题目内容

A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned into complaints about ____ in work and life. Offering his__ coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and ____ with a large pot of coffee and a   ____ of cups---porcelain(陶瓷), plastic, glass, crystal(水晶), some plain-looking, some expensive, some beautiful—telling them to ____ themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said,“If you have ____all the nice-looking expensive cups have been ____, leaving behind the plain and ____ ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves , that is the ____ of your problems and stress.”
“Be assured that the cup ____ adds no quality to the coffee. ____ it is just more expensive and in some cases ____ hides what we drink.”
“____ all of you really want is coffee, not the cup, ____ you consciously went for the best cups…. And then you began ____ each other’s cups.”
Now consider this:__ __ is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. ____ are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the ____ of life we live. Sometimes , by concentrating only on the cup, we ____ to enjoy the coffee. Value the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups ____ you...enjoy the coffee instead.
小题1:
A.stressB.dreamC.sorrowD.truth
小题2:
A.friends B.customersC.fellowsD.guests
小题3:
A.carriedB.returnedC.arrivedD.reached
小题4:
A.kindB.varietyC.sortD.number
小题5:
A.devoteB.exposeC.helpD.apply
小题6:
A.searched B.witnessedC.noticedD.discovered
小题7:
A.taken upB.brought inC.sold out D.cut down
小题8:
A.expensiveB.cheapC.beautifulD.usual
小题9:
A.pointB.answerC.sourceD.result
小题10:
A.by itselfB.on its ownC.for itselfD.itself
小题11:
A.At no time B.At timesC.In no caseD.In most cases
小题12:
A.everB.evenC.neverD.hardly
小题13:
A.WhatB.ThatC.WhichD.Whether
小题14:
A.butB.soC.and D.for
小题15:
A.lookingB.likingC.envyingD.looking at
小题16:
A.LoveB.LifeC.FutureD.Failure
小题17:
A.TheyB.WeC.YouD.What
小题18:
A.quantityB.styleC.qualityD.standard
小题19:
A.haveB.hesitateC.forgetD.fail
小题20:
A.force B.driveC.puzzleD.amaze

小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:B
小题5:C
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:A
小题15:D
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:C
小题19:D
小题20:B

试题分析:本文主要讲述的一位教授用杯子和咖啡的关系告诉他的学生要真正的享受生活,不要受到额外的压力的影响。
小题1:A 上下文串联。根据39空后of your problems and stress可知这些人谈论的是工作以及生活中的压力。
小题2:D 上下文串联。根据文章第一句A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.可知是一群毕业生来看望老师,对于老师来说他们都是自己的客人。故D正确。
小题3:B 动词辨析。A携带;B返回;C/D到达;教授走进了厨房,返回的时候手里拿着一大壶咖啡和很多杯子。3
小题4:B 固定搭配。A variety of各种各样的;根据下文每个学生手里都有杯子可知老师拿出了很多杯子让学生喝咖啡。
小题5:.C 考察固定搭配。固定搭配help oneself to…自行取用….;本句是指老师让学生自己去喝咖啡。
小题6:C 动词辨析。A寻找;B目睹,见证;C注意到;D发现;老师说:如果你们注意到到所有的看起来昂贵的杯子都被拿走,剩下的只有一些看起来很普通很便宜的杯子。
小题7:A 短语辨析。A占据,占用;B引进,赚钱;C卖完;D砍倒;本句是指所有的看起来昂贵的杯子都被拿走了。
小题8:B 形容词辨析。A昂贵的;B便宜的;C美丽的;D通常的;本句应该使用cheap与前面的the plain形成呼应关系。剩下的只有一些看起来很普通很便宜的杯子
小题9:C 名词辨析。A点;B答案;C来源,根源;D结果;老师发现追求最好的东西是人们压力的来源。
小题10:D 语法分析。本句中的反身代词itself就是指句子的主语the cup,在句中表示强调。指杯子本身并不能增加咖啡的质量。
小题11:D 短语辨析。A立刻,马上;B时而不时;C立刻;D大部分情况下;大部分情况下杯子只会让咖啡更加昂贵,有时候甚至会让我们真正所享有的东西失去意义。
小题12:B 副词辨析。A曾经;B甚至;C从未;D几乎不;有时候甚至会让我们真正所享有的东西失去意义
小题13:A 语法分析。本句是一个主语从句,what引导起这个主语从句,并在句中做主语。你们真正想要的是咖啡。
小题14:A 上下文串联。你们真正想要的是咖啡,但是你们有意去拿了最好的杯子。这会让你们的真正所想的东西失去了意义。
