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More than half a million South Korean students 61 (recent)took the university enhance examination. Many people consider success on this test the first step toward a good life. South Korean students say they feel stressed from the pressure.
South Korean high school students spend years 62 their study for the university enhance examination. The test is multiple choice, 63 (mean)that the student may choose among several possible 64 (answer)to a question.
A government study has found that South Korean children are 65 least happy compared to children in 29 other developed countries. Many South Koreans owe this 66 (unhappy)to the educational pressure.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye 67 (promise)to reform her country’s educational system twice by now. She urges the system 68 (increase)creative thinking and reduce student pressure.
Still, getting South Korean parents to reduce the pressure on their children might not be so easy. A mother says she is not willing to put so much pressure on her daughter. However, the fierce competition makes 69 impossible for parents not to do so. For now, 70 the parents can expect is that the pressure brings good results.