英语角-圆桌会议 Round Table：新高考元年来了！

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Today, 9.4 million Chinese high school students are sitting the country’s grueling two-day college entrance examination, also known as the Gaokao. It was the Chinese Literature exam for most of the places across the country this morning. The students are probably taking lunch or having a nap for a rest now. This year also marks the 40 years of anniversary of the Gaokao since it was resumed in 1977.

Topic2-More Chinese people likely to be near-sighted by 2020

A study conducted by Peking University predicts that half of the Chinese population will have myopia by 2020. That will make approximately 700 million Chinese people suffering from near-sightedness.

Is that true? Can it be avoided?