Directions: Talk on the following topic for at least 3 minutes. Be sure to make your point clear and supporting details adequate. You should also be ready to answer any questions raised by the examiners during your talk. You need to have your name and registration number recorded. Start your talk with “My name is ...” “My registration number is ...”

 Read the following passages:

An investigation is underway after shocking images circulated on the Internet showing teenagers in a late night study session taking intravenous injections while studying for the National College Entrance Exam, Beijing Times reported Monday. More than 30 students, some sitting and continuing to study – others standing – were captured on film injected with intravenous drips of amino acid hanging from the classroom of Xiaogang No 1 High School in Xiaogang city, Central China’s Hubei province during an evening study session. The school confirmed the liquid being bumped into the veins of their third grade students was in fact amino acid to help improve their physical condition and energy supply ahead of the exam. 

Questions for reference:

1.  Have you heard of similar cases of trying to study very hard to get better grades at exams at any cost? Give some specific examples.

2.    Are you for are against this kind of behavior. of the school? Why or why not?

3.    The intensity of competition for the National College Entrance Exam is beyond many people’s imagination. Why’s that?