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By May, the temperature had soared, and the pomegranate flowers by First Middle School had bloomed.
Layer upon layer of petals, clusters of them adorned the branches, plump and rosy.
The students heading to school wore cooler clothes.
Short-sleeved shirts, bright in color and lively in pattern, were hidden underneath school uniforms, enlivening the entire campus.
The mock exams were the last major test before the college entrance exam, with several high schools in Capital City using a unified test paper, and the exam format would closely follow that of the college entrance examination.
Students were randomly assigned to exam rooms, and schools would exchange papers for grading afterwards, with city-wide rankings to be announced upon the release of the results.
The exams were scheduled for Thursday and Friday of this week, and students' exam room numbers were arranged on Wednesday.