asian,girl

篇一：临时文件

1. A. Go to the B. Keep calling

office

2. A. A reporter B. An athlete 3. A. At a post office C. At a booking office 4. A. He already has plans. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. C. Try online D. See a doctor booking

C. A fisherman D. An organizer B. At a fast-food restaurant D. At a check-in desk

B. The woman should decide where to eat.

C. He will make a reservation. D. The woman can ask her brother for

advice.

A. He got wet in the rain. B. The shower was out of order. C. He didn’t hear the phone ringing. D. He got out of the shower to answer

the phone.

A. Reasonable B. Bright C. Serious D. Ridiculous A. Send leaflets B. Go sightseeing C. Do some D. Visit a lawyer

gardening

A. Her doorbell doesn’t need repair. B. She didn’t expect him to come so

early

C. The man has just arrived on time. D. It is not the right time for her.

A. She won’t go to the beach if it rains. B. She would like the man to go to the

beach.

C. It will clear up tomorrow. D. It was pouring when she was at the

beach.

A. What to take up as a hobby. B. How to keep fit. C. How to handle pressure. D. What to play with.

Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. Her school was in a small village. B. She was outstanding at school. C. She was the only Asian girl there. D. Her parents were in London. 12. A. London B. Bath C. Swindon D. Oxford 13. A. Coming across a radio producer. B. Taking an earlier train. C. Meeting a professional artist. D. Wearing two odd shoes. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following speech. 14. A. Educating children. B. Saving rare animals. C. Recreating an environment. D. Making a profit. 15. A. Animals make visitors stressful. B. Animals must live their lives in

cages.

C. Animals can feel bored and sad. D. Animals are in danger of extinction.

16. A. They are still useful and necessary. B. They have more disadvantages than advantages. C. They are a perfect environment for animals. D. They are recreative places for animals. Section CDirections: In Section C, you will bear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

篇二：好莱坞梦想现在转移到中国了Hollywood dreams move to China

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BEIJING — He went to Hollywood High, his mother is a scriptwriter and his father an actor. Nate Boyd seemed destined to join the L.A. film industry, but after the circus of auditioning while he was in high school, he grew disillusioned. "I'd queue up with 300 people for one small part. The casting directors would look at five people at a time. You were just a number," he recalls. A couple of ad jobs and a few roles in student films aside, Boyd's acting career seemed over before it had begun.

来自北京的报道——他曾在Hollywood High就读，母亲是编剧，父亲是演员。Nate Boyd似乎注定要投身于洛杉矶的电影业，可是还是高中生的他在一轮试镜之后，伤不起的帅哥大失所望。“我排在300人的队伍里，就为了那么一小会。星探一次会同时审看5个人。你就是一个号码，”他回忆说。除了几个广告活，在习作影片里出演不多的几个角色，Boyd的演员生涯还未展开就似乎结束了。

That was before he came to China. In 2006, while on an exchange program at Beijing University, he was asked to play a missionary in a reenactment scene for a documentary. Conditions on set were far from glamorous (he had to share a dormitory with 12 other actors), but he was filming on location in Tibet and enjoyed the adventure.

那是来中国之前的经历。2006年，那时他参与了北京大学的一个交流计划，他被邀请在一部记录片的模拟重现场景里出演传教士。具备的条件远非称得上是吸引人的（他得与另外12个演员共用一间大寝室），可是他在西藏拍片子，而且还挺享受这次经历。

Boyd's acting career has come a long way since then. Now living in Beijing, the 30-year-old commands a rate of $1,200 a day, for mostly Mandarin-speaking roles in Chinese television dramas. As an increasing number of Sino-American co-productions are formed, he is landing more English-speaking parts in feature films. In Jackie Chan's "Chinese Zodiac," due late this year, he plays an auctioneer, and he recently shot a scene alongside Adrien Brody for "1942," in post-production.

