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标题：India’s and China’s civil service exams are notoriously difficult

正文：1.Cigarette butt s, spectacle lens es and car tyres. Which of those items contain plastic? Papaya , pineapple, guava . How many of those fruits were brought to India by the Portuguese ? Last month around half a million Indians sat down to answer such questions, which were eclectic , but high-stakes . They were part of the exam to join India’s civil service.

2.For those who passed by correctly answering questions like those above (all three items contain plastic, and all three fruits were brought over by the Portuguese), it is merely the first and easiest step in a long and arduous process. Up next are nine more paper s to be taken over 27 hours from August onwards , covering a range of subject s and even more obscure questions. Last year candidates were asked to write 1,000 words on statement s such as: “The empires of the future will be the empires of the mind.” Those who do that successfully are then invited to a final interview.

知识点： butt n. /bʌt/
the end of a cigarette that is left after it has been smoked 烟头
• He flicked the cigarette butt into the ashtray.他把烟头弹进了烟灰缸。
• The streets were littered with cigarette butts.街道上满是烟头。

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