wavenovel Chapter 19 She smelled the sour, sweet scent of love.
Chapter 19 She smelled the sour, sweet scent of love.
Li Chao learned about Wen He's grades, and Wen He was also looking at Li Chao's English test paper.
That's insane!
Li Chao only lost 6 points in English.
After receiving the message from Li Chao, she asked, "Do you know how to improve your English grades?"
She was full of anticipation, because Li Chao was so capable, he should have some solutions.
As a result, Li Chao said, "Memorize vocabulary."
She did want to memorize vocabulary, but there were some things she genuinely didn't know.
For example, hearing.
In every exam, she couldn't even beat the probability section in the 30-point listening comprehension section.
Theoretically, out of twenty questions, even a complete novice could get five right. But in practice, her listening comprehension accuracy rarely exceeds 25%; she usually only gets three or four right.
Just when she felt that Li Chao's reply was somewhat perfunctory, Li Chao sent another message.
"I've seen your test paper. There are three main problems. The first is the listening section. This year, the listening section will be included in the total score, and you only got four questions right, which means you lost 24 points for nothing."
"Yes, your hearing is all correct."
Li Chao: "Also, you can't figure out the grammatical structure of English. Of course, I can't figure it out myself either. I just like to memorize some English books or watch some foreign movies and TV shows without Chinese subtitles. Gradually, I've developed a certain sense of the language."
"Um."
Thirdly, you can't write.
Wen He: "Does this have anything to do with writing?"
"Yes, it's related. You haven't written enough English and haven't developed a writing habit, so your essays and translations are a mess. Although these are also related to grammar, the biggest problem is that your writing is too stiff. It's like you're just piecing together words. You're not used to writing in normal contexts, and there's a difference between what you think and what you write."
Wen He asked, "Can these still be improved?"
"It can be improved, but the improvement will be quite limited. If you are willing to put in the effort, it's not a big problem to improve by another ten or eight points, but it might not be enough. You'll need to start from other aspects."
"Enough of what?"
"You asked about the English score, that's what you're thinking about, right? If you pass the Tsinghua or Peking University cutoff score, the bonus is substantial, ranging from two or three hundred thousand to four or five hundred thousand."
"Well, now that you mention it, it seems like there's no chance. It'll be difficult to improve by another twenty points in other areas."
"It's okay, just try your best, I believe you have a chance."
Li Chao knew the chances were slim, but he responded out of habit; he couldn't very well tell the other party to give up.
Wen He herself should be aware of this, and she is also very calm about it.
If there's still any hope on her end, she'll definitely try her best; she would never give up such a large sum of money like that.
Those who can get into Tsinghua and Peking University through the national college entrance examination generally do not have any obvious weaknesses.
Li Chao's weaknesses are biology and his Chinese and English skills from his previous life.
If a creature is strong enough, it has the potential to score 20 more points.
If I were a little stronger in Chinese and English, and scored ten or more points higher, I could probably barely make it to Tsinghua or Peking University.
It may not seem like much, but the gap is actually huge, so huge that even with exceptional luck and an outstanding performance in one subject, the gap cannot be made up.
You can't expect to perform exceptionally well despite having so many shortcomings; that wouldn't be a test of your luck, but a test of your ancestors' background.
Li Chao thought of something and asked again, "By the way, what was your score?"
"386, mainly because of English. The rest were at my 'normal level'. Although I got first place in English, it wasn't a big deal. The only problem was that the teacher called me out and asked me where I got the answers, and I didn't admit it."
Wen He got the highest score in English in the whole school. From her own perspective, there must be something wrong with her. There is no other possibility than that she got the answers.
Li Chao: "..."
Perhaps Wen He thought she was just making things up.
In fact, he wrote selectively, including everything he knew and omitting what he wasn't sure about.
This mock exam not only revealed Wen He's true level, but also allowed Li Chao to understand his own.
Even if some of the ambiguous simulations result in points, the overall score will likely not exceed 430, which is still too low for him.
A score of 430 is not enough to get into a proper undergraduate university; you need at least 490 to have some options.
That 60-point gap is very difficult to bridge.
Li Chao thought of Wen He, who was so capable entirely through self-study. She must have developed an efficient self-study system. So he asked again, "Wen He, could you tell me about your high school self-study system? I won't let you work for nothing; I'll give you two thousand yuan next month as a reward for your hard work."
"Hmm? What are you going to do? It's probably not very useful to you, just a simple summary."
"It's useful, it's exactly what I need. If it's too troublesome, I can pay more."
Li Chao is a very pragmatic person; he certainly wouldn't talk about feelings with Wen He. It's easier to talk about money.
"Uh... I'll give you a thousand yuan, but it will take me some time to sort it out. Which subjects do you need?" Wen He asked.
"For the combined science exam, math is fine."
"Okay, I'll organize them one by one. It will take about a week for each one. Once I've finished one, I'll send it to you."
"Thank you very much. As for English, there's not much I can help with. Language subjects like this rely on talent, and you also have to keep trying. What I just told you basically covers everything."
"Yes, I know."
Wen He ended her conversation with Li Chao.
After Li Chao asked her to help organize a self-study methodology, she knew what Li Chao wanted to do.
After all, Li Chao himself certainly didn't need it. You can tell from this test paper that he went to great lengths to control his score, specifically choosing the simplest question types to do.
During the English exam, the proctor was watching me closely, so there was no way to control my score. I ended up getting the highest score in the whole school without even realizing it.
In Wen He's opinion, Li Chao was probably hiding something. Based on what she heard from Qin Nuanyang about Li Chao, Li Chao's English was only slightly above average in the elite class, and he didn't have the ability to get first place.
And combining this with some of the questions Qin Nuanyang had asked her before...
It's not hard to see that Li Chao asked him for self-study methods because he wanted them for Qin Nuanyang.
Li Chao might have the ability to get into Tsinghua or Peking University, and he wants Qin Nuanyang's grades to improve by several tens of points so that she might be able to go to university in Beijing.
Why seek out self-study methods? Because Li Chao hadn't researched self-study methods, and at this point, teachers generally wouldn't systematically explain the knowledge points anymore, so he could only learn on his own.
Fortunately, this is something I'm good at.
She could smell the saccharine scent of romance.
She received a thousand yuan, which wasn't much. This job would leave her with absolutely no part-time work for the next month.