Boyd的演员事业自此开始了长途跋涉。目前在北京，30岁的年纪，一天可挣到的薪酬是1200美元，大多数说汉语的电视演员就是这个水平。中美合作日渐增强的情况下，他正在一些大腕加盟的电影里出演英语角色。今年年末，将会上映成龙的“中国生肖（Chinese Zodiac）”，Boyd在里面出演拍卖师，就在近期不久，在一次后期制作过程中，他与Adrien Brody（注：《钢琴家》主演）同场献技。

He's joined a lively community of ambitious showbiz expats tilling fertile soil here. Cooperation between the Chinese and American film industries has snowballed in recent years, with "Iron Man 3" only the latest in a long string of co-productions. In the last year, Disney, DreamWorks and Relativity have all formed permanent partnerships with Chinese me

dia groups, and the Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda has just announced its acquisition of American cinema chain AMC. Meanwhile, the likes of Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman and Kevin Spacey are appearing in Chinese films. While these stars have made passing appearances, the increasing entwining of the industries has led to a small but growing demographic of Western film professionals, like Boyd, making China their home.

他加入了富有活力的娱乐圈中，这里面都是些雄心勃勃的外籍客，他们正在这片影视厚土上耕作着。中美影视业界人士的合作态势，如同滚雪球，“钢铁侠3”只是最近的案例罢了，这张合作的名单还很长。去年，迪斯尼，梦工厂和 Relativity 媒体公司都与中国的传媒机构结成永久合作伙伴，一家中国企业集团大连万达还宣布购入美国院线联营公司AMC。此间像Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman，Kevin Spacey一干人，已经现身在中文影屏上。尽管这些明星的表现只是及格，业界合作的增长仍带来了西方从影专业人士数量的小幅度增长，比如Boyd，他就在中国安了家。

They are drawn here by the chance to participate in a young, optimistic industry that is only just beginning and though chaotic and tough to navigate holds lots of promise and the chance for people to reinvent themselves. Compared with oversaturated Hollywood, it is also less competitive. Foreigners find their Western training better valued, and although they may make less money, what they do make stretches further.

他们被参与的机会留了下来，这里的影视工业还处在发展初期，前景乐观，当然不免手忙脚乱，满负愿景的航船，再造自我的机遇，都未免要经历艰辛。相比已然饱和的好莱坞，这里对手较少。外国人能够找到他们的用武之地，尽管收入可能会少一些，他们看中的则是长远收益。

But the inchoate nature of the industry also means that contracts and on-set rights are not up to U.S. standards. The lucky few find a talent agency or company willing to sponsor them for a business visa, but most try to sneak by on a tourist visa or go through expensive, dodgy agents to secure a business visa. It's a situation that's become even more precarious in the last month thanks to the Chinese government's announced crackdown on illegal foreigners.

该国业界的不成熟现状也意味着契约与权利的就位水平还不能达到美国的标准。找到有能力的经纪人，或获得公司赞助的意向，只是少数幸运儿，多数人采用旅游签证，或者找高收费的不可靠中间人获取一张商务签证。上个月以来，形势变得更加严峻了，这都得感谢中国政府宣布打击三非的行动。

While Boyd, for example, relishes the chance to work with Brody, he regrets that the parts he plays in Chinese TV series are often limited. "There are two roles for foreign guys: either you play a military officer during World War II or a study-abroad student chasing a Chinese girl," he says. "She of course rejects you because you don't understand her culture and instead chooses the Chinese guy," says the easygoing actor, now married to a Ch

inese woman, and laughs

而此时的Boyd，却享受着与Brody一起共事的机会，令他感到遗憾的是，他在中国电视连续剧里的角色经常受限。他说：“有两类外国人出演的角色：要么扮演二战军官，要么是追求中国女孩的来华留学生”，这位目前已经娶了一位中国女人的随和演员，笑着说：“因为你不懂她的文化，女孩当然会拒绝你，而去选择中国男人”。

Kara Wang, on the other hand, confronted a similar frustration in Hollywood. "The problem in L.A. is that you don't see Asians be the lead unless it's an ethnic film," says the Chinese American actress, 23, who grew up in Diamond Bar. "I was either auditioning for the token Asian girl role or I had to be the sexy, kick-ass, kung-fu chick that looks good in latex."

