The winter holiday is usually a good time to sleep in. But Zhao Yi, a 14—year —old student from Hangzhou, 12 at 7: 00 a. m. to run at least 2kilometers every day during the holiday. In fact, this exercise was part of his13
Zhao was not 14 . Many schools asked students to 15 during the winter holiday. Part of the reason is that physical education test scores are now worth more on the senior high school entrance examination（中考）.
Because of this, Zhao's school asked students to run on sunny days and exercise indoors16 the weather was bad. Students had to post exercise photos in 17 classes' QQ groups. Students even needed to have daily exercise plans. For example, they had to skip rope for two18 and do three sets of sit—ups each day.
This has been a big challenge for many students, 19 it has also helped to make exercise become a bigger part of their daily lives. Huang Zhichang, a 14-year-old student at the same school as Zhao, used to 20 running. But he is now able to run for half an hour every day. "I didn't exercise a lot in the past. Now it's time to 21 others!"he said.
