About twenty of us 1 to receive an invitation to film workroom 2　　 a crowd scene (群众 场面). Although our "act" would only 3 for three　　 minutes 4, we were given the 5 to see quite a number of interesting　　 things. We all stood 6 the far end of the studio 7 workmen prepared　　 the scene which was 8. Very 9, bright lights 10 and the path was　　 covered with 11 looked like salt. The producer of the film shouted　　 something to the camera-operator 12 waved his hand in 13 and then went　　 to speak to the two famous actors who were standing 14. Since it was　　 hot in the workroom 15 came as 16 to us to see of the actor 17 a heavy　　 overcoat. He pulled a hat down 18 his eyes, put his hands in his　　 pockets, and started walking along the path. A big fan began 19 tiny　　 white feathers down on him, and soon the bare trees were covered in　　 20. The pictures looked so real and cold 21 it made us shiver. The　　 next scene was a complete 22. The way it was 23 was quite unusual.　　 24 it was our turn next, we were left 25 what scene would be prepared　　 for us. For a full three minutes in our lives we would be　　 experiencing the thrill (紧张感) of being film "stars"!　　 　　

(1)  A. had been lucky enough    B. was enough lucky   

   C. has been lucky enough    D. had been so lucky

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(2)  A. to join    B. to take part in C. to attend   D. to enter

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(3)  A. happen    B.take    C. last    D. exist

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(4)  A. at all    B. after all    C. in all    D. above all

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(5)  A. time    B. chances    C. places    D. experience

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(6)  A. in    B. at    C. on    D. from

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(7)  A. and    B. as    C. but    D. if

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(8)  A. to film    B. filming    C. filmed    D. to be filmed

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(9)  A. soon    B. quickly    C. often    D. recently

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(10)  A. were turned off    B. were turned on   

 C. were turned out    D. turned on   

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(11)  A. something  B. what    C. that    D. which

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(12)  A. and    B. who    C. but    D. which

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(13)  A. turn    B. return    C. reply    D. request

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(14)  A. near    B. nearby    C. close    D. nearly

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(15)  A. there    B. what    C. that    D. it

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(16)  A. surprise   B. a surprise    C. surprised   D. a surprising

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(17)  A. put on    B. wear    C. clothes    D. dress

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(18)  A. over    B. for    C. on    D. round

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(19)  A. moving    B. blowing    C. carrying    D. turning

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(20)  A. ice    B. dust    C. snow    D. water

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(21)  A. because    B. that    C. as    D. and

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(22)  A. contest    B. compare    C. contrast    D. context

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(23)  A. taken    B. filmed    C. shown    D. photographed

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(24)  A. Although   B. Since    C. Until    D. Before

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(25)  A. wondering  B. surprising    C. questioning D. doubting

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　14 years ago, the nine million citizens of London heard sirens(警报) all over the town．Emergency（紧急）services, the fire brigade, the 　1　 , hospitals and ambulances（救护车）stood by ready to go 　2　　 　action．In railway and underground stations, people 　3　　 　posters and maps telling them 　4　　 　to go and what to do in the emergency．This was 　5　　 　Floodcall．London wasn't flooded 　6　　 　．But it is 　7　　 　that it will be．

　In 1236 and 1663, London 　8　　 　．In 1928 many people 　9　　 　in Westminster, the heart of 　10　　 　, drowned (淹死) in floods．And in 1953, 100 people living on the eastern edge of the London suburbs(郊区)were 　11　　 　again in the floods． 　12 　, the Greater London Council（会议）is taking action to 　13　　 　this terrible accident happening again． 　14 　the flood wall will not be built 　15　　 　the 1980s．And in the meantime, Londoners 　16　　 　be prepared．When it 　17　　 　, 50 undergound stations will be 　18　　 　water．Electricity, gas and phone services will be out of 　19　　 　．Roads will be impossible．It will be impossible to 　20　　 　any of the bridges between North 　21　　 　South London．Imagine London will 　　 22　　 like Venice(威尼斯)．

　But the floodcall didn't 　23　　 　panic (惊慌) among Londoners．Most people knew it was just a 　24　　 　．One comment from a lady who was walking along the Embankment when the sirens sounded was, “It's a flood warning, isn't it? The water doesn't look 　25　　 　me．”