在好莱坞，Kara Wang也遭遇了相似的挫折。她说：“洛杉矶的问题在于，你别指望亚裔会成为主角，除非电影是异国主题的”，这位在Diamond Bar长大的23岁华裔美国演员说：“我要么轮上一次亚裔女性角色的试镜，要么就是演一个性感小蛮女，会功夫，穿着胶皮衣秀身材”。

Fluent in Mandarin, since relocating to Beijing last summer she has played a wide variety of roles, including a lady-in-waiting in a historical period drama ("a real challenge," she says, "it was like doing Chinese Shakespeare") and a fashionable Chinese gossip girl in a popular series. She's worked with leading director Chen Kaige on "Caught in the Web," which comes out next month in China, and acted opposite Bill Paxton in the upcoming co-production "Shanghai Calling."

她说着一口流利的普通话，自去年夏季移居北京，已经饰演了多种角色，包括在一部历史剧中出演侍女（“一次实打实的挑战”，她说，“这部戏剧如同中国的莎士比亚剧”），在一部流行连续剧中，她还扮演过时髦的中国版绯闻女孩。她被大牌导演陈凯歌选中，为“Caught in the Web”这个项目工作，这部作品将在下一个月放出，另外，她即将在联合制作的“Shanghai Calling”中演绎Bill Paxton的对手戏。

But she had to resign from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) because the organization prohibits members from taking nonunion work and there are no unions in China. She has also had to say goodbye to the benefits that SAG membership entails. "The whole eight-hour rule, lunch breaks … in China, all that … flies out the windows," she says.

不过，她不得不从演员协会（SAG）退出，因为该组织禁止成员承接缺乏协会保障下的职位，而中国就属于这种情况。她当然还失去了SAG成员附带的权益。“八小时工作制，午休时间，在中国所有这一切，都被甩到爪哇国了”她说。

Western actors like Wang and Boyd can find themselves working on Chinese productions for up to 24 hours at a time. Worse still, while in L.A. actors are often paid by the hour,

in China they are usually offered a lump sum with no guarantee of how much time they'll be needed on set. Even when working on co-productions, if hired here, they are considered "local talent" and are paid local rates.

像Wang 和Boyd 这样的西方演员，会发现他们有时必须24小时不停工作。更不妙的是，在洛杉矶，演员按小时计算薪酬，而中国通常则是一次性打包支付，没有计算具体有多少个小时演员必须到位。即使有合伙制作方参与，一旦被聘请，他们就被视作“本地人才”，按本地级别，支付酬劳。

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For Wang, this is a price worth paying. "I've auditioned for people that in a million years I never would have been able to meet in L.A. I got to the last round for a part in Keanu Reeves' 'Man of Tai Chi.' There's a relatively small pool of English-speaking actors out here. But in L.A. everyone in the city wants to be an actor, so the competition is out of control."

对于王来说，这代价是值得付出的。“我参加过了一百万年我也没可能出现在洛杉矶。我最后一轮去参与了基努.里维斯的'太极侠'这里有相当一小撮会说英语的演员即将滚蛋。不过在洛杉矶人人都想当演员，所以竞争是很激烈的。”

As Wang points out, competition in L.A has become even fiercer in the gloomy financial climate. "People would rather invest in the fourth season of an established series than take a risk on something new, which means it's harder for new actors to get their foot in the door. When I speak to my friends back home about what they're going through," she adds, "I'm so grateful I'm in Asia."

正如王指出,在不景气的经济环境下,洛杉矶的竞争正变得更加激烈."人们更愿意投资一个系列的第四季而不是在一个新剧上冒险,这意味着一个新演员更难迈出他成功的第一步.当我提及我回家的朋友们所经历的什么时,"她补充到"我真感谢我来了亚洲."

It's not only actors who are being lured eastward by the promise of jump-starting their careers. With more than 500 movies shot here annually, there is huge demand for Hollywood expertise from producers and directors to set designers and visual effects technicians.

