Chapter 4 Chapter 3 Witnessing the College Entrance Examination Site

More than half a century has passed, and the world has passed through a peaceful period without general wars.However, human nature determines that there are many places in this world that are always in fierce battles.Ever since people were able to use notebooks and cameras, almost every major event has been recorded in detail, but it is regrettable to find that no general has witnessed the special "war" of the Chinese college entrance examination on the spot I have been looking for this kind of opportunity all the time. China is a country with a large number of exams, and there are about tens of millions of people taking the college entrance examination every year.Such a "battle" is unique in the world for its length and scale.After the new century, the unprecedented "battle" of China's college entrance examination may undergo great changes.Therefore, in the last two "years of the college entrance examination battle" at the end of the 20th century, I deliberately made careful preparations, directly and indirectly conducted "war embankment interviews", and mobilized some candidates who directly participated in the war on different battlefields to work together. And I used close-up to record the following epic battles that were not included in the history of Chinese education——

Beijing.Capital of China. This royal ancient city is now the capital of the People's Republic, a place that attracts the attention of the world.Every time a special "war" method is used to impose martial law, it will attract the attention of foreign countries.Beijing is the city with the most martial law in all parts of the country. A major state event, a major festival, and a major riot are all accompanied by martial law again and again. Martial law is commonplace in Beijing; however, martial law is very disgusting to Beijingers—it is a kind of psychologically and physically repressive control.But only for those three days every year, people especially welcome the "martial law". This is the three-day college entrance examination on July 7, 8, and 9.

I don't know when the college entrance examination required the police from the whole city to be dispatched.I asked comrades from the Xicheng Public Security Bureau, but they smiled and couldn't answer for a while. "In short, it's been quite a few years, and it has gradually become a habit." An old police officer said that this matter seems to be arranged every year by the superiors, but at the beginning, the superiors did not arrange it as a task, but we were on duty. The comrades themselves united to do it.He said that at the earliest, their branch office dealt with an incident in which the child failed to enter the examination room on time because of a traffic jam, and the child's parents made a fuss at the branch office.The taxi from the candidate's parents was blocked at an intersection on Chang'an Avenue. A state guest motorcade was about to pass. The traffic conditions were poor at that time. It took nearly 20 minutes to half a minute for a state guest motorcade to pass through Hours, and this candidate was delayed at this time.

The college entrance examination is held every year, and our state guest motorcade can't tell when it will go to Chang'an Avenue again. Who can guarantee that there will not be three or five candidates who delay the exam time every year?I am a little worried for the candidates because of this "irresistible factor". The old policeman smiled: I don't know if someone really reported it to the higher authorities.Anyway, there are rumors among our traffic police: the national president also gave way when the big exam started.Believe it or not, in short, we have experience on the road in the past few years, and now the college entrance examination has never been blocked because of the motorcade of the central government or the national guest motorcade!

Absolutely good news: the big exam is coming, and the whole country gives way! I also learned many interesting "war anecdotes" from the police: There is a policeman who has been on duty every July 7, 8, and 9 for more than ten years, no matter how hot or rainy it is.The police never said why.At first everyone thought it was his children who were also taking the college entrance examination, but why did he take the "martial law on the college entrance examination" seriously three or four years later?Later, after painstaking "reconnaissance", someone knew that there was a touching story behind this: the policeman comrade was an old educated youth. After returning to the city with his girlfriend more than ten years ago, they each looked for jobs.His girlfriend is a few years younger than him, and she still had the chance to take the college entrance examination in the last year when she returned to the city, but on the way to take the college entrance examination this year, she was caught in an intersection because of panic and crowded cars. He was hit by a car and was later sent to the hospital where he died.When she was about to die, she tightly held the hand of this boyfriend who later became a policeman and said: I hope he will be a policeman in the future, and perform his duty well during the days of the college entrance examination, so as not to let his tragedy happen to others.Later, her boyfriend really became a policeman, and he has been on duty for more than ten years, plus three days of the college entrance examination.

"Can you find this comrade?" I asked the police from the Xicheng Branch. People smiled and said to me: "I am afraid that such characters can be found in every city!" So they told me about their own experiences: In the early years, a police station suddenly rushed into a large group of people. , It was five or six men and women who escorted a driver to the office of the director of the police station.The director saw that the driver detained by the angry people was his old acquaintance.As soon as the driver entered the police station and saw his old "buddies" there, he immediately became angry, crying with a mournful face: You judge me, I was driving normally on the road, but a large group of them blocked the middle of the road and refused to leave. I honked my horn and they didn't do anything. Then I honked a few times, and they dragged me out of the car door. When there was a quarrel, they escorted me to you.Alright, now it's up to you, brother, to break the truth!It was the first time for the director of the police station to see such disputes, and he turned around and asked those indignant people what they were doing.They answered him angrily and said: They are all the parents of candidates.The chief of the police station was secretly happy when he heard it, and turned to the driver and said: You are unlucky today, he is the winner, and you lose.The driver looked suspicious: Why did your brother turn his arm outward today?The director slapped the table hard with his palm: Do you know what my son is doing today?He is taking a test!understand?He is also taking the college entrance examination!Be wise, you kid, you'd better drive around a little bit these days, or you'll bump into me—hmph, maybe even your broken car will be smashed!The driver was still there in a daze, while the group of people burst into laughter. They crowded around the director happily and shouted "Long live".

