题目内容

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题的A,B,C,D四个选项中,选出合适填入对应空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A great many people are disappointed because of unrealistic expectations.
Walking up to a department store’s cloth counter, a(n)  26 young woman said,“I want to buy this material for a new dress. How much does it cost?”
“Only one   27  per yard,” replied the smirking (自鸣得意的) male clerk.
Not to be  28   back by the funny words, the woman said,” That’s fine! I’ll take ten yards.”
With  29    written all over his face, the clerk 30     measured out and wrapped the cloth, then held it out teasingly(戏弄地 ),  31   forward to receive his “   32  ”.
The woman got the package quickly from the clerk and  33   to a little old man standing beside her. “Grandpa will pay the bill instead of me,” she  34 .
He was no  35   disappointed. But in the course of living, many people are 36   when others do not  37  their expectations. In order to be happy, some expectations must be  38  .These three particular  39  and unhealthy expectations are some of the main causes:
1.Expect too much  40  .When others say,“Thank you,” or in any way to show their gratitude, be  41  . It is a gift!
2.Expect others to make you happy. They simply cannot do that. Make yourself happy and  42   your joy with others.
3. Expect not to be  43  . At times, people will simply not come through for you in the way you need.  44  them and move on.
Get rid of these three unrealistic expectations and you can begin to expect more  45  right away!
小题1:
A.trickyB.attractive C.uglyD.generous
小题2:
A.kissB.payC.dollarD.cent
小题3:
A.movedB.forcedC.foughtD.taken
小题4:
A.happinessB.enjoyment C.expectationD.courage
小题5:
A.hurriedlyB.slowlyC.patientlyD.curiously
小题6:
A.settingB.sittingC.leaningD.taking
小题7:
A.rewardB.paymentC.bonusD.money
小题8:
A.tendedB.paidC.pointedD.nodded
小题9:
A.smiledB.begged C.wavedD.thought
小题10:
A.wonderB.useC.good D.doubt
小题11:
A.encouragedB.disappointedC.annoyedD.surprised
小题12:
A.live up toB.go againstC.go withoutD.hope for
小题13:
A.setB.madeC.droppedD.completed
小题14:
A.reasonableB.properC.unimportantD.unrealistic
小题15:
A.profitB.kissC.appreciationD.disappointment
小题16:
A.happyB.sadC.angryD.excited
小题17:
A.spareB.shareC.makeD.control
小题18:
A.put downB.let downC.taken downD.thrown down
小题19:
A.ForgiveB.PunishC.BlameD.Praise
小题20:
A.happinessB.encouragementC.excitementD.pride

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

试题分析:在现实生活中,人们往往因为很多不切实际的期望而感到失望不开心。在文中,作者先是讲述了一个小故事以此来证明在人们中普遍存在的这种现象,然后指出人们思想中的三种不现实不健康的期望,建议人们如果想要开心快乐,就要摈弃这些不现实不该有的期望,那么幸福快乐马上就会到来。
小题1:B形容词辨析。A狡猾的,难对付的;B吸引人的,性感的;C 难看的;D慷慨大方的。从情理推测,男店员应该是看到女顾客漂亮迷人所以才会有了这种不该有的荒唐念头,所以B选项正确。
