This means going to the testing room to study, actually simulating the time constraints of the test when you're taking your quizzes, and also getting your hands on old practice tests that you can study from.
Today, for morning, also I have a vegetable curry that my mom prepared, which was really good, and my love for mangoes, I have drank a mango lassi on my way to this exam hall.
As small groups of students were called forwards in alphabetical order, those left behind muttered incantations and practised wand movements, occasionally poking each other in the back or eye by mistake.
Although the time that candidates truly battle in the examination hall of gaokao is only a few days, every answer sheet tells the story of their days and nights of preparation.