The policemen laughed and said that during the three days of the college entrance examination, the unluckiest ones were the drivers. "And we want to tell the drivers comrades: In the past few days, there is no reason for you, we are partial to the candidates and their parents..." Another jubilant "inside news"! According to several major police sub-bureaus in Beijing's Dongcheng, Xicheng and Haidian, they always have to deal with several conflicts between the candidates' parents and the driver's master during the college entrance examination every year.Once such an incident happened in Haidian District: a driver who delivered mineral water was running happily with a car of mineral water in a hurry, and suddenly five or six people were "killed" on the main road, which seemed to be nothing Police or amateur "road angel"!The driver hurriedly honked the horn to tell them to go away. The honking didn't matter. The five or six people who were blocking the road suddenly turned fierce and rushed over to open the car door and dragged him out.The master didn't know what was wrong with him, and thought someone was going to rob him, so he shouted: "Help! There are bad guys robbing—!" He didn't know that this shout was even more unlucky, someone took a piece of something The thing was tied to his mouth with a "crash".It's over, the driver thought to himself that he met a killer today.He was thinking that survival is the most important thing, the robbers just want money!So while he was saying something that others could not understand, he quickly took out his wallet from his pocket and handed it to those "looters".But the "robber" took the wallet he forced over and didn't know what to do, and shook his head in a daze.The driver looked at the scene and thought that he was going to die today: If he doesn't even want money, he must be killed!He was so frightened that he was sweating profusely, so he knelt down on the ground and kowtowed to these "robbers".Those "robbers" were taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing, and quickly untied the driver's towel from his mouth, helped him up from the ground, and told him: "What do you think we are? We You are the parents of a college entrance examination student!" The driver didn't believe it, saying that you are the parents of a college entrance examination student, why did you kidnap me?He Le bent over again and told him: It wasn't kidnapping, it was because you honked the horn just now, and everyone got anxious.The driver then let out a sigh of relief. He was about to yell, but after thinking about it, he put away all the swear words in his mouth, turned around and took a bucket of mineral water from the car, saying that I gave it to you, so as not to save you So thirsty and angry in the sun!This time it's the candidates' parents' turn to get embarrassed, saying that we went too far just now and almost scared you out of trouble.The master was amused, and said that I didn't know that your parents were still standing guard for their children during the college entrance examination in the city.My child is also taking the college entrance examination in his hometown in Henan. This glass of mineral water is my heart. Please do your part for my child on my behalf.This is something that no one thought of. The parents of several Beijing candidates listened to the words of this fellow from Henan who came to the capital. They were very grateful and apologetic. When they broke up, the eyes of both parties were filled with tears...

After hearing the policemen "joking about the past", I felt that it was too necessary to go to the scene to "see the scenery", so I took a look at the "West Huangchenggen North Road" in the examination room of Beijing No. 4 Middle School closest to my home: No, three or four hundred The meter-long north-south intersection is strictly guarded by the police, and the cars that must pass through carefully drive past the entrance of No. 4 Middle School without even daring to squint.Look at the parents staring at the road, ready to catch those "little bastards" who dare to honk their horns!With that scene and demeanor, even I, a cyclist, was too frightened to ring the bell.

It's amazing.I remind myself: This is the battlefield! The No. 4 Middle School is too close to Zhongnanhai, the Central Military Commission and other state leaders, and the guards given to candidates are also very special.However, other examination centers in the same city did not provide such generous care. One day, I rode by the 13th Middle School to watch the "battle situation".I asked why?A man and a woman shook the red condoms on their sleeves and said: Sorry, master, we are on duty for the children. I understand that this is a "picket team" automatically organized by the parents of candidates.All the people here are soldiers.

"No way. My child is taking the college entrance examination in the second year. He was also in this thirteenth middle school last year. He said that he was nervous when he entered the examination room, and his mind was distracted when the car horn rang outside. I don't particularly believe this, but The child said that he made a lot of trouble last year because of this disturbance, so I think it is true. So this year I took the initiative to stand guard for him!" A parent heard that I was here for an interview, so they chatted a little bit.The lesbian came over and made up a few words, saying that she would rather believe it was true than let a car honking blindly affect her daughter's exam.It can be seen that war can make people unite as one.

