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江西师大附中高一下学期英语期末考试
第一部分:听力 (共两节,满分30分)
第一节 (共5小题:每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What juice does the man want?
A. Orange. B. Apple. C. Pear.
2. How did the woman buy the tickets?
A. By phone. B. On the Internet. C. In person.
3. Who might collect the kids today?
A. Their mother. B. Their father. C. Their grandmother.
4. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Business partners. B. Colleagues. C Interviewer and interviewee.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. When to have a day out together. B. How to work to the deadline. C. Whether to go out today.
第二节 (共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话,回答第6、7小题。
6. What will the speakers do tomorrow afternoon?
A. Go sailing. B. Go water-skiing. C. Go windsurfing.
7. Where will the speakers meet?
A. Outside the cafe. B. At the football field. C. At the water sports center.
听下面一段对话,回答第8、9小题。
8. What is Linda asked to do first?
A. Meet Mr. Brown. B. Complete some forms. C. Hand in the recommendation letter.
9. What will Linda do in Room 201?
A. Charge her phone. B. Have an interview. C. Read the email
听下面一段对话,回答第10至12小题。
10. What will the kids do with the egg in the workshop?
A. Make a protective cover for it. B. Place it safely at a certain height. C. Learn the method of breaking it.
11. What is the competition about?
A. Designing cars. B. Blowing up balloons. C. Building towers.
12. What does the man think of the activities?
A. Hard. B. Special. C. Interesting.
听下面一段对话,回答第13至16小题。
13. How many days does the festival last?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Six.
14. What will happen around 2:00 on the first day?
A. The crowd will gather. B. The opening will begin. C. The performances will finish.
15. What event comes next after the speech?
A. A short play. B. A firework display. C. A band performance.
16. Where is the best place to watch fireworks?
A. The city theater. B. The park. C. The beach.
听下面一段独白,回答第17至20小题。
17. Where is the coatroom?
A. Behind the reception. B. Next to the bathroom. C. Opposite the ticket office.
18. What is special about the Great Bath?
A. It’s very imaginative. B. It’s the deepest. C. It’s the largest.
19. What is in the center of the site?
A. The bath. B. The spring. C. The temple.
20. What do we know about the temple?
A. It was poorly preserved. B. It was built a century ago.
C It is the only Roman temple in Britain.
第二部分 阅读 (共两节。满分50分)
第一节 (共15题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
The Guide to the Lively Arts
Free Country
Wednesday, June 21 at 7 pm
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Dance to the Music
Friday, June 23 at 8 pm
Friday night Concerts at the Capitol are back! This week, the pop/rock group, Downrange, presents a program of upbeat popular hits. Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy world-class music under Washington, DC skies.
Price: $19-$39.
Summer Concert Series
Saturday, June 24 at 7 pm at National Harbor
Tuesday, June 27 at 8 pm at the U. S. Capitol Steps
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1. What do Free Country and Dance to the Music have in common?
A. They charge ticket fees. B. They are broadcast online.
C. They feature classic music. D. They are performed outdoors.
2. Which show can you watch if you are interested in comedies?
A. Free Country. B. C. S. Lewis on Stage.
C. Dance to the Music. D. Summer Concert Series.
3. In which section of a Tuesday newspaper can you find the text?
A. Arts. B. Style. C. Weekend. D. Culture.
B
When I got my first research project to work, I was so excited. Seeing research in action was enjoyable. My excitement, though, was soon cut short when my professor asked me to write a research paper on the project. My body tensed. Writing was the last thing I wanted to do; it’s one reason why I pursued science in the first place.
I had hated writing since I was a little boy. But I couldn’t avoid it: writing classes were required in high school. For hours, I stared at blank pages, trying to turn my disorganised thoughts into fluent sentences. My teachers would return my papers littered with red, showing my paragraphs were out of order. I was frustrated to no end. How could I know what was good if there was no objectively right answer? Maybe I wasn’t cut out for writing.
I studied engineering in college. A few years later, I joined a research lab. The professor assigned me an initial project to improve the efficiency of an inductor (电路感应器). I spent weeks setting up a test for a new design. When I got the results, though, the numbers weren’t good. I kept trying new designs, using the results to brainstorm ideas with a team of researchers. Finally, after dozens of designs, we had one that could work. I was overjoyed — until my professor told me to write that research paper.
