A senior school students concentrates on his study in Shandong Provincial Library in Jinan Monday. With the annual National College Entrance Examination around the corner, students are grasping the last seconds to prepare for one of the most important examinations in the life. Nearly 10 million students will sit the two-day examination, which begins on June 7.

Two female senior school students walk past a publicity column on college enrollment in the middle school of Zhaoping County.

Senior school students work hard.

A senior school students stretch a bit after a day's hard study.

A senior school students takes a nap on a desk after day's hard study.

A huge banner hangs over the gate of Qionghai Middle School on June 6, 2006 in Qionghai city, China's Hainan Province as the annual National College Entrance Examination nears . Nearly 10 million students will sit the two-day examination, which begins on June 7.

(China Daily June 7, 2006)