Parents told me that in some areas there are police officers on duty in front of the examination room, but there is no police at the entrance of their children's examination room, so everyone organized themselves. "It's all voluntary, but everyone is rushing to 'stand guard' in the scorching sun, all for the sake of the children!" A matriarch brought a bottle of mineral water to each "on-duty" person. During the two days, she She has paid for more than 20 bottles of drinks, and she looks very happy when she talks. As a military expert said: War sometimes tends to enhance the special friendship between people. During the college entrance examinations in 1998 and 1999, nothing special happened in Beijing, and even the suffocating weather in previous years became refreshing and cool, but the situation in other "college entrance examination battlefields" across the country was quite different. . On July 7, 8, and 9, 1998, it was the critical moment of severe flooding along the Yangtze River in the south and the Nen River in the north.Hundreds of counties in Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui and other provinces were surrounded by floods.As soon as the college entrance examination came in previous years, almost everyone from the governors to the common people in these major college entrance examination provinces put down their important work and devoted themselves to ensuring that the candidates passed the college entrance examination smoothly.It's gone now, the torrential flood doesn't pay attention to the fate of tens of thousands of candidates and their parents' worries, and still roars towards the campus, sweeping away desks and books... What should I do? The three days of July, August, and September are the unchanging "war days" of the national college entrance examination. "Even if we use our bodies to block it, we must ensure that the candidates enter the examination room smoothly!" An order from Vice Premier Wen Jiabao came from the frontline headquarters. As a result, all provinces, cities, prefectures, and counties along the disaster-stricken area issued a special letter of war: During the three-day college entrance examination period of July, August, and September, special vigilance is allowed in all areas of the examination venues—this is an order that has won the hearts of the people. A student from Hubei who is currently studying at Beijing Forestry University told me: His home is more than forty miles away from the county seat. Before the exam, he returned home from the school in the county seat. But he had just returned home, and the flood water followed him into the village. In a blink of an eye, he and all the people in the village were besieged by the flood that rose from the sky on a small upper hill.When he walked out of the house, he didn't even bother to take a shirt to wear, but he carried the schoolbag he was going to take the college entrance examination on his shoulders. The farm cattle that his father and mother asked him to help pull was washed away by the flood During the tens of hours of flood siege, the whole village was struggling to survive, but he was the only one still squatting quietly on the ground reading a book.Father came over and snatched the book from him and threw it into the water, saying, look at what time it is, and still want to read dead books?Without saying a word, he jumped into the water, picked up the book, and said very firmly to his father: The government will find a way to let us take the college entrance examination on time.The people in the village made fun of him for being a nerd, he couldn't even save his life, and he was still dreaming of college! On the evening of the 6th, when everyone in the village believed that his college dream would be swallowed by the flood, suddenly there was a rumbling sound of motor boats in the distance, and then a loudspeaker shouted: Is there anyone in this village who took the college entrance examination?We are dedicated to picking up candidates, if you have any, please follow us immediately!The first one to hear it was not him, but his sister.At first he couldn't believe it, but when the people in Murakami told him it was true, both he and his father cried.When he was about to board the boat, everyone in the village saw him off.Everyone said: Little boy, if you are lucky, you will definitely be admitted to university this year!Let's win glory for our whole village!He nodded and swore silently to his parents who were besieged by the torrential flood and the little mound who saved the whole village: Don't worry, I will definitely work hard to get into college.Later, he discovered that the small motor boat was specially dispatched by the county government's flood fighting frontline headquarters to pick up those candidates who were besieged in the flood. That night, the motor boat traveled to countless places until dawn, and sent him and a dozen other candidates to the county seat.The county town in Naze Country is completely different from when he left a few days ago. The streets have become "river valleys", and the buildings are like tarnished lotus leaves floating on the water after a storm. The speedboats and motor boats sent to them with the banner of "exclusively for candidates", like the "three-star" chariot of General Patton, drove proudly and majesticly in the vast country, without obstruction, and went smoothly all the way.The student said he had never experienced such a solemn and sacred journey. "The motor boat carried us candidates, like a mighty chariot carrying a team of heroes to the battlefield... The time was very tight, because there were constant dangers along the way, and candidates were picked up to the cabin halfway, but everyone behaved special Calm and composed. When the motor boat arrived, it was only about ten minutes away from