小题2:A名词辨析。A 吻;B工资,薪水;C 美元;D 美分。文章中心是讲人们不要有不现实的期望,由此推测男店员应该是做出了超出常理的要求。故可以排除B,C,D选项。选A。句意:男店员自鸣得意的说“仅仅一个吻一码”。
小题3:D动词辨析。A移动,搬动;B强迫;C战斗,打斗;D带走。从故事发展可知女顾客并没有因为男店员的要求而退缩,所以从语义搭配上D选项正确。
小题4:C名词辨析。A 幸福;B愉快,乐趣;C期望;D勇气。从上文可知女顾客答应了店员的非份要求,所以此时店员是满怀期待,脸上写满了期望。故C选项正确。
小题5:A副词辨析。A匆忙地;B缓慢地C耐心地;D好奇地。从情理推测可知男店员为了尽快获得他所期望的,应该是匆忙迅速地做完一切,然后满脸期望的等待自己所要求的“吻”,所以A选项正确。
小题6:C动词辨析。A放;安排;B坐;C倾斜;D 带,拿。forward意思为“向前”从该词的提示和情理可知店员是前倾身体来接受到他所要求的支付布料的“吻”,所以男店员是凑上前去,故C选项正确。
小题7:B名词辨析。A 回报;B支付,报偿;C津贴,红利;D钱。从上文可知他不要钱而是要求女顾客kiss 他来支付布料的钱,所以此处用“payment”表示女顾客该支付给他的东西,故B选项正确。
小题8:C动词辨析。A倾向;B 支付;C 指向;D 点头。从语境可知女顾客应该是指着身边的老人,向男店员说话,所以C选项正确。句意:那位女士迅速从店员手里接过包好的布料,然后指着站在她身边的老人说。。。
小题9:A动词辨析。A微笑;B 祈求;C 挥手;D想到。从故事可知女顾客自信成功而且不动声色得给了这个男店员一个教训,所以此时应该是优雅得体得微笑着和男店员说话,所以A选项正确。
小题10:D名词辨析。A 奇迹;B 用途;C好处;D 怀疑。此处的名词应该和句中no的进行搭配,no wonder 难怪;no use没用; no good没好处; no doubt毫无疑问。所以从故事结果可知男店员没有得到钱也没得到他所期望的吻,他应该毫无疑问的感到失望。故D选项正确。
小题11:B形容词辨析。A 受到鼓励的;B失望的;C恼火的;D惊讶的。文章开头首句A great many people are disappointed because of unrealistic expectations.就讲了人们因为不现实的期望而容易失望,然后用文中的小故事来作为例证,所以此处应该是失望的,B为正确选项。
小题12:A动词短语辨析。A 不辜负;B 违背;C 没有。。。而勉强应付;D希望。从上文的故事和后面作者的建议可知,人们是因为别人不能满足或者达不到自己的期望而失望,live up to one’s expectations意思是“达到某人期望,不辜负某人期望”,所以A选项正确。
小题13:C动词辨析。A 设置,放;B 使得,制作;C 放下,放弃;D完成。从下文Get rid of these three unrealistic expectations and you can begin to expect more…判断作者应该是建议人们为了开心快乐要放弃不现实的期望,所以C选项正确。
小题14:D形容词辨析。A合理的;B 恰当的;C 不重要的;D 不现实的。从上下文可知作者在文中提到的就是人们因为不现实的期望和不该有的期望而感到失望,如文章首句A great many people are disappointed because of unrealistic expectations.和文章末句Get rid of these three unrealistic expectations 。所以正确选项是D。
小题15:A名词辨析。A利润;B吻;C 感激,欣赏;D 失望。从上文可知此处是作者指出的不该有的期望,所以当你帮助了别人时,不要期望得到回报,不要期望因你帮助了别人而获益,所以A选项正确。
小题16:A形容词辨析。A高兴的;B 难过的;C 生气的;D 激动的。作者建议人们为了快乐而应该放弃那些不该有的不切实际的期望,所以哪怕是别人一句简单的‘谢谢’也要感到快乐。A选项正确。
小题17:B动词辨析。A 抽出,匀出;B分享,分担;C 使得,制作;D 控制。从词的搭配上只有share与with搭配表示“与…分享,分担”的意思。此处是指要让自己快乐,并且要把快乐与别人分享。所以B选项正确。
小题18:B动词短语辨析。A放下B让人失望;C 写下,拿下;D扔下。文章说的是不现实的期望是让人失望的根源,只有let down 意思符合语境,句意:期望别人不要让自己失望。所以B选项正确。
小题19:A动词辨析。A 忘记;B惩罚;C责怪;D 表扬。从上文可知作者建议人们要放弃那些不切实际的希望,所以对于没能按照你心意和需要做事的人要忽略掉,忘记掉,这样才可以使自己开心快乐,所以A选项正确。
小题20:A名词辨析。A 幸福,快乐;B 鼓励;C 刺激,兴奋;D 骄傲。文章中心就是讲人们要为了开心快乐,而必须放弃不现实的期望,所以A选项正确。
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小题1:
A.messyB.cleanC.prettyD.bright
小题2:
A.serviceB.stateC.appearanceD.attitude
小题3:
A.smokesB.smellsC.sighsD.smiles
小题4:
A.aroundB.overC.beyondD.into
小题5:
A.ignoredB.hatedC.missedD.refused
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A.targetB.ruleC.recordD.example
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A.stressfulB.accessibleC.awkwardD.tough
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A.excusedB.refreshedC.preventedD.forgave