小题15:D 词义辨析。Envy嫉妒;look at看;你们拿到了自己的杯子以后,甚至开始看别人的杯子,在进行比较。这更加让你们的生活有了压力。
小题16:B 上下文串联。在本文中教授把咖啡比喻成生活,其他的工作,金钱,地位等是杯子。比喻让额外的东西影响我们的生活。
小题17:A 上下文串联。这里的they就是指前面一句中的the jobs, money and position灯事物。
小题18:C 名词辨析。A数量;B风格;C质量;D标准;the jobs, money and position只是杯子等额外的东西,变化改变我们生活的质量。
小题19:D 动词辨析。A拥有;B犹豫;C忘记;D失败;fail to do sth未能做某事;有时候我们只注意了咖啡,却没有能够享有我们的咖啡。
小题20:B 动词辨析。A强迫;B驱使;驱赶;C使…困惑;D使…惊讶;不要让额外的事物驱赶着你,真正地享受自己的生活吧!
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In a Chinese modern dance competition on TV one very unique couple won one of the top prizes.The lady,in her thirties,was a dancer who had ____ since she was a little girl.Later in life,she lost her entire left arm in an accident and fell into a state of ____ for a few years.
Someone then asked her to coach a children’s dancing group.From that point on,she realized that she could not ____ dancing.So,she started to do some of her old routines,but,having lost her arm,she had also lost her ___.It took a while before she could even make simple turns and spins without ____.
Then a few months later she ____ a man in his twenties who had lost a leg in an accident.She was determined to find him and ____ him to dance with her.He had never danced.And to dance with one leg...He said,“Are you ____ with me?No way!”
But,she didn’t ____,and he agreed to think about it.“I have nothing else to do anyway,” he thought.Then she started to ____ him dancing.The two ____ a few times because he had no concept of using muscle,how to ___ his body,and knew none of the ____ things about dancing.When she became ____ and lost patience with him,he would walk out.____,they came back together and started training ____.
They hired a choreographer(舞蹈指导) to ___ routines for them.She would fly high (held by him) with both arms (a sleeve for an arm) flying in the air.He could bend ____ by one leg with her leaning(倚靠) on him,etc.
When I watched this I didn’t ____ realize that she was missing an arm ___ I was focusing on the guy with only one leg.Really quite amazing!
小题1:
A.operated B.played
C.trainedD.competed
小题2:
A.reliefB.depression
C.confusionD.recovery
小题3:
A.learnB.understand
C.forgetD.face
小题4:
A.chanceB.balance
C.advantage D.promise
小题5:
A.followingB.checking
C.noticingD.falling
小题6:
A.heard ofB.searched for
C.came acrossD.waited for
小题7:
A.require B.allow
C.leadD.persuade
小题8:
A.arguingB.joking
C.discussingD.agreeing
小题9:
A.carry onB.give up
C.settle downD.set off
小题10:
A.teachB.show
C.leaveD.watch
小题11:
A.broke up B.gave in
C.put offD.returned back
小题12:
A.changeB.present
C.improveD.control
小题13:
A.importantB.interesting
C.basic D.special
小题14:
A.excitedB.annoyed
C.movedD.shocked
小题15:
A.UnfortunatelyB.Eventually
C.Generally D.Jokingly
小题16:
A.seriouslyB.differently
C.publiclyD.gradually
小题17:
A.discoverB.arrange
C.performD.design
小题18:
A.raisedB.kept
C.supportedD.carried
小题19:
A.stillB.hardly
C.nearlyD.even
小题20:
A.because B.if
C.beforeD.though
Where has the Time gone? is the hottest song that has moved thousands of Chinese. Chinese parents give their children endless love and ask nothing in return. However, sometimes, daughters and sons are too busy growing up and forget that their parents are getting older and older. What should we do? Let’s have a look at a letter of a father’s.