the exam, but none of us felt nervous, and those of us who walked into the exam later thought they performed much better than usual. I think, this is in To a large extent, it is because everyone deeply and strongly felt the love of the motherland for them at the critical moment." In 1999, China once again withstood the test of a catastrophic flood.Although more than 300 million people across the country have been hit and troubled by disasters to varying degrees, millions of candidates in our disaster-stricken areas are the lucky ones. Not only did they not delay the exam at all, but they also received the most sincere care and help.This may be the most exciting scene in China's college entrance examination battle over the years. I met Lao Tang that day purely by chance. I didn’t expect this old colleague who always cherishes spending money more than drawing blood, but quietly told me: The whole family lives in a three-star hotel these days. "What are you doing? Did you have a new sister-in-law and spend your honeymoon in the city?" "Go, go. Your old sister-in-law Yu even counts my monthly pocket money by every penny. Is it possible for me to sleep with her?" Old Tang told me the truth, he stayed here for a week specially for his daughter's college entrance examination " A set of standard rooms at the Holiday Inn. "Don't tell me, the three-star hotel has hot water and air-conditioning, it's just different from living at home." Old Tang looked at his watch and insisted on dragging me to the hotel where he lived. "Holiday Hotel" is not located in the downtown area of ​​the capital and in a prime location for business and trade, so the passenger flow is not very good on weekdays, but the room price is not low, an ordinary standard room is more than 400 yuan.Old Tang led me into the room where he lived on the seventh floor. In addition to the two single beds, there was another camp bed. "Our family of three has lived here for the past few days, and we can save hundreds of yuan if we squeeze together at night. Besides, your sister-in-law and I can't sleep for an hour or two at night, so we brought a camp bed from home. deal with it." Old Tang was explaining, but I laughed that he was still a little kid like that. "I can't compare with you. It's a tome with hundreds of thousands of words. After you left the newspaper, the backbone of the newspaper was even smaller. I, the deputy editor-in-chief, was proofreading all day long, and I couldn't do without one step. So I just It’s what socialism does to be able to earn a dead wage of around 1,000 yuan!” Old Tang was still the same, working like a revolutionary old scalper, talking about "reactionary". "Tell me, why are you willing to spend a lot of money to live in a high-end hotel this time? Is it for the sake of making money?" I teased him. He smiled: "It was your sister-in-law's decision. She said that a colleague in her unit used this method last year. As a result, the child got good grades in the college entrance examination and entered the prestigious Beijing Normal University. So your sister-in-law said, The child is at a critical moment, and he is willing to spend one or two thousand yuan. If he is admitted to a key university, he will have everything! I thought about what she said made sense: if the child cannot rest well these days, the exam will be a little worse , once the exam is not satisfactory, it goes without saying that you can’t enter the university. Even if you pass the exam, the gold content of good schools and poor schools will be great. After graduation, everyone will grab a prestigious school. Second school, second major, please tell grandma I couldn’t find a suitable job, so it wouldn’t be a matter of paying 12,000 yuan. I thought it was right, and as soon as I gritted my teeth, the whole family moved into this hotel closest to the examination room.” It seems that the child's college entrance examination has also made Lao Tang more detailed. "A family eats and lives here, does it feel different from home?" I asked. "Of course." Old Tang recounted like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden for the first time: "Let's talk about this room first, don't look at it like a cage, it's soundproof! It doesn't affect each other. It's not like ours you have been to. In the courtyard where I live, if someone next door farts, you can guess who did it. It’s much better here, the child can fall asleep when he says he’s sleepy, and the air conditioner can turn on whatever temperature he wants, which saves me I am in a hurry everywhere. When the child is tired from studying, put on the hot water and soak for an hour to feel comfortable. It is not like when you are at home in the morning and you are afraid of being late, and the whole family can’t sleep well. Your sister-in-law makes a phone call and asks the hotel to Ms., here is a 'reminder service'! Haha, now I know why you journalists kept me at home in the past and took all the beauty of business trips. It turns out that staying in hotels and hotels is so good and comfortable when you go out! It's the food. It’s too expensive, and it doesn’t suit your taste, no, your sister-in-law has gone home to make dumplings for the children. Or do you really want to write an article about ‘it’s good to stay in a hotel after the college entrance examination’!” Unexpectedly, an act out of helplessness made the old Tang, who had always been conservative, suddenly enlightened.So I thought about why some hotels and restaurants that were originally in business are booming again when the college entrance examination comes in recent years.It turns out that it really makes it much more convenient for candidates and parents.After bidding