<p>1) As @biubiubiu mentioned, the 五年高考·三年模拟 series (in the student community known as “五·三”) is an excellent and authoritative source for past gaokao exams. I don't think there are official resources including complete gaokao exams, and the typical source for students in China are non-official publications like 五·三.</p>

<p>2) The structure and guidelines can be found in the 高考考试说明 published annually by every provincial education bureau. They vary from province to province, but are similar to a large extent. To my knowledge these publications are usually distributed to gaokao test-takers every year and not often found in commercial bookstores.</p>

<p>3) When I was in high school in Beijing, I vaguely remember being given a book containing the gaokao and admission results from the previous year, in the year I was preparing for gaokao. Many local Beijing newspapers have extensive reports on such information in the weeks following gaokao as well.</p>

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tvk
<p>The entrance examination for universities in mainland China includes a Chinese section. I'm looking for three things about this. </p>

<p>1) A source for questions that have been asked in previous years. For my purposes, the older the questions the better. </p>

<p>2) An official source describing the structure of the exam, including number and types of questions, and scoring methodologies, (machine scoring, hand scoring, who does scoring, under what conditions). I'm especially interested in guidelines for scoring composition questions. </p>

<p>3) results on the Chinese section, including scoring percentiles, and minimum for acceptance at various schools; especially interested in seeing these broken down by province.</p>

<p>Hope this doesn't get shot down as overly broad! Thanks for any help you can give.</p>

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2015-07-14T13:17:22.183Z
googled：＂高考试题＂ （gaokao examination questions）？
user6065
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Yes, but there are a gazillion websites, most of them commercial, not official, and all with densely packed pages plastered with ads. Would still appreciate guidance from people who know their way around the labyrinth.
wpt
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2015-07-16T07:55:36.530Z
Every province have different standard and there are no very official information about this on the Internet by now. Maybe you can search for a series of guide books called 五年高考·三年模拟 to study this.
biubiubiu
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2015-07-16T15:01:59.953Z
Ah, I see you're right. There are different versions of the exam for different provinces.  Wow, that's much more complex for me.  How can they do that if its a national entrance exam??
wpt
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Resources for the Chinese section of the Gaokao?
# Resources for the Chinese section of the Gaokao?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-14)

The entrance examination for universities in mainland China includes a Chinese section. I'm looking for three things about this.

1) A source for questions that have been asked in previous years. For my purposes, the older the questions the better.

2) An official source describing the structure of the exam, including number and types of questions, and scoring methodologies, (machine scoring, hand scoring, who does scoring, under what conditions). I'm especially interested in guidelines for scoring composition questions.

3) results on the Chinese section, including scoring percentiles, and minimum for acceptance at various schools; especially interested in seeing these broken down by province.

Hope this doesn't get shot down as overly broad! Thanks for any help you can give.

**Tags:** writing, learning, culture, mainland-china, academic

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: googled：＂高考试题＂ （gaokao examination questions）？  
> **username_0**: Yes, but there are a gazillion websites, most of them commercial, not official, and all with densely packed pages plastered with ads. Would still appreciate guidance from people who know their way around the labyrinth.  
> **username_2**: Every province have different standard and there are no very official information about this on the Internet by now. Maybe you can search for a series of guide books called 五年高考·三年模拟 to study this.  
> **username_0**: Ah, I see you're right. There are different versions of the exam for different provinces.  Wow, that's much more complex for me.  How can they do that if its a national entrance exam??  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2015-07-18. Score: 1

1) As @username_2 mentioned, the 五年高考·三年模拟 series (in the student community known as “五·三”) is an excellent and authoritative source for past gaokao exams. I don't think there are official resources including complete gaokao exams, and the typical source for students in China are non-official publications like 五·三.

2) The structure and guidelines can be found in the 高考考试说明 published annually by every provincial education bureau. They vary from province to province, but are similar to a large extent. To my knowledge these publications are usually distributed to gaokao test-takers every year and not often found in commercial bookstores.

3) When I was in high school in Beijing, I vaguely remember being given a book containing the gaokao and admission results from the previous year, in the year I was preparing for gaokao. Many local Beijing newspapers have extensive reports on such information in the weeks following gaokao as well.


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