Students exercise as they undergo the intensive preparation for the national college entrance examination at a high school in Jinan, East China's Shandong Province, May 6, 2010. The annual national college entrance examination, known as the gaokao, will be held for three days on June 7, 8 and 9. [Xinhua]

Students gesture after they sign their names on a banner to cheer up for the intensive preparation for the national college entrance examination at a high school in Jinan, East China's Shandong Province, May 6, 2010. The annual national college entrance examination, known as the gaokao, will be held for three days on June 7, 8 and 9. [Xinhua]