考场上(In the Examination Hall)

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wheniwaswalkingalongthepassage,isawmanystudentswaitingoutsidetheexaminationhall.igotthedoorsopen,andtheyenteredthehallonebyone.iknewthattheywereexcitedfromtheirwhisperingmouths.obviously,theyweretryingtorecallwhattheyhadmemorized.

theexaminationhallwascleanandorderly.allthedesksandchairswerearrangedsixbyseveninstraightlines.theatmosphereshowedthatanimportanteventwouldsoonhappen,anditseemedthatthestudents'futurewouldbedecidedatthisverymoment.therewasli,sittinginthemiddleofthethirdrow,adiligentboywhowouldliketoaskquestions.henowlookedtiredandnervous,andhiseyesweresurroundedbytwobigblackcircles.icouldmakeoutthathemusthavespentthewholenightpreparinghimselffortoday'sexamination.

inaninstant,thebellbrokethesilence.libecameextremelyexcited,hislipsandhandstremblinghysterically,hisfeetmovinginvoluntarily.theexaminationpapersweredistributedtothestudents.theyquicklyglancedatthequestionsandstartedworkingimmediately.someheavedaheavysighofrelief,someworeasmileontheirlips,whilesomeothersscratchedtheirheadssavagely.asmileflickeredthroughli'sface,buthelostnotimetostartworking.

soon,thehallwasdrownedinthenoiseofseratchingpaperandregularbreathing.

thebellrangagainandallpaperswerehandedin.allthestudentsstreamedoutofthehail,busilyexchangingtheiropinionsandresults.amongthemwasli,who,thoughwearingasomewhattrlumpharitsmile,lookedextremelyexhaustedasifhehadgohroughabattle.