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　Mrs Wilson, the middle-aged wife of a rich businessman, invited some of her friends to lunch． She was very anxious to 　1　　 　a new way of cooking a fish dish, 　2　　 　she was very 　3　　 　with herself when the dish was ready． 　4　　 　the dish was very 　5　　 　, she put it near the open window to cool it for a few minutes． 　6　　 　, five minutes later, when she came back for it she was 　7　　 　to find the neighbour's cat, Chester, at the dish． 　8 　she was 　9　　 　to stop the cat from eating the fish． That 　10　　 　was a good success and everyone 　11　　 　the dish very much． They talked and 　12　　 　till four o'clock．

　At the end of the afternoon, 　13　　 　she was alone, Mrs Wilson felt tired but 　14　　 　． She was in an armchair just near the 　15　　 　and 　16　　 　the window she was 　17　　 　to see the neighbour's cat 　18　　 　in the garden． Why, the fish dish must be 　19　　 　．What would happen 　20　　 　her friends? She at once phoned the family doctor for 　21　　 　．The doctor told her to 　22　　 　each of the visitors to meet him at the hospital as soon as possible． Finally the danger was over． Once again Mrs Wilson was 　23　　 　in her armchair in the living room, still tired but 　24　　 　happy, just then the phone rang． It was her neighbour． “Oh, Millie,”her neighbour cried, “Chester is dead． She was 　25　　 　by someone in a car and thrown in your garden．”

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　It was a freezing day, when I picked up a wallet in the street．There was nothing 　1　　 　but a letter that was 　2　　 　Hellen． On the torn 　3　　 　I found the return 　4　　 　, so I called information． The operator asked me to 　5　　 　on, and she came back on the 　6　　 　soon． She told me that Hellen's family had 　7　　 　their house years ago． Hellen had to 　8　　 　her mother in a nursing home．

　I called and found out that Hellen's mother had 　9　　 　． The woman who answered 　10　　 　that Hellen herself was 　11　　 　living here．

　The director waited for me at the 　12　　 　of the nursing home． I went up to the 3rd floor． Hellen was an old 　13　　 　with a warm smile and 　14　　 　eyes． I told her about 　15　 the wallet and showed her the letter． She took a deep 　16　　 　． “Young man, ” she said, “this was the 　17　　 　letter I had written to Mike 60 years ago． I loved him very much． I guess no one ever 　18　　 　up to him． I still think of him…”

　I thanked Hellen and came back to the director． His secretary looked at the wallet 　19　　 　and said, “Hey, that's Mr Goldstein's． He's always losing it． He's 　20　　 　here on the 8th floor． That's his wallet, for 　21　　 　．”

　We hurried to him and asked 　22　　 　he had lost his wallet． Mike felt his back 　23　　 　and then said, “Goodness, it's missing．”

　When I returned him the wallet and told him where Hellen was, He grew 　24　　 　．“When the letter came,” he said, “my life ended． I never got married．”

　We took him to Hellen's 　25　　 　．They stood, looked at each other for a minute and embraced (拥抱)．

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　Mr Robinson had to travel somewhere on business, and as he was in a hurry, he decided to go by 　1 　．He liked sitting beside a window seat when he was 　2 　, so when he got onto the plane, he looked 　3 　a window seat．He found that all of them had already been 　4 　except one．There was a soldier 　5 　in the seat beside this one, and Mr Robinson was surprised that he 　6 　taken the one by the windows, but 　7 　, he at once went toward it．

　When he 　8 　it, however, he saw a notice on it．It 　9 　, “This seat is reserved for proper load balance（载重平衡）．Thank you．”Mr Robinson had never seen 　10　 notice in a plane before, but he thought that the plane 　11 　be carrying something particularly heavy in 　12 　baggage room which made it necessary to 　13 　the passengers properly balanced, so he walked on and found 　14 　empty seat, not beside a windows, to sit 　15 　．

　Two or three people 　16 　to sit in the window seat beside the soldier, but they too read the 　17 　and went on．

　Then, when the plane was nearly 　18 　, a very beautiful girl stepped into the plane．The soldier, 　19 　was watching the passengers coming in, quickly took the notice off the seat beside him．In this way he succeeded to have the 　20 　as a companion during the whole trip．

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　New Zealand is an English-speaking country．But the government recognizes 　1　 language, too．This is the Maori language（毛利语）．The English 　2 　began to visit New Zealand after 1770．They found a 　3 　people living there．These were the Maoris,　　 　4 　had come from islands in the Pacific Ocean 400 years before．

