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China has recently unveiled reforms in its high school examination and college recruitment processes. According to the new scheme, durin8 senior middle school, students will no longer be separated into arts or science tracks. The final grade on each student＇s college entrance examination---or gaokao in Chinese will be composed of two parts： Scores from tests in Chinese, mathematics and English will form the base score, and points from proficiency tests in three other academic disciplines will then be added. Students will take proficiency tests for courses upon their completion. They can include the three highest scores into theirgaokao grades. Meanwhile, every student will have two opportunities to take the English examination, and can choose one score from the two. which will factor into his or her final grade.