不仅仅是演员被职业生涯起步的承诺吸引向东去了.用于每年发行500多部电影,好莱坞的专业知识在那里有巨大的需求,从制片人导演到布景设计师视觉特效技术人员.

It is hard to establish just how many of the 600,000 foreigners who now live in China are working in the movie business, but it is clear numbers have shot up in recent years. One casting agency claimed to have more than 1,000 English-speaking actors on its files, and a producer estimated that the number of foreigners working in the film industry has perhaps doubled in the last five years.

虽然很难界定住在中国的60000个外国人中有多少在从事电影行业工作,但是这个明确的数值近年来迅猛增长. 一个角色分派中介声称佣有超过1000名讲英语的注册演员,而某制片人预估在电影业工作的外国人的数量在过去的五年里可能翻了一番.

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New opportunities

新的机遇

China-born Daniel Zhao grew up in Hacienda Heights and, after graduating from USC's School of Cinematic Arts in 2009, started directing commercials, music videos and the occasional TV pilot. "I just didn't see any route for me outside Hollywood," he says with a confident, deep voice not unlike his hero Clint Eastwood.

中国出生的Daniel Zhao从小在哈仙达岗长大，2009年从美国南加州大学电影艺术学院毕业后，开始导演广告、音乐MV，也偶尔参与电视试播。“没有比好莱坞更适合我的地方，”他自信地说，深沉的声音和他心目中的英雄Clint Eastwood（在1993年荣获奥斯卡最佳导演奖）几乎一模一样。

Then came an offer to work as an in-house director at DMG Entertainment, the Chinese studio co-producing "Iron Man 3" with Walt Disney Co. Just months into the job, he was supervising post-production work on a Hong Kong director's feature film. "We did a lot of major fixes, from shooting pickup shots to editing scenes to rewriting dialogue," he says with obvious bursts of excitement. "In L.A., for the amount of time that I've worked, it would be rare for me to work on a feature of this scale and have such an integral part in changing it."

接着来了一项工作，要求他作为DMG娱乐公司的导演。这个中国电影制作公司和美国迪士尼公司合拍过《钢铁侠3》.在几个月的时间里，他都在指导一部香港导演的故事片的后期制作。“我们做了大量的修复工作，从拍摄皮卡的镜头到重写对话台词，”他非常兴奋地说。“在洛杉矶，因为我要花大量时间去工作，参与这种规模的故事片制作的机会就非常难得，特别是还要进行这样的整体调整。”

Zhao's, Wang's and Boyd's knowledge of Mandarin helped them build careers in China, but it is not essential. The demand for Hollywood skills is so strong that, at the top levels at least, some people who don't speak a word of the language are being hired.

Zhao, Wang 和 Boyd的普通话知识帮助他们在中国建立事业，但这并不是必须的。中国对于好莱坞的技术要求是如此强烈，至少在高层面是如此，以至于一些完全不懂中国话的人也被聘用了。

篇三：广东省广州东莞五校2011届高三第二次联考(英语)

2011届高三级第二次阶段综合测试五校联考

英语科试卷

(全卷满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟 考试形式：闭卷)

（选择题的答案全部涂填在答题卡上）

I．听说考试（以纸笔代替人机对话）（共两节；满分15分）（把答案写在答题卡上）

第一节: Role play（角色扮演）你将听到一段对话，对话播放两遍，听完后，完成如下两个任务。（共小5题；每小题2分，满分10分）

(I) Please ask two questions in English according to the Chinese tips.

1. 这些票之间有什么不同？

2. 谁能享受这种优惠（prefe

rential treatment）?

(II) Please answer three questions in English.

1. How much is a full ticket?

2. Is the saver ticket the cheapest?

3. Who can visit all the scenic spots of this area?

第二节 Retelling （故事复述）

你将听到一段故事，故事播放两遍。听完故事后，按下面的线索，复述这个故事（你只需要在横线上填入合适的单词，每空不超过三个单词）。（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

生词：Oxford牛津 brilliant有才气的odd古怪的

When I was was the only Asian girl in my school and I go to art college.