　For a long time the 　5 　government was not interested in these faraway islands．It was 　6 　a British colony（殖民地）．As a 　7 　, more and more British settlers came．

　The Maoris were　　 　　　8 　to the first settlers．But soon the new settlers wanted 　9　

land．So in 1844 there was fighting 　10 　them．This was the first of several wars between the two　　 　　　11 　．The next fifty years were very bad for the Maoris．Many were 　12 　in the wars．Many more died from new disease 　13 　by the British．In 1840 there were perhaps 200,000 Maoris．By 1859 this number had 　14 　to 42,000．

　However, this century the two peoples have lived in 　15 　．For many years the “British”New Zealanders looked 　16　 upon the Maoris．　17 　in recent years, they have had equal 　18 　, and the Maori language is one of the languages of the country with 　19 　．Today there are about a quarter of a million Maoris, that is, about 9% of the　 20 　．

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　No matter who you are, houses are very important to you．You 　1 　consider many things when you are looking for a house, 　2 　you want to buy it or you just rent it．After 　3 　, it is going to be your own 　4 　, perhaps for quite a long time, 　5 　you want to be happy with it．You have to decide exactly 　6 　kind of house you want, how 　7 　you can pay, and 　8 　kind of place you wish to live 　9 　．Last week my wife and I went to see a house that was 　10 　sale．

　The agent（经纪人）said it might need 　11 　repairs, but he thought we should look

　12 　it anyway．He told us it was a bargain（便宜货）．The roof leaked（漏雨）and the plumbing（管道） 　13 　work．The front doorsteps were 　14 　and the back door had no lock on 　15 　．It needed to be painted 　16 　inside and outside．It was 　17 　terrible condition．

　“What do you 　18 　of the house?”the agent asked．

　“It 　19 　exactly what we want,”we told him．

　“Perhaps you'd better have your own house 　20 　according to your own design,”said the agent．

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　　In the water around New York city is a very small island ___1___ Liberty Island. On Liberty Island there is a very special ___2___ called the Statue of Liberty. It is one of the ___3___ famous sights in the world.

　　___4___ Statue of Liberty was a gift ___5___ the people of France to the people of the Passageed States. The Statue was made ___6___ a French sculptor named Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. The inner support ___7___ was designed by Gustave Eiffel, the same man ___8___ made the famous Eiffel Tower in ___9___.

　　Liberty, of course, ___10___ freedom, and the Statue of Liberty was given to the Passageed States to ___11___ the one __12___ anniversary of US independence from ___13___. The statue was built in France, taken ___14___ piece by piece and then ___15___ in the Passageed States. It was opened for ___16__ public on October 28, 1886.

　　___17___ you might expect, the statue is very big. Visitors can ride an elevator from the ground to the ___18___ of the statue. If they want to, they can then __19__ up the 168 steps to reach the head of the Statue ___20___ they can look out and enjoy the beautiful sight of the city of New York.

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1-25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最佳答案。

　　     It was a cold winter's afternoon. Robert stopped for a moment as he crossed the bridge and looked down at the river below. There were hardly any 1 on the river. 　　 2 the bridge, however, almost directly below, 3 was a small canoe(独木舟), with a boy in it. He was wearing many clothes, Robert 　　 5 . He shivered(打了个寒战)and walked on. 6 he heard a cry."Help! Help!" The cry 7 from the river. Robert looked down. The boy was 8 the water and his canoe was 9 away."Help! Help!" he called again.

　　 　　　　    Robert was a good 10. Taking off his clothes, he 11 into the river. The 12 water made him tremble all over, 13 in a few seconds he reached the 14 ." Don't be afraid," he said and started to swim towards the river bank, 　　 15 the boy with him. But at that 16 he noticed a large motor boat under the bridge. There were several people on the boat, all 　　 17 in his direction. Robert 18 to swim towards the boat." Give me a hand," he shouted 19 he got near the　　 boat. He 20 up into a row of faces."It's funny," he thought."They　　 look so 21" Silently they helped the boy into the boat and 　　 22 him in a blanket. But they did not move to 23 Robert."Aren't you going to pull me 24 too?" Robert asked.　　 "You!" said one of the men. Robert noticed that he was standing next to a large 25 ."You! Why, we were making a film and you spoiled　　 (破坏)a whole afternoon's work! You can stay in the water!"