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A.quittedB.marchedC.exitedD.approached
小题11:
A.beforeB.unlessC.thoughD.since
小题12:
A.storyB.deedC.desireD.demand
小题13:
A.concernedB.puzzledC.excitedD.bored
小题14:
A.makeB.startC.continueD.take
小题15:
A.wavedB.washedC.raisedD.reached
小题16:
A.watchedB.inspectedC.witnessedD.noticed
小题17:
A.hugB.nodC.liftD.strike
小题18:
A.slippingB.rushingC.rollingD.breaking
小题19:
A.firmlyB.simplyC.constantlyD.politely
小题20:
A.journeyB.wisdomC.communityD.opportunity
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小题1:
A.biologistB.managerC.lawyerD.gardener
小题2:
A.strictB.honestC.specialD.learned
小题3:
A.praiseB.courageC.powerD.warmth
小题4:
A.thinkB.imagineC.rememberD.guess
小题5:
A.unnecessaryB.unkindC.unimportantD.unusual
小题6:
A.AnotherB.SomeC.AnyD.Other
小题7:
A.onB.inC.atD.about
小题8:
A.in caseB.by turnsC.by chanceD.in return
小题9:
A.reviseB.setC.reviewD.follow
小题10:
A.understandingB.experiencedC.seriousD.demanding
小题11:
A.taking upB.making upC.picking upD.keeping up
小题12:
A.suggestionB.decisionC.noticeD.choice
小题13:
A.andB.asC.even ifD.as if
小题14:
A.helpedB.allowedC.persuadedD.suggested
小题15:
A.alwaysB.neverC.seldomD.almost
小题16:
A.ratherB.butC.forD.therefore
小题17:
A.promiseB.taskC.beliefD.dream
小题18:
A.thisB.heC.itD.that
小题19:
A.newspaperB.magazineC.programD.project
小题20:
A.controlledB.comfortedC.remindedD.raised
I have only once been in trouble with the law.The whole process of being arrested and taken to court was a rather unpleasant experience at the time, but it makes a good story now. What makes it rather disturbing was the arbitrary(随意的)circumstances both of my arrest and my subsequent (随后的) fate in court.
It happened in February about twelve years ago.I had left school a couple of months before that and was not due to go to university until the following October.I was still living at home at the time.
One morning I was in Richmond, a suburb of London near where I lived.I was looking for a temporary job so that I could save up some money to go traveling.As it was a fine day and I was in no hurry, I was taking my time, looking in shop windows, strolling in the park, and sometimes just stopping and looking around me.It must have been this obvious aimlessness that led to my downfall.
It was about half past eleven when it happened.I was just walking out of the local library, having unsuccessfully sought employment there, when I saw a man walking across the road with the obvious intention of talking to me.I thought he was going to ask me the time.Instead, he said he was a police officer and he was arresting me.At first I thought it was some kind of joke
But then another policeman appeared, this time in uniform, and I was left in no doubt.
