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Recent essays have come under fire for “perplexing” prompts. Students taking the gaokao were baffled by some of the topics Sample essay topics: (in 800 words or more) “It flies upward, and a voice asks if it is tired. It says ‘No’.” “A father is cutting articles out of a newspaper while his child embraces him and says, ‘I’m willing to accompany you just like this.’” “This is insane,” a student wrote of the bizarre questions. “Can somebody please tell me what these two topics are supposed to mean?” “The subtle philosophy of the round and square”The containers for milk are always square boxes; containers for mineral water are always round bottles; round wine bottle are usually placed in square boxes. Write a composition on the subtle philosophy of the round and square. “This is insane,” students state about the bizarre questions. “Can somebody please tell us what these topics are supposed to mean?” MATH Assume a positive sequence {an},whose sum of the first n terms is Sn, given that 2an=a₁+a₃,sequence{√Sn} is an Arithmetic Sequence with a common difference d. 1) Find the general formula of the sequence {an}(in n and d) 2) Assume c ∈R,for any positive integrals m,n and k that satisfy m+n=3k and m≠n,exists equality Sm+Sn>cSk Four students can choose to participate in a charity event either on Saturday or Sunday. What’s the probability that there is at least one student at both Saturday's and Sunday's events? A. 1/8 B. 3/8 C. 5/8

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Answer:Test takers are usually given two types of essays – “big” (700-800 words) and “micro” (150 words). Answers are then graded by an evaluator.

Recent essays have come under fire for “perplexing” prompts. Students taking the gaokao in Hunan in 2013 were baffled by the following topic: “It flies upward, and a voice asks if it is tired. It says ‘No’.”

Another prompt on the same test said: “A father is cutting articles out of a newspaper while his child embraces him and says, ‘I’m willing to accompany you just like this.’”

“This is insane,” a netizen wrote of the bizarre questions. “Can somebody please tell me what these two topics are supposed to mean?”

Those aren’t the only incredibly complex essay questions. Here are a few from recent years...

1. Relationships

During your time in high school, there must be something you cannot forget, be it a heated argument with your classmates or the inspiration from others.

Some agency has carried out a research on the relationships between classmates in schools. The result shows that 60% of the students find the relationships consent, while 36% of them consider it OK, and 4% thinks the relationship is unsatisfied. The reason of the intense relationship can be over self-awareness, personality clashes or competition.

Another 72% of the students are quite confident about creating a harmonious atmosphere.

Choose your own angle and style to write an article with the given material. Do not digress from the material.

– 2013 National Gaokao

2. “How Would Thomas Edison react to the mobile phone?”

Material composition. The conversation between two scientists. How would Thomas Alva Edison react to the mobile phone if he came to the 21st century? No less than 800 words, choose your own title.

– 2013 Beijing Gaokao

3. Donation

Write a composition on “donation”.

A person became a billionaire from scratch. He was generous and has devoted himself to charity. He then knew that there were three poor families that lived very hard lives. He felt sympathy for the families and decided to donate for them. One family was very grateful and accepted his donation. Another family hesitated but accepted at last and declared that they would pay him back. The last family thanked him for his generosity but declined it as they thought it was an alm.

Explanation: i looked and reasurched for 3 hours really i would like 200 points