In panic, I asked a graduate student in my lab for help. I carefully wrote an outline. But when I asked him for feedback, I soon found the paper full of red marks. Before I could quit in defeat, though, the graduate student explained red didn’t mean I was a bad writer. Writing isn’t a one-and-done thing. It requires revising your work, often several times. Suddenly it occurred to me, “Hadn’t I done the same thing when I was designing my research project?” I kept improving my outline, eventually turning it into sentences and paragraphs, guided by feedback from others. Finally, I made it, and surprisingly, I was having fun.
From then on, writing became one of my favourite parts of research, and it still is today. It’s a future I never could have imagined during my early struggles with writing classes. But I came around.
4. How did the author feel when asked to write a research paper?
A. Regretful. B. Ashamed. C. Disappointed. D. Unwilling.
5. The author’s teacher returned his papers littered with red because ________.
A. he handed in blank pages
B. his sentences were smooth
C. his writing lacked organisation
D. he combined science in his writing
6. Which word would best describe the author’s final research design?
A. Hard-earned. B. Confusing. C. Well-known. D. Worrying.
7. What can we learn from this passage?
A. A good beginning is half done.
B. Actions speak louder than words.
C. A bad workman always blames his tools.
D. Trial and error opens the door to progress.
C
Around 40 million tons of electronic waste, known as e-waste, is produced every year. This includes electrical or electronic equipment that has been discarded. But where does it all go? In the US alone, 100 million mobile phones, 41 million computers and over 20 million televisions are thrown into landfills (垃圾填埋场) in a year. Even for standard waste this is a big headache, because any materials that are buried in the ground can’t be easily recovered and recycled. Recycling electronics can save energy and means that less of Earth’s natural resources need to be mined.
Failing to recycle e-waste is extremely damaging the environment due to the nature of the materials used in modern devices. While heavy metals and chemicals improve a device’s safety and user experience, they become poisonous if they’re not dealt with properly. Your old phones, Gameboys, kettles, microwaves and more can end up in landfills, leaking their harmful contents into the soil, water and air. Not only does this kill wildlife and destroy ecosystems, but the accumulation (累积) of poison can impact human health too. As heavy metals and chemicals flow into lakes and rivers, drinking water becomes polluted. These poisons spread through the soil, impacting the health of crops and animals that people also rely on.
In some western countries, e-waste isn’t hidden out of sight in landfills but is burnt in giant, open junkyards. They even ship waste electronics to other countries to deal with, and this often ends up in dumps across Africa and Asia. Workers in these places are exposed to polluted lands and chemical gas.
It is urgent that we should reduce the damaging and unsustainable side of e-waste production. Rare earth metals, some plastics and chemicals can be fed into the next generation of electronics. The steps to proper recycling of e-waste are extensive and need large investment, but more and more countries around the world are turning to e-waste recycling.
8. What does the underlined word “discarded” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. Repaired. B. Protected. C. Used. D. Abandoned.
9. What can be learned from Paragraph 2?
A. E-waste has a permanent effect on the environment.
B. E-waste may do harm to both ecosystems and humans.
C. Heavy metals and chemicals are poisonous to the users.
D. Burying e-waste into landfills is an effective way to recycle.
10. How does the author describe the handling of e-waste in Western countries?
A. By providing data. B. By asking questions.
C. By listing examples. D. By offering a definition.
11. What might the author continue to talk about?
A. Solutions to destroying e-waste. B. Ways to recycle e-waste properly.
C. Applications of recycled materials. D. Investments in restoring ecosystems.
D
Fictional, computer-generated human faces are so convincing they can fool even trained observers. They can be easily downloaded online and used for Internet scams(诈骗)and fake social media profiles.
Al programs called generative adversarial networks (生成对抗网络), or GANs, can learn to create fake images that are less and less distinguishable from real images, by competing two neural networks against each other.
Nightingale and her colleague Hany Farid at the University of California, Berkeley, asked 315 participants, recruited on a crowdsourcing website, to say whether they could distinguish a selection of 400 fake photos from 400 photographs of real people. Each set consisted of 100 people from each of four ethnic groups: white, Black, East Asian and South Asian.
This group had an accuracy rate of 48.2 percent—slightly worse than chance. A second group of 219 participants were given training to recognize computer-generated faces. This group had an accuracy rate of 59 percent, but this difference is negligible (可忽略的), says Nightingale.