On the day of my college interview in Bath, I woke up and something unexpected made me unable to go there and it was impossible for me to become a professional artist. Instead I went to Swenden. I told the woman next to me on the train about to my surprise she sent me an invitation a later. Now I am in charge of a very popular TV comedy program.

II.语言知识应用 （共两节；满分45分）

第一节: 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Dad loved children. And he always wanted a ____1______ family. Eventually, he got what he wanted with twelve children in the family. Without fail, he would show us off to visitors.

Once, Dad _____2_____ presented the first three children in the family, Ann, Mary and

Ernestine, to some visitors. Then he picked up a fourth child, and said, "And this is our _____3_____ model, complete with all the improvements. And don't think that this is all; we are _____4_____ the 1953 model some time next month."

But what he _____5_____ most was taking us out for a drive. On one occasion a man in a village we were passing through shouted _____6_____ that he had seen eleven people in our car, not _____7_____ Mum and Dad. _____8_____, Dad called out over his shoulder, "You _____9_____ the second baby up from the front here, Mister."

Another time, Dad told us this joke, though we were not sure then whether he was telling us the ____10_____. Mum, who was a psychologist (心理学家), once went to give a lecture and left Dad in charge of the _____11_____. When Mum returned, she asked him if everything had been OK. He said everything was fine _____12_____ one of the children had been taught a lesson because he had been _____13_____. When he pointed at the child that had been _____14_____, Mum looked at him calmly and said, "That's not one of ours, dear. He _____15_____ next door."

1. A. rich B. lovely C. close D. large

2. A. surprisingly B. nervously C. kindly D. proudly

3. A. dearest B. smallest C. latest D. youngest

4. A. ordering B. selling C. expecting D. improving

5. A. hated B. enjoyed C. cared D. hoped

6. A. crazily B. excitedly C. curiously D. directly

7. A. counting B. naming C. showing D. reaching

8. A. Immediately B. Carefully C. Angrily D. Easily

9. A. saw B. missed C. forget D. left

10. A. truth B. story C. adventure D. accident

11. A. lecture B. house C. office D. activity

12. A. even if B. apart from C. so that D. except that

13. A. troublesome B. careless C. active D. quiet

14. A. found B. caught C. punished D. wounded

15. A. goes to B. belongs to C. works D. plays

第二节 语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为l6-25的相应位置上。

I was always told that the three Ps, patience, positive thinking and perseverance, were a sure path 16______success.But this advice does not always work as planned. My high school maths exam is one example. The exam, 17______was originally to be held in our classroom, 18_______(change) to the library at the last minute. This, 19______, didn’t bother me because maths had always been my strongest subject. I patiently walked to the library, took my seat and did some deep breathing to help relax 20_____. But my mood changed quickly when I saw the first question. I had no idea how to do it. I tried to stay 21_______(positive) and persevered 22______I finally found the solution. With the problem 23_______(solve),I felt proud of my achievement.24________(fortunate),I then noticed that I had just 10 minutes left 25______ (complete) the rest.

III.阅读 (共两节，满分50分)

第—节 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从26—45 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。

A

My newly-rented small apartment was far away from the centre of London and it was becoming essential for me to find a job, so finally I spent a whole morning getting to town and putting my name down to be considered by London Transport for a job on the underground. They were looking for guards, not drivers. This suited me. I couldn’t drive a car but thought that I could probably guard a train, and perhaps continue to write my poems between stations. The writers Keats and Chekhov had been doctors. T.S. Eliot had worked in a bank and Wallace Stevens for an insurance company. I’d be a subway guard. I could see myself being cheerful, useful, a good man in a crisis（艰难危险时期）. Obviously I’d be overqualified but I was willing to forget about that in return for a steady income and travel privileges — those being particularly welcome to someone living a long way from the city centre.

The next day I sat down, with almost a hundred other candidates, for the intelligence test. I must have done all right because after about half an hour’s wait I was sent into another room for a psychological test. This time there were only about fifty candidates. The interviewer sat at a desk. Candidates were signaled forward to occupy the seat opposite him when the previous occupant had been dismissed, after a greater or shorter time. Obviously the long interviews were the more successful ones. Some of the interviews were as short as five minutes. Mine was the only one that lasted a minute and a half.

