Chapter 7 Chapter 3 Failed in College Entrance Examination

People's life is in choosing and being chosen.When we cannot choose our fate, we have to accept the choice of fate. Under the care of his family, Li Zhen grew up day by day. In 1979, he experienced the first major failure in his life. The summer of 1979 was the third year that the country resumed the college entrance examination enrollment system.At that time, the Zhangjiakou Regional Admissions Committee where Li Chen was located issued an opinion on the admissions work of colleges and universities in 1979. Demobilized soldiers, cadres, and fresh high school graduates, as long as they have a clear political history, support the Communist Party of China, love socialism, love labor, abide by revolutionary discipline, and are determined to study for the revolution, have a high school graduate or an equivalent level of education, and be in good health, Anyone under the age of 25 can apply for the examination.

This year, Li Zhen successfully signed up as a sophomore in high school and took the college entrance examination. He got a high score of 398 points and ranked first in a middle school in Zhangjiakou. Among them, the two subjects of physics and Chinese were the best. .He scored 100 points (full score) in the physics test and 39 points (full score 40 points) in the composition of the college entrance examination. The 1979 national college entrance examination composition test questions are as follows: Read the following article carefully and rewrite it as a "Story of Chen Yiling".Requirements: write a narrative based on the original text with Chen Yiling as the center, do not make up the plot, do not write it as an abbreviation of "The Second Exam", otherwise points will be deducted, such as writing poems, reading impressions, etc. No points will be given. There must be a clear central idea; pay attention to the cutting and organization of materials, with clear layers and complete structure; the language is fluent, the punctuation is correct, and no typos are written; the number of words should be six to seven hundred characters, and the maximum should not exceed eight hundred words (including punctuation). Otherwise, points will be deducted; pay attention to the writing format, each word occupies a frame on the manuscript paper, and each punctuation also occupies a frame.

Professor Su Lin, an expert in vocal music, discovered a strange thing: among the 2-9 candidates who took the exam, there was an 18-year-old girl, Chen Yiling, who achieved excellent results in the initial exam. The music theory is all listed as excellent; especially her beautiful timbre and wide range are amazing.But the retest was disappointing.Professor Su Lin has been full of peaches and plums all his life, but he is the first such young and talented student, and it is also the first time he has encountered such a thing. The public examination that day was held in a quaint hall.When Chen Yiling calmly stood in front of several vocal music experts from the examination committee, and finished singing Xian Xinghai's famous song "Er Yue Li Lei", the experts couldn't help but give each other appreciative glances.According to the regulations, the candidate also sang a foreign song, she sang the aria "Have a nice day" from the Italian opera "Madame Butterfly".Her brilliant timbre and deep emotion shocked everyone.Professor Su Lin, who has always been known for being strict, also nodded in approval, with a smile hidden in his stern eyes.Everyone was staring at Chen Yiling: the tender green woolen jacket and brown trousers looked like a slim tree in a spring morning.Under the watchful eyes of everyone, this originally calm girl couldn't help but feel a little confused.

A retest is held a week later.Admission depends on this.It will determine a person's lifelong career.After the first test, there are very few people left, and the second test will be conducted under stricter requirements. All the famous music circles in this city have arrived.The members of the examination committee and the spectators almost all took a harsh and critical look in the selection process.But everyone believed that if there was only one person who met the admission requirements, then this person should undoubtedly be Chen Yiling.Who knows things are unexpected.Chen Yiling was the last person to take part in the re-examination, and she sang the same two songs, but her voice was harsh and lacklustre, and she sounded like a completely different person.Is it because of stage fright, panic, or because of physical discomfort, which affects the voice?People even wondered whether her life style was not prudent enough.The people present looked at each other in blank dismay, and everyone looked at her with questions and doubts.Although she couldn't hide the sleepiness on her face, her bright eyes looked gloomy, and the corners of her mischievous mouth revealed an unspeakable anxiety, but as a whole, she was bright, frank and trustworthy. of.She smiled apologetically at everyone and drifted away.

Professor Su Lin was obviously very angry.He has always believed that to be an artist truly loved by the people, one must first be a noble person, a person who can set an example in all aspects.Such a girl who gives up on herself will never be able to become an accomplished singer.He turned his head angrily and looked out the window.The city had just been hit by a severe typhoon. Outside the window, broken branches and leaves were scattered all over the ground, and a whole row of bamboo fences was dumped on the ground full of stagnant water. It was a bleak scene. The examination committee has two opinions on Chen Yiling: one thinks that Chen Yiling's voice is extremely unstable and solid, and it is difficult to cultivate; the other thinks that she can try again.Professor Su Lin has his own opinion. He thinks the most important thing is what is the root cause of the disparity in her voice between the two times.If the problem lies in her attitude towards career and life, no matter how talented she is, she cannot be admitted.This is the first condition of all conditions.But what is the reason?

Professor Su Lin took Chen Yiling's registration form from the secretary, and he drew a thick line with a red pencil on the address column.The registration photo on the form is a lively, cute face, small and beautiful mouth, bright and simple eyes, and a nose with slightly wrinkled nose when smiling, all of which seem to remind this music expert , cannot treat a person in any simple way, a person who is alive, thinking, and feeling.At least some details about the girl in front of me are not visible on this simple form.If he loses the election this time, maybe this person will break up with music for the rest of his life.Her genius may have been buried ever since.If this were the case, he would never forgive himself.