'But what for?" I asked
‘Wandering with intent to commit an arrestable offence,' he said.
‘What offence?' I asked
'Theft,' he said
'Theft of what?'I asked
'Milk bottles,' he said, and with a perfectly straight face too!
'Oh,' I said.
It turned out there had been a lot of petty thefts in the area, particularly that of stealing milk bottles from doorsteps.
Then I made my big mistake.At the time I was nineteen, had long untidy hair, and regarded myself as pan of the sixties' 'youth counterculture'.As a result, I wanted to appear cool and unconcerned with the incident, so I said, 'How long have you been following me?  in the most casual and conversational tone I could manage.I thus appeared to them to be quite familiar with this sort of situation, and it confirmed them in their belief that I was a thoroughly disreputable (品行不端的) character.
A few minutes later a police car arrived.
'Get in the back,' they said.'Put your hands on the back of the front seat and don't move them.'
They got in on either side of me.It wasn't funny any more.
At the police station they questioned me for several hours.I continued to try to look worldly and familiar with the situation.When they asked me what I had been doing, I told them I'd been looking for a job.'Aha,' I could see them thinking, 'unemployed'.
Eventually, I was officially charged and told to report to Richmond Magistrates' Court the following Monday.Then they let me go.
I wanted to conduct my own defense in court, but as soon as my father found out what had happened, he hired a very good solicitor (律师).We went along that Monday armed with all kinds of witnesses, including my English teacher from school as a character witness.But he was never called on to give evidence.My 'trial' didn't get that far.The magistrate (法官) dismissed the case after fifteen minutes.1 was free.The poor police had never stood a chance.The solicitor even succeeded in getting costs awarded against the police.
And so I do not have a criminal record.But what was most shocking at the time was the things my release from the charge so clearly depended on.I had the 'right' accent, respectable middle-class parents in court, reliable witnesses, and I could obviously afford a very good solicitor.Given the obscure nature of the charge.I feel sure that if I had come from a different background, and had really been unemployed, there is every chance that I would have been found guilty.While asking for costs to be awarded, my solicitor's case quite obviously revolved (回转) around the fact that I had a 'brilliant academic record'.
Meanwhile, just outside the courtroom, one of the policemen who had arrested me was gloomily complaining to my mother that another youngster had been turned against the police. 'You could have been a bit more helpful when we arrested you,' he said to me reproachfully (责备地).
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小题1:Judging from the first paragraph, the writer's attitude towards his story is _______.
A.angryB.sad
C.amusedD.more than just one of the above
小题2:The first man who came up to him was ______.
A.a uniformed policemanB.a policeman in plainclothes
C.not a policemanD.a good joker
小题3:The court never asked the author's English teacher to give evidence because _______.
A.the time for the trial was limited to fifteen minutes only
B.the author wanted to conduct his own defense in court
C.the case was dismissed before the trial reached that stage
D.he was found to be unqualified as a character witness
小题4:The author believes that he would most probably have been declared guilty if _______.
A.the magistrate had been less gentle
B.he had really been out of work
C.he had been born in a lower—class family
D.both B and C
小题5:In the opinion of one of the policeman who had arrested the author, the whole thing might not have occurred if ______.
A.he had protested strongly at the time
B.he had begged to be allowed to go home
C.he hadn't wandered aimlessly
D.he had tried to look cool
小题6:We can see from the passage that the author ______.
A.has broken the law only once
B.has never broken the law
C.has broken the law on more than one occasion
D.once broke the law without knowing it
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A.knockB.hitC.beatD.strike
小题2:
A.thisB.whichC.itD.that
小题3:
A.senseB.differenceC.sailD.way
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小题6:
A.giveB.turnC.makeD.take
小题7:
A.jobB.careerC.tradeD.industry
小题8:
A.regretB.rememberC.forgiveD.forget
小题9:
A.constantlyB.eventuallyC.immediatelyD.directly
小题10:
A.descriptionB.sceneC.pictureD.image
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A.peacefulB.calmC.quietD.silent
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A.collectedB.gatheredC.assembledD.met
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小题19:
A.fingersB.handsC.armsD.feet
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A.skillB.possibilityC.talentD.ability


As a young girl growing up in rural Alabama, I never understood why my mom spent so much time baking. And she always made my brother and me   36  her. A whole day every other week was devoted to making bread. It always made our small arms tired.
