“高考”是“高等学校招生全国统一考试“的简称，用英语来表达常用的有以下3种：
1、national higher education entrance examination。“全国大学入门考试
2、national college entrance examination。“全国大学入门考试
3、 gaokao（拼音）, 这个不是中式英语，这个词已经被收录至最新版牛津词典。
每个单词的字母通常是不大写的，如果这个词出现在句子开头，第一个字母大写。
这个“高”(高等学校)是翻译成college还是university都是可以的，我们常常听到的解释是“college是学院，而university是综合性大学”，其实都可以。
MacMillan English Dictionary - American是这样解释college的：in the U.S., a place that gives students degrees. A school of this type can also be called a university if it is large enough to give degrees in more than one subject。
扩展资料：
1、来自BBC的关于“高考”原汁原味的句子
【例1】Media shine a spotlight on China's notoriously tough university entrance exam as millions of students prepare for the two-day test. The national college entrance exam, known as the "Gaokao", will start on Saturday.
来源：BBC官网，地址为http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-27728244
【例2】The national college entrance exam, known as the "Gaokao", will start on Saturday.
(来源：BBC官网，地址为http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-27728244)
【例】Plus Chinese students describe the pressures they face in the gaokao - their university entrance exam.
(来源：BBC官网，地址为http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02tv4w9)
【例】More than 10 million Chinese students face one of the toughest tests of their young lives in the national college entrance exams over the next few days.
(来源：BBC官网，地址为http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6727143.stm)
2、与“高考”相关的其他单词：
【高考状元】：the top scorer in the college entrance examination
【理科状元】：the top scorer of science
【文科状元】：the top scorer of liberal arts
【一本大学】：key universities
【985/211大学】：project 211 schools, project 985 schools
【录取通知书】：letter of admission
参考资料：有道词典：高考