Web hoax circulates on language test topic

The word "Spurs" turned into a red-hot search item among Chinese netizens on Thursday.

It had nothing to do with the NBA team Spurs losing to Thunder, but was prompted by a student's hoax about the national college entrance exam, or gaokao.

At noon on Thursday, when the first section of gaokao - Chinese language and literature - came to an end, a message on a micro blog said that the composition topic of Fujian province is "how Spurs win the NBA Western Finals?" The message spread fast on the Internet and raised suspicion.