The researchers also asked a separate group of 223 participants to rate a selection of the same faces on their level of trustworthiness, on a scale of 1 to 7. They rated the fake faces as 8 percent more trustworthy, on average, than the real faces—a small yet significant difference, according to Nightingale. That might be because artificial faces look more like “average” human faces, and people are more likely to trust typical-looking faces, she says.
Looking at the extremes, the four faces rated most untrustworthy were real, whereas the three most trustworthy faces were fake.
“We need stricter ethical guidelines and more legal frameworks in place because, inevitably, there are going to be people out there who want to use these images to do harm, and that’s worrying,” says Nightingale.
To reduce these risks, developers could add watermarks to their images to flag them as fake. she says. “In my opinion, this is bad enough. It’s just going to get worse if we don’t do something to stop it.”
12. What can we know about GANs?
A. GANs can cheat trained observers.
B. GANs should be used under strict legal frameworks.
C. GANs can generate artificial pictures close to real ones.
D GANs-generated Images can not be distinguished from real ones.
13. Why did Nightingale and Farid carry out the research?
A. To warn people the risk of online fraud.
B. To train people to discover fake photos online.
C. To see if people can distinguish fake faces from real ones.
D. To test whether GANs can create fake faces to fool people.
14. What does Nightingale mean in the last paragraph?
A. Stricter laws and regulations should be imposed.
B. Effective ways are needed but not found yet.
C. Watermarks are an effective way against fake images.
D. Responsibility should be taken by developers to prevent misuse of fake images.
15. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A. Development of Internet scams. B. Development of AI technology
C. Will fake faces look more trustworthy? D. Legal frameworks for GANs
第二节 (共5题;每小题1.5分,满分12.5分)
阅读下列短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项.
Cloud storage is a flexible and convenient way to store data with complete peace of mind. ____16____ This means you can store all your digital things remotely, without taking up space on your computer. There are two options available: public cloud storage allows you to share hosting space with other users; private cloud storage is the ideal choice for companies who want to have their data stored in their own environment.
____17____ Once you have registered and set up your account, you simply save your files via the internet using your username and password. This ensures your data remains secure and inaccessible to anyone else. Should you choose, you can put certain permissions in place, which makes it easy to share your data with your colleagues or your family.
When you sign up to cloud storage, you can choose the amount of space you need. ____18____ You can store anything digital: all your files, videos and pictures. Whether you want to use this storage solution to store your family photographs or you want to use it to store your work documentation, you will find it quite convenient.
Is it better than your computer or an external drive? The answer is a definite yes. Computers crash all the time. ____19____ External hard drives can still break, or fail. Here you also have the added risk of misplacing it or having it stolen. There are so many advantages to cloud computing, from the ability to access your data from wherever, whenever, to not needing expensive external storage devices. ____20____
A. You will find cloud storage very cheap.
B. Cloud storage is very simple to use.
C. It enables you to store your data on hosted servers.
D. This is the most common cause of lost work and memories.
E. Cloud storage providers offer multiple layers of data security.
F. The only disadvantage, however, is that you need internet to access files.
G. You can start with a small amount and increase the storage size later on.
第三部分 语言运用 (共两节,满分30分)
第一节 (共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My fiancé (未婚夫) and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds were ___21___, and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory.
One agent recommended a house in particular. Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was ___22___ our range, so we declined. But she kept urging us to have a look ___23___.
We finally did and it was ___24___ at first sight. It was Our Home, small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake. Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and ___25___ of the marriage within that home. As perfect as it was, the price remained too high for us. But every day, we would sit by the lake, looking at the house and dreaming of what it would be like to live there.
Days later, we made a(n) ___26___ far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didn’t ___27___ us. They renewed their offer instead. It was also much more than we could afford, but far ___28___ than the original asking price.
The next day, we got a ___29___ message that another buyer had offered a much higher price. Even so, we decided to talk with the ____30____ directly. We made our final offer, which ____31____ was thousands of dollars less than the other buyer’s bid. We knew it, ____32____ we had to try.
“Sold!” said the owner. Then he explained: He’d seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he knew how much we loved the place and that we’d ____33____ the years of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a loss by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us to consider the ____34____ in the price “an early wedding present”.
That’s how we found our home and how I learned that when people are ____35____, they are not strangers, only friends we haven’t yet met.