The next day, Professor Su Lin took the first tram in the morning and finally found the remote road in Yangshupu according to the address on the registration form.When he entered the alley, he couldn't help being surprised. Some of the walls in the alley have collapsed, the scorched beams and columns are a terrible black, and scorched yellow rags may be exposed among the broken tiles and ruins. over fire.Right here on the rubble field, some people are busy cleaning something early in the morning.Professor Su Lin was holding the note, and he didn't know where to find it. Suddenly, he heard a child singing from the opposite building window with nothing to do: Mi——————————————————— Ah—as if a singer is practicing his voice.Professor Su Lin couldn't help smiling: "This must be her home!" He guessed right, the child is Chen Yiling's younger brother.From the child's mouth, he knew that his sister was a dual-purpose talent in the military and local areas. She had just returned from the art troupe and was assigned to take up administrative work in a factory when she arrived in Shanghai.She is a member of the Communist Youth League, active and enthusiastic, no matter whether it is in the factory or in the alley, there is nothing wrong with finding Chen Yiling for anything.Two or three days ago, a typhoon caused a fire in the power lines and burned down many houses.In order to resettle the victims, Chen Yiling was so busy that she stayed up all night, which affected her throat.The next day happened to be her retest day, and she said "Oops!" and went to take the test anyway.That's all.

"Look, she's busy there!" the child said, waving his hand out of the window, "I'll call her! I'll call her!" "No, please tell your sister that she has been admitted for the second exam!" Professor Su Lin came out of Chen Yiling's house and walked quickly.He thought in his heart: This girl is fully qualified to become an excellent singer, I almost made a mistake!That morning, something touching filled his chest, and he wanted to hurry up and tell everyone about Chen Yiling's story. (What is the original work? There are changes.) The composition provided by Li Chen is:

As long as you hear the silver bell-like singing, you will guess that the singer must be a lively and enthusiastic girl.Yes, my elder sister Chen Yiling—she is a girl who transferred from an army art troupe to work in a factory. Her elder sister is full of vigor, cheerful personality, loves music, and loves work even more.Not only does she have a cute face, a tactful singing voice, but also a heart that is willing to help others. Otherwise, why would people say "it's right to ask Chen Yiling if you have anything to do"? In my sister's happy life, such an ordinary and touching story happened: It was a dark night, suddenly there was a strong wind, and the typhoon hit our city.What was even more frightening was that a fire broke out in the alley where my sister lived because of a fire wire.In order to resettle the victims, her eyelids did not close for a minute all night, and her sister ran between the broken tiles and ruins, busy on the ruins and scorched earth.Due to overwork, the clear and mellow voice in the past has become hoarse, and the pair of bright and shining eyes also seem a little dull. "Ah, I have to take the re-examination today!" In the early morning, when my sister sat down to rest by the burnt beams and pillars beside the collapsed city wall, she suddenly remembered this important matter. .

When it comes to the re-examination, you have to think of the scene of the last exam.Last week, my sister went to take the exam for the conservatory with excitement.In an antique examination hall, my sister's beautiful voice and deep emotion shocked everyone, even Professor Su Lin, who is usually known for his strict requirements, nodded in approval. The retest is going to take place today, and my sister knows that this will determine her personal lifelong career, not to mention the career my sister loves so much!She stroked her messy hair and couldn't help saying "Oops!"

Sure enough, when my sister stood in the examination room and sang those songs again, her voice was astringent and dull.My sister saw inquiries and doubts from people's surprised eyes, but what else needs to be said?She could only smile apologetically to everyone, and leave... Do you regret it?Regret the consequences of last night's hard work?No, she just felt very calm in her heart... Of course, dear reader, after hearing this story, you need not worry about my sister.This re-examination did not make this young and talented sister lose the election. On the contrary, when people learned the whole story, they just believed more firmly: my sister must be able to become an excellent singer—not only because of her beautiful The timbre lies in her noble character! The marking teacher's comments are: The advantage of this rewritten essay is that it compares Chen Yiling to my sister, which gives people a sense of intimacy, ingenuity, and creativity.The full text revolves around the center, with a clear theme, lively language and a complete story.The first paragraph outlines the sister's experience, hobbies, and personality, and highlights her ideology and morality of "loving work" and "willing to help others".In the disaster relief activities, it also emphatically described the working attitude of "sister rushing between broken tiles and ruins, busy on the ruins and scorched earth".Due to overwork, her sister's voice became hoarse, and she might fail the re-examination, but she did not explain to herself, but was "very calm in her heart", which further showed her broad-mindedness and noble state of mind.The last paragraph, the reed of the story, writes people's praise for her, and it is logical to explain the shortcomings of the article. The details are not appropriate enough, and the sister's extraordinary musical talent is written too briefly. Some important plots, such as the famous professor's The investigation process is unclear, so the characters are not vivid enough and the story is not vivid enough, which affects the effect of the article.But it is still a very successful composition. The unanimous opinion of the marking leading group for this article was to give him 39 points (out of 40 points), which is considered one of the highest scores for composition in Zhangjiakou, Hebei. Li Zhen said: He exceeded the admission control score line by more than 160 points in the college entrance examination this year, but he was not admitted because he did not pay attention to the grades when filling out the application application. Admission, when Peking University withdrew the file and reapplied, the second and third choices of Tsinghua University and Nankai University had already been admitted; at the same time, he filled in "disobedience to the adjustment".Therefore, this means that he has lost his name.Just when he was at a loss, he received an unexpected admission letter...