I can remember the questions now: ―Why did you leave your last job?‖ ―Why did you leave your job before that?‖ ―And the one before that?‖ I can’t recall my answers, except that they were short at first and grew progressively shorter. His closing statement, I thought, revealed a lack of sensitivity which helped to explain why as a psychologist, he had risen no higher than the underground railway. ―You’ve failed the psychological test and we are unable to offer you a position.‖

Failing to get that job was my low point. Or so I thought, believing that the work was easy. Actually, such jobs — being a postman is another one I still desire — demand exactly the sort of elementary yet responsible awareness that the habitual dreamer is least qualified to give. But I was still far short of full self-understanding. I was also short of cash.

26．The writer applied for the job chiefly because _________.

A．he wanted to work in the centre of London

B．he could no longer afford to live without one

C．he was not interested in any other available job

D．he had received some suitable training

27．The writer thought he was overqualified for the job because _________.

A．he often traveled underground B．he had written many poems

C．he could deal with difficult situations D．he had worked in a company

28．The length of his interview meant that _________.

A．he was not going to be offered the job B．he had not done well in the intelligence test

C．he did not like the interviewer at all D．he had little work experience to talk about

29．What does the writer realize now that he did not realize then?

A．How unpleasant ordinary jobs can be. B．How difficult it is to be a poet.

C．How unsuitable he was for the job. D．How badly he did in the interview.

30．What’s the writer’s opinion of the psychologist?

A. He was very aggressive（有进取心的）. B. He was unhappy with his job.

C. He was quite inefficient. D. He was rather unsympathetic.

B

Napoleon Bonaparte died on May 5, 1821, on the island of St. Helena off the coast of Africa. He was 51 years old at the time. When doctors examined Napoleon's body, they said that the former emperor of France had died from cancer of the stomach. That was the cause of death recorded in the official report. However, other doctors disagreed. One doctor who was present during the examination of the body said that Napoleon died of hepatitis（肝炎）. Other historians and medical experts have suggested that Napoleon died of syphilis（梅毒）, tuberculosis（肺结核）, or perhaps malaria. Now, after careful research, a British chemist thinks that Napoleon might have been poisoned -- not by a person, but by his wallpaper.

Napoleon was sent to the island of St. Helena in 1815 after he lost the battle of Waterloo. He was a prisoner on the island. Although he had servants to attend to him, he had to live in one small building. St. Helena is a very wet island, so the walls of the building were always covered with mold. Napoleon became ill from spending too much time inside his house. Almost constantly he had a fever, chills, and felt sick to his stomach. He often felt pain in his shoulders and in his side. His skin turned yellow. He got frequent headaches, and he would become dizzy and vomit. None of the medicine that the doctors gave Napoleon seemed to help. They were not sure what was the matter. Finally, Napoleon was too weak to leave the house. One night, while he was sleeping, he went into a coma （昏迷）and died.

Many doctors who later reviewed the reports of Napoleon's illness found that the symptoms did not show a man who suffered from stomach cancer. It seemed obvious that Napoleon had died from some other cause. In 1961, a Swedish doctor examined some of Napoleon’s hair and found a high level of arsenic（砒霜）, a chemical poison. Was Napoleon murdered? It is doubtful. Arsenic was used in many types of medicine during Napoleon’s time, so he might have taken the arsenic as a cure for his illness. Then, in 1982, Dr. David Jones from England began to look into the mystery and suggested that Napoleon might have breathed in arsenic which was in the air of his house. In the 1700s and 1800s, arsenic was used to make a kind of green paint used on cloth and wallpaper. If the paint was used on a wet wall, the arsenic would go into the air. A person in the room might breathe that air. After studying the wallpaper in the room where Napoleon died, Dr. Jones found high levels of arsenic in the green paint on the walls.