Dear son,
One day if you see me old and I am not myself, have patience and try to understand me. If I get dirty when eating…, if I cannot dress…, have patience. Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.
If, when I speak to you, I say the same things one thousand and one times, do not stop me and listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you one thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep.
When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame(羞辱) me nor scold(责备) me. Remember when I had to chase you with a thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to bath.
When you see me meet something new, give me the necessary time and don’t laugh at me. I taught you how to do so many things… to eat well, to dress well… to face life.
If I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well when I need to and when not. When my legs do not allow me to walk, give me your hand the same way I did when you gave your first steps.
When sometimes I lose the memory during our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember. And if I cannot do it, do not become nervous because the most important thing is not my conversation but to be with you and to have you listen to me.
Yours,
FFather
小题1:What do the Chinese parents often do?
A.They often get dirty when eating.
B.They often read stories to their children at night.
C.They give their children endless love and ask nothing in return.
D.They often refuse to take a shower.
小题2:What would the father do, if he wanted his son to go to sleep?
A.He would read the same story many times to make his son sleep.
B.He would invent many excuses.
C.He would scold his son.
D.He would teach his son to count sheep.
小题3:According the father, what should you do, when your old parents lose the memory during your conversation?
A.Go on talking with them.B.Leave them alone.
C.Go for a walking with them.D.Be with them and listen to them.
小题4:Why does the writer write this passage?
A.To introduce the song, Where has the Time gone?
B.To show what we should do when our parents are old.
C.To show a father’s love to his son.
D.To complain that we are too busy.
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I have been blessed with the opportunity in my life. It took the near-death experience of my dad to make me realize that my purpose in life is to        others. My dad suffered from leukemia(白血病) in 1998.        the pain and treatment that he put up with inspired me to be a more kind and        person. I realized life is just too          and it was time for me to make some changes — do the things in life that I wanted to do without making        why I couldn’t do them.
My dad        a bone marrow transplant(骨髓移植) operation, and after that he was able to reuse his own “cleaned” marrow, so a donor(捐献者) was not needed. That was excellent        because donors who are a match are hard to come by. That          me to become a bone marrow donor and hopefully help someone else one day. I also         money for the cancer patients. Yet, I was not satisfied with just that. I had to do more, I        blood every other month and seek opportunities to do other acts of kindness daily. The opportunity, some days, presents itself very        and some days I have to seek it out. Either way, it comes.
I would like to        one of my favorite quotes(名言)with you all:
“In an average lifetime, a person        about sixty-five thousand miles. That’s two and half times around the world. I wonder        your steps will take you. I wonder how you’ll use the rest of the        you’re given.”
I want to use my miles to create foot prints of love in this world.
小题1:
A.adviseB.askC.helpD.understand
小题2:
A.SufferingB.WatchingC.DiscoveringD.Bringing
小题3:
A.strongerB.independentC.givingD.receiving
小题4:
A.shortB.wonderfulC.dangerousD.boring
小题5:
A.effortsB.promisesC.excusesD.plans
小题6:
A.refused B.hadC.learnedD.stopped
小题7:
A.expressionB.knowledgeC.newsD.sense
小题8:
A.forcedB.inspiredC.allowedD.expected
小题9:
A.raisedB.keptC.paidD.hid
小题10:
A.checkB.testC.donateD.sell
小题11:
A.secretlyB.clearlyC.peacefullyD.wildly
小题12:
A.shareB.divideC.recordD.repeat
小题13:
A.conveysB.ownsC.measuresD.walks
小题14:
A.whereB.whyC.whenD.if
小题15:
A.materialsB.milesC.worldD.wealth
Dear David,
I’m glad you would like to share your feelings with me.It’s hardly surprising that your feelings of not being “grown up” have come on strongly at this point in your life, just before you’re about to become a father.You are asking: Will I make a good father? How will I cope? I think nearly every man must have the occasional feelings of self-doubt and inadequacy before the birth.
