首先需要说明的是，高考在英文的表述为：National Higher Education Entrance Examination或叫作：National College Entrance Examination

介绍如下：

The National College Entrance Examination is an academic examination held each summer in the People's Republic of China. The exam covers the most common subjects, namely mathematics, Chinese, English, physics, chemistry, biology and politics. It is usually taken by students in their last school year of senior high school.

NCEE is the most important way for students who are applying to universities after their graduation of high school. Students are only allowed to enter the colleges or universities when their overall scores pass the minimum qualifying score for schools they are applying to. If they fail to acquire the required mark, they will lose the opportunity to enter a college.or university.

The previous schedule of the exam was in July, but now it takes place in June every year. It is reported that the reform of the exam is going deeply, students will have more chances to attend universities.