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Recently, I decided to apply for a driver's license in China. Since I already have one from the U.S., the main thing I had to do was pass a computerized test on the rules of the road here. I figured it would be a breeze. 最近，我决定申请中国驾照。因为我在美国已经有驾照了，所以现在只要通过计算机里有关交通规则的考试就行。我想这还不是轻而易举么！ Driving and car ownership have taken off in China. Last year, the country added nearly 18 million drivers. There is so much demand for licenses that I had to wait a month for the first available testing date. 买车和开车在中国已经相当普遍了。去年，中国新增了近1800万开车族。申请驾照的人太多，我等了一个月才有机会参加初试。 The night before my test, I decided to take a practice one online. There were 100 questions drawn from a pool of nearly 1,000. You had to get 90 correct to pass. 考试前一晚，我决定先在网上练习一下。考试共100题，从1000个题目中抽取而成，满90分才算通过。 I got a 65 and started to panic. On the way to the testing center the next day, I crammed on my iPad, but still only scored a 77. 我考了65分，不禁紧张起来。第二天去考场的路上，我用iPad又做了一遍，结果才有77分。 Why is the Chinese driver's test so hard? For one thing, it requires a ton of memorization. Consider this yes or no question, taken verbatim from a test: | 
