come to his house for dinner on Friday nights and Saturday and Sunday noons, since Qin Nuanyang's mother didn't have classes at those times and could cook at home.
Li Chao politely declined.
Then, Qin Zhiguo called Qin Nuanyang out.
Li Chao didn't know what they talked about, but after he came back, Qin Nuanyang sent him a message.
"My dad said he'll definitely let me bring you home for dinner after school on Friday."
……
After sending the message, Qin Nuanyang seemed somewhat absent-minded.
Because Li Chao's score in this mock exam was simply phenomenal.
Compared to the final exam of the second year of high school, the score improved by more than ten points, even though the student performed poorly in English.
The difficulty of this exam was similar to that of the college entrance examination, and Li Chao managed to score close to 660 points.
If you perform normally in English, it's very likely you'll score above 680. This score is roughly equivalent to the cutoff score for Tsinghua and Peking Universities, so it won't deviate too much. The highest score ever recorded was only 682.
In other words, Li Chao has basically met the requirements for entering Tsinghua and Peking Universities.
This is extremely rare in schools.
Qin Nuanyang felt a mix of emotions when she thought about how Li Chao would receive his acceptance letter from Tsinghua or Peking University next year.
This is definitely a good thing for Li Chao, and for myself...
Qin Nuanyang knew her own limitations. With good luck, she could barely pass the undergraduate entrance exam, but getting into a better undergraduate program was out of the question.
Both Tsinghua and Peking Universities are located in Beijing. Compared to her province, the undergraduate admission scores in Beijing, even if not as high as the key university admission scores, are basically equivalent to the first-tier university admission scores.
She is far from the cutoff score for first-tier universities, with a gap of more than 150 points, possibly even 200 points.
This means that she probably has no hope of studying at a university in Beijing.
Thinking of this, Qin Nuanyang immediately took out her phone and checked the admission scores for some junior colleges in Beijing.
After checking, I was filled with despair; the cutoff scores for those junior colleges were actually higher than those for undergraduate programs.
This also means that she may not even have a chance to attend a junior college in Beijing.
Thinking of the despairing distance between them, Qin Nuanyang suddenly lost interest in everything, including playing on her phone.
……
As the third class was about to begin, Li Chao sensed that the opening auction was almost over, so he glanced at the market data.
He has already placed the stocks he wants to observe today at the top of his watchlist, so that he can see them at a glance.
However, after the opening auction ended, there weren't many suitable opportunities.
The only one that doesn't really count as an opportunity is North China Pharmaceutical, which I bought before.
Huabei Pharmaceutical saw divergence on Wednesday, with Li Chao selling at the limit up price, but the market seemed to have good support at the close, and the shares were bought back in the opening auction.
Then, I sold when the price surged on Thursday, and the stock immediately hit its daily limit up.
On Friday, the stock opened higher, but was quickly hammered down, eventually hitting the daily limit down.
The expected opening price today was deep, and it was still six points below the opening price in the last few seconds before the opening auction ended. However, in the last few seconds, more than 30 million yuan of funds came in and forcibly pulled it down to -0.37%.
This position is good news for Li Chao, as it indicates that funds are trying to restore market sentiment, making it a perfect opportunity for a rebound.
However, rebounds are not easy to execute; they require close monitoring of the market, which is constantly changing.
Throughout the entire third period, Li Chao was watching the stock market. During that time, the teacher glanced over a few times and must have noticed something, but he didn't say anything.
After discovering that the stock price had not been driven down in the first half hour of trading, Li Chao ultimately chose to buy during a subsequent sell-off.
The entry point was about three points below the opening price, and today's lowest point was four points below the opening price.
It's quite difficult to make a rebound. In the A-share market, there's a hierarchy of disdain for short-term traders: those who trade consecutive limit-up stocks look down on those who trade leading stocks, those who trade leading stocks look down on those who trade second-wave stocks, those who trade second-wave stocks look down on those who trade rebounds, and those who trade rebounds look down on those who trade catch-up rallies.
In fact, in the entire short-term trading ecosystem, each segment will generate corresponding price differences, and each segment will have funds specifically for trading. As long as you can achieve stable compound interest in the stock market, you will succeed no matter what you do.
There's no such thing as one being difficult or the other being easy. Making money is never easy; it's just that individual abilities and perceptions differ, leading to different processes and results.
Li Chao's ability to profit from pullbacks is so-so, but in the current market, pullbacks are the only way he can still manage to make a profit.
It's not just him waiting for the game-changer; a lot of capital in the market is waiting for the game-changer.
……
After school ended in the morning, Li Chao ate lunch in the cafeteria and then returned to the classroom for a midday rest.
Taking advantage of this time, he sent a message to Wen He.
"Congratulations, Wen He! You scored 658 points, and you're just one step away from getting into Tsinghua or Peking University."