The Gaokao is here! And we've got the National Essay questions translated

College Entrance Essay: National I

Comic essay. On the table there are many cats with fish and just one cat with a mouse. The other cats asked "When there's fish, you'll still eat a mouse?"

漫画作文。餐桌，许多猫吃鱼，就一只猫捉老鼠，别的猫说：“有鱼吃还捉老鼠？

College Entrance Essay: National II

"Path/Route": Please using "path/route" as a subject and write an essay.

Requirements: 1) Choose your own point of view, your own concept. 2) Other than poetry, the style is open-ended. 3) Less than 800 words.

请以“路径”为题目，写一篇文章。

　　要求：1、自选角度，自行立意。2、除诗歌外，文体不限。3、不少于800字。

Yeah! It sounds as confusing to me too. Anyone who's actually Chinese/taken the gaokao know what this is all about?

They also released the Shanghai City-specific question:

Using the following, think of a point of view and with the proposed topic, write an essay that is less thanat least 800 words (do not write poetry).

When Danes go fishing they bring a ruler, when they've cauhgt a fish they will often measure it and, if the fish isn't big enough, they will let it go. They say: "Isn't it better to let a little fish grow up?" 2000 years ago, Mencius said "Many nets won't enter pools and ponds, fish and turtles won't become eaten." Meaning, if you don't use nets with small holes to catch fish, there will be more fish.

Really, the logic in those words can be applied to very many parts of our current way of life.

根据以下材料，选取一个角度，自拟题目，写一篇不少于800字的文章（不要写成诗歌）。

　　丹麦人去钓鱼会随身带一把尺子，钓到鱼，常常用尺子量一量，将不够尺寸的小鱼放回河里。他们说：“让小鱼长大不更好吗？”两千多年前，我国孟子曾说过“数罟不入洿池，鱼鳖不可胜食也。”意思是，不要用细密的渔网在池塘里捕捞小鱼，这样才会有更多的鱼。

　　实际上，其中的道理也贯穿在我们现实生活中的许多方面。

What do you think your essays would be on those topics?