farewell to Tang, I interviewed the manager of the "Holiday Inn" where he lived, and asked how many rooms were reserved by college entrance examination candidates. At least 30%! Thirty percent?That is to say, about a hundred candidates have booked rooms with you? Yes.There were as many as 203 people at the peak last year.This year the weather is cooler, relatively less. I was amazed at the figures provided by the manager, because such a large passenger flow can appear in the summer when the business of hotels and restaurants was extremely quiet in the past, which is a blessing for the boss. Since when did the "College Entrance Examination Source" form?No one knows.Now all hotels and restaurants regard it as a common goal of everyone to strive for the special customer source of receiving candidates during the college entrance examination.The manager said that especially in recent years, citizens, regardless of whether their family conditions are good or not, are willing to move their homes to hotels and restaurants during the days of the college entrance examination. Life can be relatively relaxed. For example, you don’t have to do chores such as housework and room cleaning. If conditions permit, you don’t even have to do meals.In this way, candidates and parents can save a lot of time and concentrate on preparing for the exam. How do hotels and restaurants provide services for this group? Regarding my question, the manager said more. He said that their "Holiday Hotel" has ordered a variety of corresponding service measures in the past two years: such as arranging different lights and desks in the guest rooms for candidates to study; In addition to the opening of the original swimming pool and sauna, massage, hypnosis and other items have been added; the catering department has specially launched different "candidate packages" and "number one nutrition package" for morning, middle and evening, as well as "number one banquet" and "gold list table"; A short-distance candidate pick-up line has been arranged. What a businessman, changing tricks to make money! "You, Mr. He, are half right." The manager of "Holiday Inn" smiled slyly, and said, "In our hotels and restaurants, we can only set the consumption price at the most suitable level and raise the service level to the most ideal position. In order to attract a large number of 'college entrance examination customers'." I think so too.In any case, with the improvement of living standards and people becoming more and more aware of what the decisive battle of the "college entrance examination" means to an examinee and a family, try to use and allocate time reasonably at the last moment And energy, obviously a wise move. In the first ten days of July 1999, I visited Beijing Jintai Hotel, Jingxi Hotel, Hepingmen Hotel and other hotels and restaurants near the middle school examination room. I saw so many candidates and their parents coming in and out. It should be said that today's college entrance examination is a new landscape that is different from previous college entrance examinations.However, what I didn't expect was that this kind of landscape is not only found in some big cities, those rich or not rich places also have the same or similar landscape. In a city in southern Jiangsu, I walked into his "new home" with Cai Kun, the parent of a class 99 candidate - I said "new home" because Cai Kun's own home is not here.This small clothing boss owns a small three-story bungalow in the countryside, which is of extraordinary style. It is said that the decoration alone cost more than 300,000 yuan.It has been more than two months since Cai Kun moved into this "new home" in the suburbs. It is only a few hundred meters away from the school of his son who is in the third year of high school in the provincial capital, which is very convenient.He told me that his son’s grades were in the middle of the class. In order for his son to be admitted to university, he rented this three-bedroom house three months ago at a monthly rent of more than 300 yuan.My son originally lived in the school dormitory, but because the college entrance examination is approaching, the classmates will be affected by each other during the review, and the sleep is not very good, so the father adopted the measure of "renting a house and living alone". "Is it working well?" "It's definitely good." Cai Kun told me very proudly that his daughter's success in Jiangsu's liberal arts examination two years ago was related to this method: "My eldest child's grades have always been among the top one or two in the school, but the college entrance examination is approaching. Due to too much pressure and poor health, the teacher and we were all worried about her, but they couldn’t help. Her mother and I only had a junior high school education. After thinking about it, all we can do is let her sleep well and eat well. Hey! At this thought, I thought of finding a place for her to eat and live alone. That year we gave her and mine a hotel, and we lived there for a total of ten days. Her mother stayed with her every day, and slowly the child's body and spirit Slowed down, performed normally in the college entrance examination, and won the first place in the province's liberal arts exam. Now he is studying at Nanjing University. Compared with his sister, my son's grades are much worse, and he is on the threshold of Longmen. The difference is almost, but we have to keep it He is admitted to university! So this time I specially rented him a 'new home' temporarily, so that he can have a relatively longer time to review and take the exam at ease..." "Aren't you in business? Do you have time to cook and buy food for him?" "Yes." Cai Kun