[O-level] Chinese

I'm so lost... I really want an A1 for chinese o level but it seems like I really cant. I think I'm also burn out from all the mother tongue intensive since all we do is papers after papers. It makes me think that if my life dont suck, I'm doing something wrong /: My chinese have been quite stable until I entered sec4 :( I dont really know why and I started hating going for classes because the competition there just sucks. It really hit me why must we study or rather work so hard to do well and also, is it the same for everyone?? I've seen people who dont give a shit about the subject but ended up doing well anyway. Oh and also, for anyone who can help me, what's an average score I should get for normal o level papers to get an A1 for the finals??