21. A. needed B. limited C. enough D. large
22. A. below B. within C. beyond D. between
23. A. at least B. at most C. at times D. at hand
24. A. relief B. concern C. love D. curiosity
25. A. pride B. happiness C. challenge D. desire
26. A. effort B. offer C. promise D. profit
27. A. come across B. look after C. depend on D. laugh at
28. A. worse B. better C. less D. higher
29. A. relaxing B. disappointing C. pleasant D. regular
30. A. agents B. buyers C. managers D. owners
31. A. already B. still C. generally D. ever
32. A. so B. or C. for D. but
33. A. check B. analyze C. appreciate D. ignore
34. A. increase B. difference C. interest D. average
35. A. kind B. polite C. smart D. energetic
第二节 (共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
A阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
People have always wanted to learn more about space. Before the mid-20th century, most people felt ____36____ (travel) into space was an impossible dream. However, ____37____ the help of scientists, people succeeded in realizing their dream____38____ (explore) space.
On 4 October, 1975, the Sputnik 1 satellite ____39____ (launch) by the USSR. Hard ____40____ scientists try to make sure nothing goes wrong, accidents can still happen. These disasters made everyone ____41____ (disappoint), but people still believe in the importance of ____42____ (carry) on space exploration. In 2003, China became the third country to ____43____ (independent) send humans into space. Then Shenzhou 6 and 7 completed ____44____ second manned orbit and the first Chinese spacewalk. In spite of the difficulties, countless future ____45____ (discover) will not only enable us to understand the universe but also help us survive well into the future.
第四部分 写作 (共两节,满分40分)
第一节 (满分15分)
46. 假定你是光明中学高二学生李华,得知市博物馆正在招募暑假期间做英文讲解的志愿者,向外国游客介绍汉代历史文物。请你用英文给相关负责人写一封申请信,内容包括:
1.自我介绍以及陈述申请意愿;
2.个人优势;
3.希望批准。
参考词汇:招募recruit;汉代历史文物Han Dynasty artifacts
注意:1.写作词数应为80个左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Sir or Madam,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节 (满分25分)
47. I met the Man of the Trees in summer ten years ago, when I was visiting Uncle Jita.
Those were difficult times. People were cutting down our forest, and there was often flooding. Sometimes our water supply was dirty. When our pump(水泵)did have clean water, we had to wait in line for ages. When the pump wasn’t working, we had to walk five kilometres to the closest stream.
But I was happy. I was going to see my favorite uncle. When the day finally arrived, Dad drove me to Uncle Jita’s house and left. Once he saw me, Uncle Jita announced, “Tomorrow we’re going to explore a magical place. Here is my camera, Amy. You can take photos of what you see.”
The following day, we woke up and left early on a boat. The trip was exciting. But when we got off, there was ... nothing in front of us. “I don’t want to take pictures of this,” I complained.
Uncle laughed,“Start walking, Amy. I promise you’ll be surprised.” After some time, I could see the outline of a forest in the distance. A little closer, there was a man waving to us.
“That’s Kabir. The forest you see is his. He planted every single tree.” As we walked towards Kabir, Uncle explained that thirty years ago, the whole area was a wasteland. But one day Kabir decided to change all that and started planting trees. Thanks to him, part of the wasteland is now a paradise(天堂).
Uncle introduced me to Kabir, who had gray hair and a determined face. “Jita told me you like animals. Are you ready to see some?” he asked. “Of course!” I replied. We continued walking and soon were under the trees. I turned my head and was amazed at the difference between the two places. All because of the efforts of one man.
Like Uncle said, Kabir’s forest was magical. We saw deer, rhinos, and even tigers. During lunchtime, Kabir explained how, by planting trees, it was possible to stop the land from eroding(侵蚀).
注意:
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Hearing this, I turned to my uncle, “I think we can plant trees too ”
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In the years that followed, people in our village worked hard to carry out our plan.
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江西师大附中高一下学期英语期末考试
第一部分:听力 (共两节,满分30分)
第一节 (共5小题:每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What juice does the man want?
A. Orange. B. Apple. C. Pear.
2. How did the woman buy the tickets?
A. By phone. B. On the Internet. C. In person.
3. Who might collect the kids today?
A. Their mother. B. Their father. C. Their grandmother.
4 What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Business partners. B. Colleagues. C Interviewer and interviewee.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. When to have a day out together. B. How to work to the deadline. C. Whether to go out today.