said, the first thing he does every day is to prepare his son's breakfast and lunch, and then come back in the afternoon to prepare dinner for his son.The mother of the son uses the day or night to help wash and wash. As the evening approached, Cai Kun's son Cai Zhijun returned to his "new home" from school, opened his schoolbag and worked on the questions while waiting for his father to make dinner.When he took up his job, I asked him what is the advantage of the environment of this "new home" compared with the school? "At least it's quieter and more relaxed," he said. I think there is no need to ask too much, for a candidate who is about to fight, it is enough to have these two advantages. "Are you confident that you will be admitted to university?" "Is there a knife?" Cai Zhijun, who blushed as soon as he spoke, lowered his head and glanced at his father: "I'm sorry for them if they didn't pass the exam!" Yes, I later learned that the young man was admitted to the military academy.Cai Kun wrote to tell me that his "new home" was soon chartered by another candidate's parents... The college entrance examination is coming again this year, and how many candidates' families have already started the "big migration"?Needless to say, this landscape will be more exciting, and whether in cities or relatively affluent rural areas, many parents have already regarded this "big migration" of families before the college entrance examination as a "short-term and fast" investment effect. "You think, the child has studied for twelve years from elementary school to high school, isn't it just for the college entrance examination? At the last moment of the college entrance examination, if you master the fire well, you can get twice the result with half the effort, so it is absolutely worthwhile to spend some money at this time." A parent said that the pre-college entrance examination candidates and their families have formed in various places. disciples". Principal Qin told me that they did not specially ask the city emergency center to put the car in the school during the college entrance examination, but they suffered a lot and were scolded by their parents. An ambulance is at the school gate.For some reason, since the ambulance was available, more "emergencies" occurred during the college entrance examination every year.Some parents said that it was thanks to the school for preparing this car; some parents said that it was because of this ambulance that it was unlucky.You can say anything, but in any case, if there is no ambulance, the following "battlefield emergencies" will be difficult to deal with- The first kind of car is a common problem.In the middle of the exam, some candidates suddenly suffered from heat stroke.Such a situation is usually easy to deal with, as long as the rescue is timely, there will generally be no trouble.The problem is that candidates and parents are not so cooperative.Principal Qin said that during the three days of the college entrance examination in 1997, the temperature there continued to reach 40°C.There is generally no air conditioning in the examination room, and there is an electric fan on the four corners of each classroom, but even so, the students are still dripping with sweat.The invigilators are anxious, the school is also anxious, and the parents outside the school are even more anxious.But the most anxious ones are the students.In the morning, apart from a few old electric fans breaking down, nothing major happened.But in the afternoon, the problems continued.First, a female student in Class A fell to the ground with a "bang" while doing a problem.There was a sudden commotion in the examination room. The invigilators wiped their sweat while maintaining order. The teachers rushed to carry the girl away on a stretcher.As soon as he went out, a candidate in the back row yelled: This classmate also has heat stroke!As soon as he bluffed, all the students in the examination room turned their heads to look at the fallen student.This is a big candidate, he didn't fall to the ground, but lay on the table as if he was asleep.Perhaps it was because of his big size that he pressed his body against the table and pushed it forward, startling the candidates in front of him.There was another commotion in the examination room.The invigilator was like an enemy, and he told the candidates to just take the exam by themselves and not to take the opportunity to have any "attempts".But that's not the case.Simply speaking, there was only one stretcher in the ambulance. After the girl was carried away, the big boy could only rely on someone's back.There were two female and one male invigilators in the examination room at the time. The male teacher was so skinny that he had to grin his mouth to move a 30-degree angle even to turn an electric fan.It is important to save lives!I saw the male teacher stepped forward to take one arm of the heatstroke boy, and put the other hand on his shoulder, but because of the unbalanced height and weight, he almost knocked the teacher aside.Some candidates were giggling, and the female invigilator said sharply: "What's so funny?" Everyone was so scared that they hurriedly bowed their heads to answer the questions.While the three teachers were in a hurry, Principal Qin came in with two masters from the school cafeteria.The two masters were so powerful that they carried the examinee on their backs and ran outside.Unexpectedly, after such a toss, the examinee with heatstroke suddenly woke up, saw someone "dragging" him out of the examination room, and made a fuss: "I want to take the exam! Put me down! Put me down quickly!" We do not know what to do.In the end, Principal Qin comforted him and said: You