What does it mean to recite ancient poems in the exam?

It means that ancient poetry is part of the reading test.

The classics of Chinese studies are mainly aimed at ancient poems, and the contents are 200 poems in the school-based textbook "A Reading Book of Ancient Poems", which are divided into primary 100, intermediate 65 and advanced 35 according to the difficulty of investigation.

Take the intermediate exam as an example, the written exam accounts for 70 points, and the rest accounts for 30 points. Specific requirements include: first of all, you should be able to recite poems correctly, fluently and emotionally, and write ancient poems and poems accurately.