第二节 (共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话,回答第6、7小题。
6. What will the speakers do tomorrow afternoon?
A. Go sailing. B. Go water-skiing. C. Go windsurfing.
7. Where will the speakers meet?
A. Outside the cafe. B. At the football field. C. At the water sports center.
听下面一段对话,回答第8、9小题。
8. What is Linda asked to do first?
A. Meet Mr. Brown. B. Complete some forms. C. Hand in the recommendation letter.
9. What will Linda do in Room 201?
A. Charge her phone. B. Have an interview. C. Read the email
听下面一段对话,回答第10至12小题。
10. What will the kids do with the egg in the workshop?
A. Make a protective cover for it. B. Place it safely at a certain height. C. Learn the method of breaking it.
11. What is the competition about?
A. Designing cars. B. Blowing up balloons. C. Building towers.
12. What does the man think of the activities?
A. Hard. B. Special. C. Interesting.
听下面一段对话,回答第13至16小题。
13. How many days does the festival last?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Six.
14. What will happen around 2:00 on the first day?
A The crowd will gather. B. The opening will begin. C. The performances will finish.
15. What event comes next after the speech?
A. A short play. B. A firework display. C. A band performance.
16. Where is the best place to watch fireworks?
A. The city theater. B. The park. C. The beach.
听下面一段独白,回答第17至20小题。
17. Where is the coatroom?
A. Behind the reception. B. Next to the bathroom. C. Opposite the ticket office.
18. What is special about the Great Bath?
A. It’s very imaginative. B. It’s the deepest. C. It’s the largest.
19. What is in the center of the site?
A. The bath. B. The spring. C. The temple.
20. What do we know about the temple?
A. It was poorly preserved. B. It was built a century ago.
C It is the only Roman temple in Britain.
第二部分 阅读 (共两节。满分50分)
第一节 (共15题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
【1~3题答案】
【答案】1. D 2. B 3. B
B
【4~7题答案】
【答案】4. D 5. C 6. A 7. D
C
【8~11题答案】
【答案】8. D 9. B 10. C 11. B
D
【12~15题答案】
【答案】12. C 13. C 14. D 15. C
第二节 (共5题;每小题1.5分,满分12.5分)
阅读下列短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项.
【16~20题答案】
【答案】16. C 17. B 18. G 19. D 20. F
第三部分 语言运用 (共两节,满分30分)
第一节 (共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
【21~35题答案】
【答案】21. B 22. C 23. A 24. C 25. B 26. B 27. D 28. C 29. B 30. D 31. B 32. D 33. C 34. B 35. A
第二节 (共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
【36~45题答案】
【答案】36. travelling##traveling
37 with 38. to explore
39. was launched
40. as##though
41. disappointed
42. carrying
43. independently
44. the 45. discoveries
第四部分 写作 (共两节,满分40分)
第一节 (满分15分)
【46题答案】
【答案】Dear Sir or Madam,
I’m Li Hua, a Senior 2 student in Guangming High School. Learning that the City Museum is recruiting volunteers to introduce the Han Dynasty artifacts in English during the summer vacation, I’m writing to apply for the position.
First of all, I have a good command of spoken English, which enables me to communicate with foreigners fluently. Additionally, I’m outgoing and energetic, willing to help those in need. Most importantly, as a history lover, I have a deep understanding of Chinese history, particularly the Han Dynasty. I’m firmly convinced that I can spread Chinese culture to foreign friends effectively.
I’d appreciate it if you could take my application into consideration. Looking forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节 (满分25分)
【47题答案】
【答案】Hearing this, I turned to my uncle, “I think we can plant trees too.” Grabbing the camera in my hand, I added with excitement. “I’ve got a plan! I’ll show them the photos of Kabir’s magical forest! ” Seeing Uncle and Kabir’s encouraging smile, I immediately set down to my work, busily pressing my shutter and capturing the amazing scenes in the forest. When Uncle and I went back to the village several days later and showed these wonderful pictures to my neighbour, they were stunned by the beauty of the forest. “It was the trees that turned the place into a paradise! ” We then explained our tree-planting plan to the villagers, which was quickly accepted by all of them.
In the years that followed, people in our village worked hard to carry out our plan. Instead of cutting down our forest, we started to plant trees, which has eventually helped protect the soil and stopped the land from eroding. Thanks to the trees, the water has been purified and we finally have clean and stable water supply. With our joint efforts, our village is now surrounded by small thriving forests with blooming flowers, lively animals and crystal-clear streams running through. Witnessing the gradual change of our village, we came to realize that only when we live in harmony with nature can we have a brighter future.
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