let the doctor give you an injection first, and if you feel okay, how about letting you go back to the examination room?After the examinee heard this, he suddenly burst into tears, saying that he must be finished now!It must be over!He broke free from the teacher's hand like crazy, and was about to turn his head back into the classroom when he suddenly leaned over and fell down at the entrance of the examination room with a "bang-dang--".At this time, the ambulance was just returning to school, and the siren of "哗哗—哗" rang again inside and outside the campus...Principal Qin said that during the three-day college entrance examination this year, eight candidates successively had heatstroke, and five of them They were sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. After taking a few breaths at school, the three entered the examination room again, but only one of the five candidates who entered the hospital returned to the examination room and completed the examination. The second kind of car is also reasonable.This is the first day of the college entrance examination for another year.When the gate of the examination room was opened, the examinees rushed into the school with a whoosh, and then shunted into each examination room like a tide.But when the candidates found their seats one after another, there was another candidate standing there in a daze on the school square.The teacher went over and asked him what was going on?Which exam room? "Don't be nervous, take out your test admission ticket and help you find it together. Don't worry, there are still ten minutes." The teacher said that it doesn't matter, and the examinee burst into tears.What's the matter?say something!The candidate who was out of breath from crying finally told the teacher: She was nervous and put the admission ticket in the pocket of the clothes she changed... The teacher asked, where are the clothes now?at home!The examinee cried again.After the teacher said "My God", he hurried to find the principal and explained the situation.The principal looked at his watch and said to take the candidate to the ambulance as soon as possible, and it might be too late to get it back.Then the siren of the ambulance sounded again.The examinee's home is not far from the school, but it took more than ten minutes.When the students went upstairs to take off the admission ticket, the ambulance ran to the examination room without daring to stay for a second.At this moment, the teacher asked the candidate to check the admission ticket.That's right, this time it was clearly in my hand, but at this moment, one of the teachers exclaimed: "It's broken!"Everyone in the car jumped out of their hearts: what happened again?The teacher snatched the admission ticket from the examinee, and couldn't help cursing: What did you do?Your examination room is not in our school, it is a certain school!what--?The examinee turned pale with fright, and then burst into tears.What are you crying for?Anyway, in the car, there is enough time.Come on, master driver, let's send her to a certain school!Want it!After the master driver got the order, the ambulance turned around and immediately galloped down the street at full speed.When the ambulance arrived at the candidate's test site and the candidate walked into the test room safely, the teacher in the car covered his heaving chest with both hands, and asked the ambulance driver weakly: "Why didn't you come to the doctor?"I, my heart is about to jump out!The driver laughed "haha" and said that your teacher has done a good job and there is no need for a doctor. The third kind of car surprises both students and parents.Principal Qin said that the ambulance seems to be used to prevent candidates from heatstroke in summer, but what really comes in handy is often not the candidates who are sick, but some unexpected "emergencies" that make you have to use an ambulance for emergency treatment.There was one thing that made him unforgettable in one year: it was a matter of an invigilator.This female teacher also had a child who was taking the college entrance examination, of course, in another examination room.At this critical juncture, who is not anxious for their children to "join the war"?这个女老师身体本来就不好，但对校领导安排她在一个考场作监考并没有回绝，因为她知道每年全市高考时抽调的监考人往往不够，需要很多老师一起上阵。她孩子有些埋怨母亲，说别的考生家长都是天天陪着孩子上考场，然后接回来，你倒好，把自己的孩子扔在一边不管，天天去为别人家的孩子忙活！她听后苦笑了一下，说妈明天也接送你。孩子听了自然很高兴，好像有母亲为他护航，闯“龙门”的保险系数也大了几分似的。他哪知道自己的母亲本来就是带病在坚持工作。为了能让自己的孩子也享受一份有家长在后面“保驾护航”的安全感，第二天，这位女老师只好比平时早起床一小时，先给儿子备好早餐后马上带他赶到他的考场，之后又立即挥手打的奔赴自己工作的考场。中午，第一场考完后，她又立即像赶火车似的奔到儿子的那个考场。儿子见母亲后兴奋地抱住她，并告诉她今天考得特别的好。母亲虽然累得就差没晕倒，可看到儿子那么高兴的神情，她打心眼里也乐滋滋的。就这样，为了自己的儿子，也为了别人家的孩子，这位女老师拖着沉重的身子，连续两天来回奔波，在第三天下午的最后一场考试结束前几分钟，她一下像散了架似的倒在了考场的后座上。秦校长和监考的老师知道她是累倒的，连忙叫来医生和几个年轻教工，将这位老师抬上救护车。这时考场的铃声响起来了，几百名考生和守在校门口的家长知道救护车里的是位为大家操心而累倒的女老师时，全部默默地站在两旁为她祈祷送行。 “那情景我一直忘不了。这是无数次出动救护车中最感人的一幕，也凸现出高考中我们老师所奉献的一份真情得到了广大考生和他们家长的认可。”秦校长深情地说。 考场门口响起的警笛何止以上几次，每一个老师和传达室老教工都可以讲出一段惊心动魄或者感人至深的经历。但是在每一个故事中，我们可以感到的仍是考场内外那紧张气氛和看不见的“战场硝烟”…… 又是一个“黑色7月”。 大考前夜，某中学高三五个班的一百六十四名学生在老师的带领下，浩浩荡荡地向高考目的地进发。这是一个地处农村的市级重点中学，像以往一样，每次高考时他们都得从自己的学校整装到指定的城里考场附近事先住下并准备第二天的考试。所有的时间都是在有经验的老师安排下度过的，既不能太早，也不能太晚。太早会给考生过多的紧张压力，太晚会使考生对考场产生陌生感。 在看完考场后，老师说话了：“这是最后一次给同学们作战前动员：明天是你们一生命运的冲刺时刻，是生者和死者之间的选择，是光荣和梦想的决战，十二年寒窗的所有苦和累，将在这三天中得到回应。过去每天唠叨的话已经够多的了，现在只说一句：'今晚好好睡一觉，迎接明天大考！'” “咔嚓——”老师将电闸拉下，于是整个宿舍一片漆黑。这是老师们采取的强制措施，为的是让考生们能够休息好，以便明天精力充沛地上战场。所有的笔和手电之类的照明用具及学习用具也一律被暂时收缴。 “喂，你睡得着吗？”考生A悄悄掀起蚊帐问B。 “废话，能睡着吗？”B说。 “那你在于啥？”问。 B扬扬一只手指：“看这儿……” A说看不到。 B示意他悄悄走过去看。 A凑近一摸，不由大惊出声：“哇，你怎么啦？流那么多血！哪儿刮伤了？要叫老师吗？” B“嘘”地用嘴巴示意A别出声：“这是考前的最后一件必须做的事，老考生们说……”说完他把手中的一块什么东西藏在了枕头底下，令A道：“回去睡吧。” 第二天一早，考生们以最快的动作完成了洗漱，当A和大家一起走出房间时，他的两眼仿佛一下凝固了，他被走廊两侧墙上贴满的一块块大小不一的布条、纸条惊呆了：原来同学们都以各种不同的文字写下了“上战场”的血书。再看看那血书的内容，A同学被震撼得浑身发颤—— “誓死一战！” “我以我血为证：拼命冲刺到底！” “搏不死则活，活不成则死！” “为了父母！