It’s difficult, honestly, to feel grown-up unless you have something less grown-up to relate to.The boss with a hen-pecking wife may feel like a seven-year-old when he’s at home.But as he walks through the office door, and knows he’s going to be surrounded by staff for advice, he grows into a fully mature man.And I think it’s a mistake to imagine that we all feel, as we age, a kind of progress of states, from the baby to the adult.Most people feel, on Tuesday, about three years old, and on a Wednesday, around 80.
There’s a common remark that“all men are little boys”, but it’s not true.It’s more true that men often behave like little boys.But nearly all people, at some moments in their lives, are able to be greatly mature..Once your baby arrives, you’ll soon feel less childlike.When your child tries to put its fingers into the electric plug, the adult in you will rise up to prevent it.
Comfort yourself, David, with two truths.One is that your friends laugh when they talk about this subject because they, like you, feel frightened.And remember that people who haven’t grown up don’t go around talking about the fact.
Good luck to you and your little one.
Sincerely Yours,
Miss Advice
小题1:According to the passage, Miss Advice thinks David’s self-doubt ________.
A.valuable B.unusualC.naturalD.bearable
小题2:From Paragraph 2, we can learn that people’s sense of maturity ________.
A.will increase with age
B.is obviously seen at home
C.changes with different situations
D.becomes stronger with familiar people
小题3:Miss Advice holds that ________.
A.all men behave like little boys
B.people tend to laugh at the subject
C.men with a baby feel more grown-up
D.people enjoy talking about their immaturity
小题4:Miss Advice wrote the letter to ________.
A.offer suggestions to a future father
B.teach people how to grow up
C.encourage people to be responsible
D.solve problems of the less grown-up D
September is an exciting month in every college freshman’s life. For many, it’s the first time that they’ve left home to live in a new environment. But after the hustle and bustle of a few weeks, excitement gives way to a less enjoyable emotion— homesickness.
Homesickness manifests itself in many ways. You may miss mum’s cooking, your pets, or even your old bed. All this becomes a fond memory of the past. Homesickness can be a bitter feeling for many students, especially when faced with the challenges of settling into an unfamiliar environment.
But remember, you’re not alone. According to a recent BBC article, 70 percent of British college students experience homesickness. In this increasingly globalized world in which people migrate to faraway places for a relationship, education or work, homesickness is a feeling shared by many adults.
Homesickness can have similar symptoms to depression and in extreme cases it can develop into a panic attack. As for the term, homesickness or nostalgia wasn’t invented until the 17th century. It was considered a disorder by a Swiss physician, who attributed soldiers’ mental and physical discomfort to their longing to return home, “nostos” from Greek, and the accompanying pain, “algos”.
Studies in recent years, however, have shown that nostalgia may have some benefits to our mental health. After a decade of surveys and researches, Constantine Sedikides, a US social psychologist, found that nostalgia is what makes us human. He explains that nostalgia can resist loneliness, boredom and anxiety. Therefore, it’s necessary for college students to learn some ways to overcome the uncomfortable feeling.
小题1: From the first two paragraphs, we can infer that __________.
A.homesickness means a fond memory of the past
B.only a few students will experience homesickness
C.homesickness is an enjoyable emotion among freshmen
D.college freshmen usually suffer from homesickness after weeks
小题2:According to the passage, we can know that _________.
A.homesickness may cause mental diseases
B.homesickness is a feeling only shared by adults
C.homesickness won’t do any good to our health
D.homesickness is also called nostalgia in Switzerland
小题3:What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?
A.some benefits about homesickness
B.other problems in college freshmen’s life
C.how to make campus life more meaningful
D.some tips on how to cope with homesickness
小题4:The attitude of Sedikides towards homesickness is _________.
A.negativeB.supportiveC.skepticalD.critical
小题5:What is the best title for the passage?
A.Let’s embrace homesickness
B.How to fit into the college life
C.A harmful emotion—homesickness
D.The disadvantages of homesickness
In a cab, a woman seemed in such a hurry.She constantly rushed the cab driver to drive quickly.She was so absorbed in her own thoughts of getting to the airport as soon as possible that she was not aware they were going by a different route.
