The last few days’ Dragon Boat Festival has not been friendly to all, as this year it has coincided with the much dreaded University Entrance Examination, known in Chinese as the “Gaokao”. Each year, the exam becomes a talking point, more often than not descending into a scandal for the severity of the questions that adults and professors alike cannot correctly answer.
过去几天的端午节对所有人都不友好，因为今年它恰逢非常可怕的大学入学考试，在中文中被称为“高考”。 每年，考试都成为一个讨论的重点，往往因为成年人和教授都无法正确回答的问题的严重性而陷入丑闻。
Therefore, The Nanjinger presents today the five toughest Gaokao questions of the past few years, questions that reflect that the key to getting a good grade is not necessarily related to mere hard work, but rather plain luck.
因此，《南京人》今天提出了过去几年最难的五个高考问题，这些问题反映了获得好成绩的关键不一定与单纯的努力工作有关，而是与单纯的运气有关。
5. 2015 Geography
5. 2015年地理
The green belts on either sides of a city road are planted with shrubs according to the same standard. The shrubs on one side are trimmed neatly, while the other side is overgrown.
城市道路两侧的绿化带按照相同的标准种植了灌木。 一侧的灌木修剪整齐，而另一侧则生长过度。
Q: The reason for the different landscape may be:
问：不同景观的原因可能是：
A. Different land use
A. 不同的土地用途
B. Personal preference
B. 个人偏好
C. Different landscape planning
C. 不同的景观规划
D. Different administrative jurisdiction
D. 不同的行政管轄權
4. 2016 Geography (Jiangsu)
4. 2016年地理（江苏）
The photo shown above is the Earth image on WeChat when users log in.
上面显示的照片是用户登录微信时的地球图像。
Q: According to the distribution of cloud system near the equator and the latitude position of location “M”, the most probable time for shooting the image and the wind zone of location “M” is:
问：根据赤道附近云系统的分布和位置“M”的纬度位置，拍摄图像和位置“M”的风区最可能的时间是：
A. June; Southeastern trade wind belt
A. 六月；东南贸易风带
B. June; Prevailing Westerlies
B. 六月；盛行的Westerlies
C. December; Southeastern trade wind belt
C. 十二月；东南贸易风带
D. December; Prevailing Westerlies
D. 十二月；盛行的韦斯特利
3. 2015 Mathematics (Hubei)
3. 2015年数学（湖北）
In the “Nine Chapters of Arithmetic”, the quadrilateral pyramid with a rectangular surface and a side edge perpendicular to the bottom is called Yangma, and the tetrahedron whose four facades are right triangular is called 鳖臑 (biē nào).
在《算术九章》中，具有矩形表面和垂直于底部的侧边的四边金字塔被称为杨马，四个立面为直三角形的四面体被称为鳖臑（biē nào）。
In the Yangma P-ABCD shown in the figure, the side edge PD is perpendicular to the bottom ABCD, and PD = CD, point E is the midpoint of PC, connecting DE, BD and BE.
在图中所示的Yangma P-ABCD中，侧边PD垂直于底部ABCD，PD = CD，E点是PC的中点，连接DE、BD和BE。
Q: Prove that DE is perpendicular to the plane PBC, and try to judge whether tetrahedral EBCD is 鳖臑 or not.
问：证明DE垂直于平面PBC，并尝试判断四面体EBCD是否是鳖臑。
2. Chinese Writing (2012; Anhui)
2. 中文写作（2012年；安徽）
“A ladder for work was placed in the corner of a company’s workshop. In order to prevent the ladder from falling down and hurting people, the staff members wrote a banner ‘Caution’ on the side. Nobody cared about it. Several years passed and no ladder fell and hurt people. On one occasion, a client came to discuss cooperation. He noticed the banner and stopped for a long time. Finally, he suggested that the banner should be changed to ‘Put ladder across when not in use’”.
「一家公司車間的角落里放了一把工作梯子。 为了防止梯子掉下来伤人，工作人员在边上写了一条横幅“小心”。 没有人关心它。 几年过去了，没有梯子掉下来伤人。 有一次，一位客户来讨论合作事宜。 他注意到了横幅，停了很久。 最后，他建议将横幅改为“不使用时将梯子放在对面”。
Q: Choose a good angle from which to write, make style clear (except poetry), create a title; do not divorce from the scope of material content and meaning of composition; do not copy, do not reveal personal information, use punctuation marks correctly.
问：选择一个好的写作角度，使风格清晰（诗歌除外），创建一个标题；不要脱离材料内容的范围和构图的含义；不要复制，不要透露个人信息，正确使用标点符号。
1. Reading (2011; Fujian)
1. 阅读（2011年；福建）
On the afternoon of June 13, 2006, after a heavy rain, Zhengyang Gate Arrow Tower was tightly surrounded by both scaffolding and mist. The landmark building on the central axis of the old city of Beijing is undergoing the largest renovation since the founding of New China.
2006年6月13日下午，大雨过后，正阳门箭塔被脚手架和雾气紧紧包围。 這座位於北京老城中央軸心的地標性建築正在進行新中國成立以來最大的翻新。
Looking north from the Tower, Chang’an Street is full of traffic. Along with North-South Street and the North-South Chi Street on the left and right sides of the tower, they constitute the east-west and north-south main roads of the old city.
从塔向北看，长安街到处都是交通。 与塔楼左右两侧的南北街和南北志街一起，它们构成了老城区的东西和南北主干道。
Q: Why did the author mention the rain of 13 June?
问：作者为什么提到6月13日的雨？
This question takes top spot on account, after the Gaokao exam paper released, the author of the question, Lin Tianhong, said on Weibo that it was just because when he set the question, it was raining outside.
这个问题在高考试卷发布后，这个问题的作者林天红在微博上说，这只是因为他定题的时候，外面在下雨。
