The survey, undertaken by AQA exam board, found that on average the most successful pupils' heart beat reached a level that was 23.9 beats per minute (bpm) faster than normal.

这项由英国资格评估与认证联合会考试局发起的调查表明，最为优秀的学生每分钟心搏平均23.9次，高出正常水平。

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Mike Cresswell, chief executive of the exam board AQA, presenting the results today, said for the first time since 1997 boys did better at all grades in maths.

考试委员会资格评估与认证委员会的董事长迈克·克雷斯韦尔今天公布考试结果时说，这是1997年来男生首次在数学的所有分数级别上都超过女生。

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An AQA spokesman said: "as part of our ongoing quality control checks we noticed that an answer to a one-mark question was given in a longer question later on in the paper."

AQA官方发言人称：“我们最近正在进行的试题质检发现，有一道一分的填空题，答案在后面的题干中出现了。”

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The three organisations also suggest there should be just one exam board in England, rather than the current three - Edexcel, AQA and OCR.

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AQA's first cohort will take the exam in summer 2014 - with 231 schools signed up to teach the subject.

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King Edward VI secondary school in Bury St Edmunds, where the AQA English exam is taken, said 53% of its pupils got the five GCSE A-C grades, compared to 64% last year.

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