All of a sudden, a young man got inside the cab.He took her handbag in which she had put her visa, passport, and all the money for the trip.
The cab driver, who was in collusion with the robber, left her in the exactly middle of a dark street.She thought that she was rather unfortunate in the very situation.
During the very night, she was told a piece of shocking news.Tears came down her cheek.Flight 360, the plane that she should have got on board, had crashed.Had she not lost her important belongings, she could surely have lost the thing far more precious——her life.
Sometimes bad things really happen.There are times when nothing seems to go our way.So what should we do about it? We must get rid of all these frustrations and start all over again in the faith that we will get what we deserve.
Don’t waste your time and energy on things that can’t be changed.Continuous worrying will only affect your health and you’ll be doing much more damage than what was previously done.
What if it was the other way round? What if we never ran out of good luck?
There was a man who won the lottery.He became greedy and wasted all his money on everything he could get his hands on.
But when he one day made it to the front page of the newspaper again, it was a different story.He had been killed because of his riches.If you attain good luck, you can never be too secure about it.Life is so unpredictable.You never know what will happen next.
Live one day at a time.We sometimes subject ourselves to unnecessary emotional trouble.But please don’t forget: sometimes misfortune can be the source of happiness.Live for the moment.Do what must be done for the present and the future will turn out just fine.Believe me.And believe in yourself.As Captain Planet always says, “The power is yours!”
小题1:The underlined phrase “in collusion with” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________.”
A.was forced byB.was fighting bravely against
C.was doing one’s best to begD.had cooperated with
小题2:From the passage, we learn that ________.
A.robbers are sure to get what they want
B.somebody never runs out of good luck
C.the woman was lucky to miss her flight
D.if one feels oneself lucky, he or she will continue to be so
小题3:The writer presents the second example in order to ________.
A.warn people of the danger of winning the lottery
B.tell people life is unpredictable
C.encourage people to buy lottery
D.persuade people not to be greedy
小题4:According to the author, which of the following choices is the correct attitude to adopt to life?
A.Never waste any time or energy because time is so limited.
B.One needn’t be worried or feel frustrated.Believe in yourself.
C.Even while everything appears to be going smoothly, we should keep fully alert.
D.Worrying about what you don’t have
小题5:The passage above is intended to tell us ________.
A.misfortune sometimes is a blessing
B.we should save up for a rainy day
C.fortune just goes with those prepared minds
D.both losses and gains go hand in hand
A letter of reply is sometimes a most treasured thing. Here is a story that tells about this common and natural human sentiment
The busiest woman in Labrador during one bitter cold Christmas not very long ago, was an Australian nurse by the naI11e of Kate Austen. But Nurse Austen was not too busy to acknowledge with a long, friendly letter every gift of food or clothing received for distribution to the natives in that cold and poor district of the north. Among the gifts was a box of knittings for children, knitted(编织)and sent by a woman in Toronto.
Nurse Austen was busy, exhausted and not feeling too well that winter.She could have written just ordinary routine notes of acknowledgement. But that was not her way. She sat down and wrote the woman in Toronto a real letter telling all about the village, and the names of the children who were wearing the knitted gloves and caps, and what they said -when they got them, and how they looked when they wore them.She wanted the woman who had knitted and sent all those lovely knittings "to see how much happiness and warmth she had created." Not long after, she received the following answer from Canada.
Dear Miss Austen:
Your letter made me happy. I did not expect such a full return. I am eighty years old, and I am blind. There is little I can do except knit, and that is why I knit so many caps and sweaters and scarves.Of course I cannot write this, so my daughter-in-law is doing it for me.She also sewed the seams and made the buttonholes for the knitted things.
I know something of the work you are doing. At the age of nineteen I married a man who was going to China to be a missionary(传教士). For forty years, with an occasional year at home in America, we Worked in China, and during that time our two sons and a daughter were born to us, of whom only one son survives.\After forty years, my husband's health began to fail. We returned to the States where he took charge of a settlement house in Brooklyn, New York. A surprising number of the problems we faced there were similar to the problems we had met in China.When my husband died, I came to Toronto to live with my son and daughter-in-law. They are very good to me, and I pride myself that I am little trouble to them, though it is hard for a blind old lady to be sure of anything.
