Student performance on the whole was similar to that of last year.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
其最丰富者为较干燥地方之植物，而树胶、树脂、蜡、香料等出产之多与依律突律亚埃提阿伯一带低山区相若。
其最豐富者為較乾燥地方之植物，而樹膠、樹脂、蠟、香料等出產之多與依律突律亞埃提阿伯一帶低山區相若。
qí zuì fēng fù zhě wéi jiào gān zào dì fang zhī zhí wù ， ér shù jiāo ， shù zhī ， là ， xiāng liào děng chū chǎn zhī duō yǔ yī lǜ tū lǜ yà āi tí ā bó yī dài dī shān qū xiàng ruò ．
It is largely the vegetation of the more arid areas, reaching a point of supreme intensity, which furnishes the abundance of gums, resins, wax, balsams, scents and spices, just as among the foot-hills of Eritrea and Ethiopia.