Saturday, September 3, 2008, cloudy.

There was a sudden heavy rain after self-study last night, and the weather in the early morning was a little cool, so Xiao Ran deliberately wore a thin shirt.

Now he can't catch a cold, because today is the day of the preliminary round.

Since he was going to take the Olympiad exam today, Xiao Ran was made an exception and did not need to participate in the morning self-study, so he slept a little more today.

After waking up, he went to the cafeteria to have a simple breakfast, a bun, a fried dough stick, an egg, and a bowl of salted tofu brain.

After eating and drinking, he is now in good spirits.

At this time, he was sitting on a minibus, which was full of students from Caozhou No. 2 Middle School.

These students are the ones who are going to participate in the Olympiad on behalf of Caozhou No. 2 Middle School today.

Xiao Ran counted it briefly, there were almost twenty or so.

However, he was the only one who came to Class 7, so Xiao Ran didn't know any of these people.

But strangely, he found that there seemed to be several people in the car who had been staring at him, as if they knew him.

But Xiao Ran thought about it for a long time and still didn't have any impression, so he had to turn his head to look out the window and no longer care about them.

What about vegetarians?

Xiao Ran felt a little strange in his heart, it was already 7:40 when he came over just now.

He deliberately chose a position in the first row, so that as soon as Su Su came in, he could directly beckon her to sit next to her.

But he had been sitting for a while, but he had never found An Ruosu.

She hasn't arrived yet!

According to the team leader, all the competition students in the second middle school must act in unison, and last night notified everyone to take the bus together at 7:50 this morning.

This time, the test center was assigned to the new campus of Caozhou No. 1 Primary School, which is some distance from No. 2 Middle School, and it is estimated that it will take more than half an hour to drive.

The preliminary round starts at 9 o'clock, and they should be able to arrive at about 8:20, so there is plenty of time.

However, now that the bus is about to start, there is still one student from the second middle school who has not yet arrived.

That person is Susu.

Xiao Ran looked through the glass window and saw that the team leader had been talking on the phone outside.

The team leader is a young man, who looks to be in his twenties, and is a math teacher named Tian Weiguang, who just transferred this year.

He was the only teacher who went this time.

Caozhou No. 2 Middle School was also keen on the Olympiad for a period of time before, but its strength is really not strong, and it has never won a provincial first prize for decades, and there are even few provincial second.

Later, seeing that a lot of effort was invested but the results were not great, Caozhou No. 2 Middle School also broke off the idea of this aspect, no longer attached importance to the Olympiad, and worked hard to guide students to take the college entrance examination.

However, the Olympiad is also a big event after all, and if a school does not have a single student to participate, it will not be justified for the above.

Therefore, Caozhou No. 2 Middle School still organizes students to participate every year, and of course, the students who participate are selected.

However, because the school does not pay attention to publicity, and there is no corresponding professional tutoring for Olympiad mathematics, most of the students are not interested.

This has led to the Olympiad results of the second middle school even worse, and in the past five years, there has not even been a provincial second.

As a result, under the vicious circle, the entire school of Caozhou No. 2 Middle School felt that there was no way out to participate in the Olympiad.

This is also the root cause of Xiao Ran's strong opposition at the beginning.

While thinking about this, Xiao Ran saw the team leader Mr. Tian Weiguang hang up the phone and get into the car.

Then, the center of the country began to start.

"Teacher, there is still one person missing, An Ruosu from Class 1 has not arrived yet!"

Seeing that the bus was about to leave, Xiao Ran was a little anxious, and he hurriedly said to Tian Weiguang in a loud voice.

"Yes, yes, teacher, An Ruosu from our class hasn't come yet!"

There were echoing voices from a few people behind him, and Xiao Ran looked back to see that it was the people who had been staring at him just now.

It turned out that they were all in Class 1.

"Oh, I just received a call from Mr. Liu, An Ruosu fell down while riding a bicycle last night, and it seems that he was injured a little and can't come!"

Hearing everyone's questions, Tian Weiguang hurriedly explained.

"Ah, it's so serious, you can't even take the exam?" Xiao Ran was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly asked.

His heart was uneasy, could it be that the butterfly effect that he was most worried about began to appear?

At the same time, the students from Class 1 in the back row also hurriedly echoed the inquiry, obviously a little worried.

"Don't worry, what Teacher Liu said is not too serious, An Ruosu's mother will send her directly from home."

Seeing that everyone was still not at ease, Tian Weiguang hurriedly explained, and then persuaded everyone to sit down.

After listening to Teacher Tian's words, Xiao Ran was a little relieved.

It's okay, it's okay!

However, in my previous life, I didn't seem to hear that Su Su was injured.

[Susu, how are you? 】

After the car departed, everyone quickly returned to their usual restlessness.

A lot of people are excited because today's Olympiad trip is a novel experience for them.

The preliminary competition of the Olympiad is organized independently by each province and is held once a year in each prefecture-level city, so it can also be called a city-level competition.

The preliminary competition of each city brought together the best mathematics students in the city, all of whom were masters of one in a hundred.

After the preliminary round, it is the semi-final.

Only those who have won the first prize at the municipal level from thousands of top students in each city are eligible to participate in the semi-finals.

The number of places in the semi-finals is allocated from above, and the number of prefecture-level cities varies, such as Caozhou City, which has only 50 places in previous years.

The semi-finals, also known as the provincial competitions, are divided into the first and second examinations, and the examination papers are unified across the country.

The provincial competition is divided into the first prize, the second prize and the third prize according to the ranking of examination results, also known as the first provincial competition, the second provincial competition and the third provincial competition.

Generally speaking, only those who have obtained the second province can get extra points for independent enrollment of key universities in China, and those who have obtained the first province can be guaranteed to some key universities.

There is also a provincial team line above the provincial one, and only the top few in the province are eligible to be selected for the provincial team.

The provincial team will represent Qilu Province in the CMO, the National High School Mathematics Olympiad.

If you can get a good score in CMO, at that time, Peking University Tsinghua University can choose at will.

"So, students, come on, take the test well, play your level and give it a try!"

Seeing the excitement of the students, Tian Weiguang, as the team leader, took the opportunity to popularize the process of the Olympiad competition.

This is a routine practice in Caozhou No. 2 Middle School, which can not only stimulate students' enthusiasm before the exam, but also give everyone a preventive shot in advance.

That is, the future is immeasurable if you do well in the exam, but it is also very normal to do badly.

However, all of the high school students here are in adolescence, which is the age of youthful enthusiasm.

Where will they care about the preventive injection in Mr. Tian's words, and everyone is in a state of infinite reverie.

What if I overperform, who can say for sure!

However, Xiao Ran's heart was not turbulent, he had already known this set of processes.

But he is also full of hope for the future, and the 2008 Olympiad is still very hot, unlike later generations, which have subsided a lot.

At this time, you don't need to pass the CMO and be admitted to the national training team, as long as you get a good score in the CMO, it is enough to be admitted to Peking University.

And this is also Xiao Ran's biggest goal now.

Thinking of this, he clenched his fists and secretly cheered himself up.

[Let's give it a go, Xiao Ran, the future Susu is beckoning to you in Peking University! ] 】