为了老师！更为自己：拼杀吧！” 血书之多连成了一片“血墙”。看上去十分庄严，也十分恐怖。 现在已经进入上海某大学的A同学告诉我，他本来或许第一年可以考上大学的，但正是7号这天起床后看到同学们写下的这一张张血书刺激了他的神经，那一年他走进考场，手中拿的虽然是考卷，但眼里呈现的却一直是那一份份血淋淋的誓词……三天考试，他的眼前无时不在晃动着同学们那誓死一搏的血书。因为他没有写，所以他觉得自愧对高考的决心不如大家那么大，有种对不起自己，更对不起大家的强烈内疚。这一年他失败了。 后来老师和他自己都认为失败就失败在他没有写血书上。有老师告诉他，有一年一位平时成绩平平的学生就因为在考前拿出了破釜沉舟、决一死战之心，结果超常发挥，考上了北京一所名牌大学。老师从此便常常用这个学生的事例激励考生，于是，这个中学每年高考时，总会在临考前出现众多学生挥写血书的惊心动魄的场面。 “写了血书就真的管用？就一定能考好？”我问现在的A。 A说他也说不清，不过同学们都这么做了，他不做就会有一种无形的压力和内疚，他本人两次高考的结果正说明这一点。 我无法相信A的这种说法，但我又找不出另一种解释。我所采访的一些学校，特别是农村中学，几乎都有考生在临考前写血书的情况。写过血书并走过了“独木桥”的同学们说，这种办法有一定效应，因为人在临战时需要一种置自己于死地而后生的精神准备，这种精神准备越充足，就越可能获胜。而一位写了血书又没考上的学生则说，他第一次写了“落榜可耻”四个字，但出考场后他就意识到自己不会被录取，为此他拿起自己写的血书蒙在脸上哭了整整一天。他说从此他就觉得“落榜可耻”四个字就像烙在脸上，使他不敢在老师面前抬头，也不敢在父母面前抬头，更不敢在镜子面前照自己。他说那张无形的血书永远像一块蒙耻的布条笼罩在他的心头，他再也不敢重新参加高考了。后来家长带他到了精神病医院治疗了很长时间，才重新恢复了自信心，第三年他再次走进高考考场时，什么都没有写，只是心里默默地念着一句话：我要用自己的行动抹去心灵流血的昨天！后来他真的考上了，而且是一所不错的工商管理大学。 我不是心理学家，不能解释这类现象，但在考场前看到的同学们一副副或大义凛然，或誓死如归，或惶惶不可终日的样子，我总会有所思索。不少学生告诉我，他们班在进入高三时就有人开始写下血书了，而且有人不止写过一次。我见过一位同学，她拿出三块用手绢写的血书，内容分别是：“十名是耻”、“目标重点”、“一次成功”。她向我解释，第一次写血书是因为她从高二升到高三后，前十几次班级考试排名总停留在十名水平。老师讲过，像他们这样的农村中学，成绩不在年级前五六名，是难以“跳出农门”的，更何况她是班级十名水平。她为此第一次写了血书，这份血书伴了她三个月零五天。后来她的成绩排名在班级前二名，年级前六名。这就意味着按学校往年高考升学率来说她的半只脚已经进大学的门了。但这时的她又把自己的目标定在了考重点大学，于是又有了第二份血书。她写第一份血书时，同学们谁也不知道，老师也不知道，只有她自己知道，因为她把血书放在枕头底下，但她每天睡觉之前都要看一遍。后来，等到高三第二学期开学后，她在成绩一直稳居在班级前一二名时，她的第二份血书已经从枕头底下移到了宿舍墙上，并十分醒目地高高地挂在那儿。“目标重点”，是她在这最后的半年里最重要和最明确的奋斗理想。在7月6日晚临睡觉之前，她揭下那高高挂在墙上的“目标重点”的血书，然后像举行一个庄严仪式似的，特意找出一块崭新的丝绸手绢，轻轻地摊在桌面上，之后她站立好身子，面朝自己的家乡，闭上双眼，两手合十放在胸前，默默地说了一句话：可怜的爸妈，女儿这辈子要彻底跳出农门了，愿上帝保佑！随后她毫不犹豫地拿起一把新买的水果刀，用力划破左手的食指，鲜红的血顿时流淌出来，她伸出右手食指蘸过血后，在雪白的手绢上写下了“一次成功”四个大字。第二天她进考场时，口袋里惟一带的东西就是这份血书…… “奇怪的是，这天我进考场后竟然没有一点杂念，像是口袋里这份血书真的在保佑我。三天考试下来，我没有感到一点吃力，顺利过关。”这位如今已经是某大学硕士生的女同学很不可思议地告诉我，她说当她后来进了大学向同宿舍的同学谈起自己的血书时，六个女同学中竟有四个也都写过血书，而且一致认为它还“很灵”。另外两个是城市学生，她们虽然没有“血淋淋”的经历，但却也写过类似的“战书”。1999年北京高考结束时，电视上播放了北京理工大学附中某班全体考生写满了“战书”的一块大黑板。考前，老师把大黑板放在考场的门口醒目处，每天班主任在自己的考生进出考场时都让学生念一遍上面由自己写的“战书”，以此鼓舞士气，据说效果甚佳，全班高考录取率超过其他班。 “血书”，或者其它形式的“战书”，它在高考临场扮演着一个神灵的角色。至于到底灵不灵，老师和考生们宁信其灵而不愿轻易予以否定。 这是我在高考现场目击的独特一景。 什么时代的考场上都会有尴尬的场面。高考是决定人生命运的大决战，这种时候的尴尬就更多了。想尽办法作弊，是几乎年年都会碰到的最紧张又是最难堪的一景。 参观南京的“江南贡院”后，我才知道，旧式科举考试的严格程度实际上比现在对高考考生的要求要高得多。早在清朝初期的顺治二年（1645年）政府就规定：“生儒入场，细加搜检。如有怀挟片纸只字者，先于一体枷间一个月，问罪发落。如有人代试者，代与受代之人一体枷号问罪。搜检役者知情容隐者同罪。”康熙五十三年又规定考生入场“皆穿拆缝衣服、单层鞋袜，只带篮筐、小凳、食物、笔砚等项”。可无论怎么规定，考生挟带作弊之风仍不断。南京“江南贡院”历史陈列馆中收藏有十七张清代考生作弊挟带，这些小纸条相当薄，十几张叠在一起，还没有一张普通宣纸那么厚。每面直径四厘米左右的纸片上用毛笔抄录的中重要篇章，能有四五百字之多，字虽小得如同蚂蚁头大，却能看得清晰，且书法精湛。南京陈列馆曾请过专家作过试验，现在竟然没有哪一种毛笔能写得出如此小字，可见旧式科举考试中挟带作弊者之功夫和心计。据南京江南贡院工作人员介绍，以前早有人传说，科举考试中有种专门进行作弊用的“坊刻小本”，已经在民间流传近百年，但“坊刻小本”到底是什么样，谁也没有见过。1997年11月，江南贡院通过艰苦寻觅，才终于找到了一本科举考试场上作弊用的“奇书”。发现这本“奇书”的是一位曾经参加过清朝江南乡试士子的后裔，他是在清理祖上遗留物时，从一双清代千层粉底“文士靴”后跟里面发现的。当时，这位先生看到这双年代已久远的黑色缎面绣花靴上灰尘很多，便用拂尘轻轻一拍，不料从足有一寸多厚的后跟中，突然滑出一只仅火柴盒那么大的小抽屉，那稀世小抽屉里则密藏着一件稀世孤本《增广四书备旨》。“此书为线装本，枯黄色封面，左下角微有破损。里面七十页正文纸张洁白细腻，薄如蝉翼。书长六点五厘米，宽四点五厘米，厚五厘米，其版面仅为普通古版线装书的十四分之一。书虽小，内容却包括《大学》、《中庸》、三部书的全部内容和宋代大儒的详尽注释。书中每页千余个老仿宋体字，虽然字字如蚂蚁头，然而一笔一划清晰无比，绝无模糊不清的文字，其印刷技术之高着实令人拍案叫绝。”（见《江南贡院》第七十六页）此书一发现，立即引起国内外新闻和印刷界的广泛关注。吉尼斯世界记录调查后，也确认此为中国现存的十万余种古版书籍中版面面积最小、文字最小和至今惟一发现的清代石印科考作弊奇书。乾隆甲子科年（1744年），有人传言到皇宫内，说肴这种奇书流入科举考场之中，朝廷大怒，皇帝下令来搜，结果那年的乡试中第一场就搜出二十一人怀挟纸片等作弊之物，第二场又查出二十一人，另外两千多人因怕搜查而临场逃之天天了。乾隆听说后更是大怒，下令以后考试者必须脱下衣服，一件件“浸水”搜查，笔具之类的东西，也要在水里浸过三日才能允许带入考场。但仍然有高手照样作弊。 考试作弊是历朝历代考场上最激烈、动魄的一景。 现时的高考也同样，从来没有哪一年听说过没有出现作弊大案的。有考试就有作弊者，这几乎是一个不可逆转的定律。比起科举考试来，现在的高考作弊恐怕远远超过其水平，首先是现在不可能采用乾隆下令的脱衣搜身那样的检查，那会侵犯考生人权，谁也不答应，谁也不敢这么干。这就使得“挟带”有了可乘之机。但这是最原始也是最容易被发现的作弊手段了，可监考的老师告诉我，每年的考场上总能抓住几个采用这类低级手段的作弊者。当然即使同为原始的“挟带”，今天与过去相比也先进了许多。有监考老师发现，某学生的“挟条”是用复印机特殊处理的，他事先把公式和语文试卷可能要出的古文，全都用复印机缩小在巴掌大的纸片上，字虽小，可看起来十分清晰。几十个数理化公式一微缩，也就手指大小。“亡命者”敢于为此冒风险，“难办的是一些女生”。当了十来年监考的某校王老师说，他在1988年就遇到这样一件事：在监考时，他发现有个女生老掀裙子，这个动作是很容易被联想到作弊的，当时现场监考的共三个人，两男一女。那女考生很有心计，女老师在的时候她不掀裙角，一等女老师出门解手什么的时候，就猛掀裙子。王老师和另一个男老师想上前阻止，可一到女考生坐位前，他们就觉得无从下手，因为一旦人家反咬你一口便够受的。他们赶紧请回那女老师，后来女老师就上前把那女学生“请”出来，让她自己掀开裙子。 “掀就掀！”女考生一点也不紧张地有意当着其他男老师的面把裙子掀得特别的高，连里面的小三角花裤都能看得到，结果什么也没有发现。这个机智的女考生其实打了个时间差。 老师们尴尬地相互看看，不知如何收场。而就在这时，那女学生捂住脸大哭大闹起来，边哭边骂监考老师“欺负”她，说什么也不进考场了。这一闹惊动了整个考场，也把考场外的包括那位女考生的家长招来了。好家伙，校长和门口的保安人员一齐上阵维持秩序。因为家长们都向着那考生，说你们这些监考的，不能没有凭证就冤枉人呀！王老师他们有苦说不出，只好忍下这口气，结果是学校校长出面向那考生和考生家长赔了不是，才算平息了此事。“你说我冤不冤？事后学校还把我们几个批评了一通。从那年起，我尽量不跟女考生较劲。不过，有时实在看不下去，所以就得罪人。弄不好还会丢小命哩！”王老师说，他们学校就有个监考老师，不知是得罪了哪个作弊的考生，有一次她下班回家，半道上走着走着，被人用车“哐当”猛地撞倒在马路边上，当场晕了过去，整整住了三个月医院，她的胳膊才痊愈。这位女老师在倒下时，听到有人狠狠地朝她说了这么一句，“看你在考场上神气！”王老师说，他们学校地处小县城，相互之间都很熟悉。那些记恨的考生认为，是你监考老师跟他过不去才使他失去了上大学的机会，却不从自己方面找原因，这使得很多老师宁愿不要几百元的监考补助，也不想因为一次监考造成个人和家庭的意外伤害，故尽量把监考的担子推掉。“但再推也总得有人去干，所以我们进了考场心里也发毛。见了作弊者不揭穿，对其他考生是很不公平的，可要揭穿一起作弊，你自己就得增加一份心理负担。作弊其实是最叫人痛恨的事！”王老师说。 考场作弊是历年高考中的顽症，而且现在的形式与方法之多，远远超过了监考老师的能力与经验。先不说老师与考生之间的相互勾结着的作弊，也不说某些地方官员为了追求本地的升学率而进行的集体犯罪性作弊，单说考生自已的个人行为，现今的作弊技术和手段之高之先进，也已令人叹为观止了。 BP机刚在大陆出现时，有人就用场外的电话给场内的考生BP机上传达信息或答案。后来有了手机，有人就用内外两部手机进行直接“对话”，其准确率远高于BP机。再后来听说有人用遥控装置，把一种微型无绳接收器放在耳孔内、衣袖口进行内外“考答”。这样的考试极其轻松，考生只要轻轻对着藏在隐秘处的小话筒读题，无绳传感器便将考题传到场外的接应者那儿，场外的人迅速通过翻书或查电脑把考题答案告诉场内，这个过程之快捷和它比电扇声音还要小得多的传感效果，可以在监考老师的眼皮底下做得天衣无缝，一丝不露。当然，上面的这几种利用先进的高新技术作弊，后来都被发现了，但没有发现的又有多少呢？God knows. 有一次我到某大学采访，几位“过来人”给我讲起了他们的“高招儿”，我在现场目击后，简直目瞪口呆。 张和李现在同一所大学里读书，他们给我“演示”了两套作弊招术： 一是利用手势。张和李从小是好朋友，彼此间一抬足，一举手，尽在不言之中就能相互间明明白白。他们表现了如某题错与对的手势：张在为难时，他便详装思考，将一只小手指竖起。一边的李便知道张需要他“通报”。下一步便是张把某题有难告诉对方，用的依然是手势。李一看张的手势便知道其困在何处，于是就能准确无误地发出信号：错为手指在空中一个打×，对便是用手势做一个勾的动作。他们俩人在做这些动作时只须用零点几秒的速度就能完成。张李说，这套“手势”他们用过很多年了，几乎可以打遍“校考”、“市考”、“省考”、“国考”等各种考试。 另一套作弊方法是以桌面上的四个螺丝钉为代号进行“操作”。一般课桌上都有左右上下四个螺丝帽，张李早先就以这四个螺丝帽编好了一套完整的文理“密码”。比如现在计算机统计题分中文理科都有不少是选择题，张、李他们对付这类题是最拿手的：第一道若是对，便在右上方那颗螺丝帽上点一下，假如是错，就做一个划“横线”的动作。当然根据题的难易程度，左右上下螺丝帽合理搭配运用也就是了。 “你们俩人当时高考是不是在一个考场？”我问他俩。 张、李笑了：“我们运气好，总在一起。” “那你们运用过上面的战术？” 张、李狡猾地一笑：“谁知道！” 我跟着他们笑了。又问：“听说现在大学里作弊现象也特多。你们的合作仍在继续？” “必要时有可能。”说完，他们又大笑起来。“喂，大作家，我们可什么都没给你说过呀！特别是我们绝不出卖专利，你可千万不要将我们的专利传出去啊！”他们在我临走时不放心地叮咛道。 我也诡秘地朝他们笑笑，心想，你们的把戏应该让全世界的人都知道，这样至少可以防止再有人敢仿效。其实我也知道张、李的手段仅仅是无数作弊“技术”中的一两种而已，还有很多很多没有被发现的。 每年高考现场，监考老师