Despite our best efforts, the flour dust always went everywhere. I   37  to be outside with my playmates, and never   38  my mom’s desire for quality family time with her children, at least when it came to spending it in the   39 . Years have gone by, and I have become a mother myself. I prefer to leave most of the cooking to my husband and he loves it. He’s quite   40  at doing it, too.
On one occasion my husband was   41  dinner, and I was at the kitchen table going through the day’s mail when our little son, Cody, asked if he could help   42 . My husband said yes, and I sat there amused, watching them.
“What are you doing?” I asked.
“Helping dad cook.” he replied with a big   43  on his face. I thought back to those   44  when my mom asked me to help her bake bread, and I was   45 , but obeyed. Per­haps she was trying to create something more than just fresh bread­—maybe a few lasting   46 .
As I watched Cody do it with all his attention, I realized that he had   47  a lasting moment for me, a moment filled with a deep sense of family. I wanted to hold the moment and make it longer, and appreciate the memories my mom had given me years ago in her kitchen.
小题1:
A.copyB.helpC.noticeD.admire
小题2:
A.improvedB.encouragedC.longedD.blamed
小题3:
A.wonderedB.appreciatC.judgedD.challenged
小题4:
A.kitchenB.restaurantC.bedroomD.school
小题5:
A.unhappyB.weakC.astonishedD.skilled
小题6:
A.preparingB.choosingC.makingD.having
小题7:
A.playB.work C.cookD.make
小题8:
A.get uptear B.surpriseC.smileD.mark
小题9:
A.dreams B.timeC.mysteriesD.accidents
小题10:
A.excitedB.regretful C.confidentD.unwilling
小题11:
A.memoriesB.choicesC.opportunities D.goals
小题12:
A.continuedB.createdC.failedD.served
Comedian Groucho Mark said, “Those are my principles. If you don’t like them, I have others.”
You and I have principles and we also have  31 . I have opinions about what I think is right or wrong or good or bad. But they’re only opinions —I could be  32 ! I won’t try to build my life  around my opinions,  33  I’ll try to keep to my principles.
A 15-year-old boy learned a valuable  34 about life principles. One day, he found a wallet that 35 $127 as well as a woman’s  36 . He jumped onto his  37  and went to her house. He told her he found her wallet and she gave him a big  38 . She also gave him twenty dollars.
That evening the boy told his parents about the  39 and his father said, “I don’t think you should have  40  $20 for doing what you should have done. A person shouldn’t be rewarded for being  41 .”
He considered his father’s statement and  42 that he would return the money. He  43 biked to the lady’s home and gave her back the money. She didn’t want to  44 it, but he told her she had to — that his father  45  something to him that he had  46 realized before.
When ideals such as honesty and a personal standard of always doing the right thing guide our every action and decision, we  47 develop a good character. These great principles  48 our lives and make us into a person of  49 . They teach confidence. That boy is  50 to be raised by a wise father who had the wisdom to say, “Those are my principles.”