What I most want to say, my dear, is this. For sixty years I have been making up missionary packages of such clothing or food or medicine or books as I could collect. In various parts of the world and to various parts of the world I have sent them.Sometimes I have received a printed note of acknowledgement from the headquarters depot or mission board, sometimes nothing.Occasionally I :have been informed that my contribution was planned for Syria or Armenia or the upper Yangtze. But never before in all that time have l had a personal letter picturing the village and telling me who is wearing the clothing and what they said.I did not suppose that ever in my lifetime I should receive a letter like that.
May God bless you.
Sincerely yours,

小题1:The underlined word “sentiment”(in Paragraph l) most probably means“       ”?
A.view pointB.gentle feeling
C.way of thinkingD.expression of attitude
小题2:The underlined sentence “But that was not her way” (in Paragraph 3) implies that          
A.she would not just write an ordinary letter of thanks
B.she was too busy to write a note of acknowledgement
C.she was not busy, exhaustec3 0r feeling too well that time
D.she wrote a letter telling all about the village and the children
小题3:Why was Laura so happy when she received the letter from Miss Austen? Because      
A.the letter was* from an Australian nurse
B.she was already eighty years old and blind
C.she had never received a letter like that
D.the letter was not supposed to reach her
小题4:Ms. Laura N. Russell is now living in       
A.ChinaB.AustraliaC.CanadaD.the States
小题5:For decades, Ms. Laura has been to       and sent contributions to people all over the world.
A.Toronto and New York only B.Syria and Armenia once
C.the upper Yangtze area alone D.many places of the world
That summer an army of crickets(蟋蟀) started a war with my father. Dad didn’t care for insects much more than Mamma, but he could tolerate a few living in the basement. Mamma was a city girl and she said a cricket was just too noisy. Then to support her point she wouldn’t go to bed. She drank coffee and smoked my father’s cigarettes and paced between the sofa and the TV. Next morning she threatened to pack up and leave, so Dad drove to the store and hurried back. He sprayed poison from a jug. When he was finished he told us that was the end of it.
For a couple of weeks we went back to find dead crickets in the laundry. He suggested that we’d all be better off to hide as many as we could from Mamma. I fed a few dozen to the cat who I didn’t like because he scratched for no reason.
However, soon live crickets started showing up in the kitchen and bathroom. Mamma was upset because she thought they were the dead crickets coming back, but Dad said these were certainly new ones. He fetched his jug of poison and sprayed all over until the whole house smelled of poison, and then he sprayed the basement again.
A couple of weeks later, when both live and dead crickets kept turning up, Dad emptied the basement of junk. Then he burned a lot of old newspapers and magazines which he said the crickets had turned into nests.
While we ate supper that evening, the wind lifted some flames onto the wood pile. The only gasoline was in the lawn mower’s(割草机) fuel tank but that was enough to create an explosion big enough to reach the house. Once the roof caught, there wasn’t much anyone could do.
After the fire trucks left, Mamma took the others to Aunt Gail’s. I helped Dad and Uncle Burt carry things out of the house and pile them by the road. We worked into the night and we didn’t talk much, while all around the noise of crickets broke our silence.
小题1:What do we know about the author’s mother?
A.She didn’t like insects at all.
B.She liked insects more than his father.
C.She cared for insects very much.
D.She could only tolerate a few insects.
小题2:The author’s father drove to the store to buy _______.
A.cigarettes for himselfB.some poison
C.more coffee for his wifeD.some gasoline
小题3:The author’s father burned the old newspapers and magazines because he thought ______.
A.they were no longer useful
B.the crickets were afraid of fires
C.they became the home of crickets
D.the dead crickets came back to life
小题4:We learn from the last paragraph that ________.
A.the author’s family lost their battle against the crickets
B.the author’s parents learned to put up with insects
C.the author’s family didn’t suffer much in the fire
D.the author’s parents got divorced

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