Quake-affected students sit for Gaokao

Students taking the college entrance exams walk around to familiarize themselves with the temporary examination rooms in Anxian County Middle School in Sichuan Province July 2, 2008. Because of the May 12 earthquake, the three-day national exam was postponed for almost a month and will begin in quake-hit areas from Thursday with more than 120,000 students taking the exam. [Xinhua]

An examination supervisor checks the students' registration against their identity cards during a drill before the three-day national college entrance examination in a temporary examination room in Anxian County Middle School in Sichuan Province July 2, 2008. Because of the May 12 earthquake, the national exam was postponed for almost a month and will begin in quake-hit areas from Thursday with more than 120,000 students taking the exam. [Xinhua]

Three hospitalized students encourage one another before the three-day national college entrance examination at a hospital in quake-hit Chongqing Municipality July 2, 2008. The local educational authority has established a temporary exam room in the hospital specifically for them. Because of the May 12 earthquake, the national exam was postponed for almost a month and will begin in quake-hit areas from Thursday with more than 120,000 students taking the exam. [Xinhua]