小题1:
A.livesB.opinionsC.conditionsD.purposes
小题2:
A.happyB.differentC.wrongD.clever
小题3:
A.soB.andC.orD.but
小题4:
A.lessonB.skillC.secretD.course
小题5:
A.costB.containedC.gotD.covered
小题6:
A.nameB.scriptC.identificationD.house
小题7:
A.bicycleB.carC.horseD.taxi
小题8:
A.handB.surpriseC.chanceD.hug
小题9:
A.performanceB.eventC.principleD.trade
小题10:
A.acceptedB.paidC.earnedD.saved
小题11:
A.generousB.honest C.selflessD.confident
小题12:
A.imaginedB.expectedC.predictedD.decided
小题13:
A.onceB.evenC.againD.still
小题14:
A.fetchB.takeC.returnD.spare
小题15:
A.pointed outB.gave outC.picked upD.added up
小题16:
A.alwaysB.oftenC.neverD.ever
小题17:
A.suddenlyB.actuallyC.immediatelyD.personally
小题18:
A.shapeB.protectC.encourageD.understand
小题19:
A.attitudeB.senseC.directionD.character
小题20:
A.sureB.freeC.fortunateD.tough
It was blazing hot, just like most July days. I stepped into a tiny ice-cream shop to cool off with a
chocolate ice-cream. It was an old woman bent over a table near the door. Her back was so badly twisted that her face nearly touched the tabletop. I sat down facing her a couple of tables away.
“Poor woman,” I thought, “What does she get out of life? Why God let people live so long past their prime?”
As I thought, another aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were talking about childhood days. They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years... In minutes, the two of them were trembling with laughter.
I looked again at the first woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself. I was wearing a dirty shirt. She was well dressed in white, her hands sparking with gold rings. I was sad. She was laughing, smiling. I was putting the pieces of my life together. She had millions of wonderful memories to recall. I sat alone. She was sharing the day with a good friend. I was secretly worried about getting old. She was old, but it wasn’t hurting her.
As I left the shop, I thought of my foolish question about God letting people live past their prime. Why, that woman was more alive, more sensitive to life than I was. Age has not bent her spirit.
小题1:From the passage we know that the ice-shop _________.
A.changed a lot in the pastB.had only a couple of tables
C.started its business 70 years ago.D.had only women shoppers.
小题2:What is the meaning of the underlined word “prime” in this passage?
A.miserable life
B.wonderful experience
C.long career
D.time of great strength, beauty, vigor(活力)
小题3: The writer implies all of the following except that _________.
A.the old lady had lived a full and satisfying life
B.the writer had more problems than the old lady
C.the old lady was very lonely and sad
D.the old lady had learned to enjoy the simple things in life
小题4: Which of the following is the conclusion the writer made about the old lady?
A.She was more alive and sensitive to life than the writer.
B.She considered the young man pitiable.
C.She was to be pitied for her old age.
D.People should not be allowed to live when they are too old.
小题5:Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?
A.To tell us the life of old people
B.To show that old age does not mean being short of spirit.
C.To show the difference between the old and the young.
D.To make the reader have a pity on the old people.
When I was 17, I read a quote: “If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made a(n)   36  on me,and since then,for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the   37  day of my life,would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to   38  something.
Remembering that I’ll be   39  soon is the most important tool to help me make the big choices in life,   40   almost everything—all expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—just falls away in the face of death,   41  only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to   42 . You are already naked.There is no reason not to follow your heart.
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to   43  don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever   44  it, because Death is very likely to be the single best invention of Life. It clears out the old to   45  for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will   46  become the old and be cleared away.
Your time is   47 , so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice.Everything else is secondary.
小题1:
A.surpriseB.impressionC.choice D.call
小题2:
A.lastB.firstC.worst D.best
小题3:
A.changeB.supplyC.provide D.achieve
小题4:
A.deadB.firedC.murdered D.failed
小题5:
A.despiteB.becauseC.though D.if
小题6:
A.includingB.possessingC.leaving D.facing
小题7:
A.valueB.reachC.gain D.lose
小题8:
A.skyB.spaceC.universe D.heaven
小题9:
A.experiencedB.encounteredC.escaped D.observed
小题10:
A.make goodB.make upC.make way D.make clear
小题11:
A.dramaticallyB.graduallyC.regularly D.likely
小题12:
A.importantB.narrowC.perfect D.limited

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