(1) A. fish　　B. boats　　C. waves　　D. sounds

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(2) A. From　　B. Towards  C. Near　　 D. Beyond

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(3) A. there   B. it　　   C. where　　D. that

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(4) A. then　　B. also　　 C. only　　 D. not

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(5) A. noticed B. saw　　  C. guessed  D. said

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(6) A. Till then　　 B. Just then 　　C. Far away　　 D From there

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(7) A. happened  B. went    C. arrived   D. came

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(8) A. on　　  B. within   C. in　　   D. under

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(9) A. running B. floating C. flowing  D. pulling

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(10) A. swimmer B. guard　　C. soldier  D. sportsman

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(11)  A. threw   B. looked   C. dived　　D. turned

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(12) A. deep　　B. cool　　 C. dirty　　D. cold

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(13) A. but　　 B. so　　   C. and　　  D. or

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(14) A. canoe   B. bank　　 C. boy　　  D. bridge

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(15) A. pushing B. dragging C. holding  D. catching

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(16) A. place   B. period   C. second   D. moment

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(17) A. seeing  B. smiling  C. looking  D. shouting

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(18) A. decided B. went　　 C. agreed   D. promised

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(19) A. while   B. till　　 C. for　　  D. as

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(20) A. turned  B. looked   C. hurried  D. stood

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(21) A. nervous B. afraid   C. excited  D. angry

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(22) A. wrapped B. left　　 C. placed   D. threw

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(23) A. save　　B. thank　　C. help　　 D. wrap

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(24) A. on　　  B. out　　  C. away　　 D. off

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(25) A. boat　　B. blanket  C. camera   D. screen

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阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1￣25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最佳答案。

    We know that light is kind of radiant (辐射的) energy. Radiant　　 energy can 1 its source and travel 2 empty space at the speed of about　　 186, 000 miles a second.

　　    The great speed of light explains 　　 3 we think we see things happen at the 　　 4 moment when they are happening. When we turn 　　 5 a lamp in a dark room, the lamp and everything else in the room 　　 6 to light up at once. Actually, it 7 the light a very small part of a second to reach our　　 eyes.

　　   　　 8 other kinds of radiant energy, light radiates (辐射). 　　 9, it spreads out from its source in straight lines, 10 rays. The 11 that　　 light travels in straight lines explains many things. 12, it explains　　 why we cannot see round the corner of a building and 13 shadows are　　 formed.

　　   　　14 light comes from a luminous (发光的) or a non-luminous 15, it　　 travels in straight lines. Rays of light 16 a building never reach our　　 eyes. 17 do rays that go past the corner 18 not toward us. The only　　 19 we can see are those 20 which rays are reflected (反射) to our　　 eyes.

　　    An object 21 a shadow because light travels past it in straight　　 lines. The rays of light that 22 the object are stopped or reflected　　 by it. So there is a space at the 23 side of the object 24 the light　　 rays cannot reach. We call the 25 part a shadow.　　

(1) A. send    B. send away　　 C. send up    D. leave 

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(2) A. in    B. into    C. through　　 D. over 

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(3) A. that    B. why     C. what    D. when 

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(4) A. exact　　 B. almost    C. near    D. different

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(5) A. up    B. on      C. off    D. in 

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(6) A. ought　　 B. are     C. seem     D. are going

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(7) A. brings    B. gives off　　 C. carries　　 D. takes

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(8) A. From    B. With    C. As    D. Like 

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(9) A. In a word　　 B. However    C. That is     D. In fact     

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(10) A. not    B. or      C. but　　 D. and

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(11) A. fact　　 B. reason    C. speed     D. idea 

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(12) A. In other  words　　 B. By the way

C. For example　　　　 D. Otherwise     

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(13) A. how    B. how many    C. when    D. what 

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 (14) A. Though    B. If     C. When    D. Whether

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(15) A. sources    B. objects　　 C. object　　 D. source

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(16) A. stopped by　　　　 B. stopping before

C. passing through    D. travelling around   

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(17) A. Such     B. Such will    C. So    D. Neither

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(18) A. and    B. while    C. but     D. yet

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(19) A. building    B. objects　　 C. rays    D. thing 

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(20) A. by　　 B. in     C. on    D. from

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(21) A. changes into    B. casts     C. forms     D. becomes   

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(22) A. travel past　　 B. pass through

C. hit　　　　　　 D. travel round      

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(23) A. farthest　　 B. another　　 C. other　　 D. nearer

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(24) A. in which    B. that    C. if    D. as

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(25) A. empty    B. luminous    C. dark    D. bright

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