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?Many of us have been there: hopelessly unprepared for an exam, and certain of a failing mark. Now for students at one school in China, success is guaranteed, but it comes at a price.
A high school in eastern China has set up a "grade bank", where students who would normally fail a test can borrow grades to push them over the line into a passing mark.
But nothing in life is free, students must repay their borrowed grades with even higher scores on a future exam. Students can also do extra work in the form of community service to repay the bank.
China's education system is heavily dependent on just a few major exams, with entry into college almost entirely determined by one test in the final year of school. Students are under pressure to perform, and many attempt hi-tech methods of cheating. Spy cameras and radio devices have been found hidden in jewellery, glasses, wallets, pens, rulers and even underwear.
"The purposes of exams are for students to update and correct their studies, not to make things difficult, punish or destroy student's enthusiasm," Huang Kan, a director at the school, told the Yangtse Evening News.
1.What can students borrow from the grade bank?
A. Money. B. Credit C. Marks D. Books
2.How does a student repay their borrowed grades?
A. They give money to the grade bank.
B. They repay them with higher scores on another subject.
C. They do some work in a community.
D. They do some housework at home.
3.What is the main reason for the appearance of hi-tech methods of cheating?
A. Student's great pressure
B. Student's laziness and smartness
C. Our society's rapid economic development
D. Our country's development of science and technology
4.Exams are held to ______
A. to make things difficult． B. punish students' cheating in the exams.
C. increase student's enthusiasm． D. improve students' studies.