A. a British doctor thinks he has found the cause of Napoleon's death

B. many doctors have tried to guess the cause of Napoleon's death

C. Napoleon could have died from poison

D. all of the above

32. Why did Napoleon live on St. Helena?

A. He owned the island. B. He was a prisoner there.

C. His family lived there. D. He liked the island.

33. Napoleon suffered from the following symptoms except __________.

A. chills B. fever C dizziness D. bleeding

34. The official report said that Napoleon died of____________.

A. cancer B. a coma C. mold D. poison

35. According to Dr. Jones, how did the arsenic probably get into Napoleon's body?

A. He ate it. B. He breathed it in.

C. He touched it. D. He drank it.

C

One reaction to all the concern about tropical deforestation（砍伐森林） is a blank（茫然的） stare that asks the question, "Since I don't live there, what does it have to do with me?"

The answer is that your way of life, wherever you live in the world, is tied to the tropics in many ways. If you live in a house, wash your hair, eat fruits and vegetables, drink soda, or drive a car, you can be certain that you are affected by the loss of tropical forests.

Biologically, we are losing the richest regions on earth when, each minute, a piece of tropical forest, the size of ten city blocks, disappears. As many as five million species of plants, animals, and insects (40 to 50 percent of all living things) live there, and are being lost faster than they can be found and described. Their loss is immeasurable.

Take rubber for example. For many uses, only natural rubber from trees will do. are not good enough. Today over half the world's commercial rubber is produced in Malaysia and Indonesia, while the Amazon's rubber industry produces much of the world's four million tons. And rubber is an important material in making gloves, balloons, footwear and many sporting goods. Thousands of other tropical plants are valuable for their industrial use.

Many scientists strongly believe that deforestation contributes to the greenhouse effect -- or heating of the earth from increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. As we destroy forests, we lose their ability to change carbon dioxide into oxygen.

Carbon dioxide levels could double within the next half-century, warming the earth by as much as 4.5 degrees. The result? A partial melt-down of polar ice caps, raising sea levels as much as 24 feet; even 15 feet could threaten anyone living within 35 miles of the coast. Unbelievable? Maybe. But scientists warn that by the time we realise the severe effects of tropical deforestation, it will be 20 years too late.

Can tropical deforestation affect our everyday lives? Now, you should have got the answer.

36. The underlined word A. natural rubber B. tropical materials

C. man-made material D. commercial rubber

37. In the last paragraph the author tries to A. tell people how to avoid the tropical deforestation

B. persuade people to buy something synthetic

C. show us how important it is to protect the tropical forests

D. let people realise the effect of tropical deforestation

38. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. The forests are losing their function in turning carbon dioxide into oxygen.

B. Many of our daily uses are related to the tropical forests.

C. Tropical plants can be used to make industrial products.

D. High carbon dioxide levels will make the earth warmer.

39. The author's attitude towards the tropical deforestation is .

A. puzzling B. cold C. supporting D. opposed

40. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

篇四：上海2014-2015年高三英语考试卷(有最新语法填空)

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尚德实验学校2014—2015学年第一学期期中考试试题

高三英语

（满分150分，答卷时间120分钟）

学校：_________________ 班级：__________ 学号：_________ 姓名：__________成绩：

第I卷 （共103分）

I. Listening Comprehension （30’） Section A

1. A. Go to the office B. Keep calling C. Try online booking D. See a doctor 2. A. A reporter B. An athlete C.A fisherman D. An organizer 3. A. At a post office. B. At a fast-food restaurant. C. At a booking office. D. At a check-in desk. 4. A. He already has plans.

B. The woman should decide where to eat. C. He will make a reservation.

D. The woman can ask her brother for advice. 5. A. He got wet in the rain B. The shower was out of order C. He didn‘t hear the phone ringing

D. He got out of the shower to answer the phone.

C. Serious D. Ridiculous.

C. Do some gardening. D. Visit a lawyer.

6. A. Reasonable. B. Bright. 7. A. Send leaflets. B. Go sightseeing. 8. A. Her doorbell doesn‘t need repair.

B. She didn‘t expect him to come so early. C. The man has just arrived on time. D. It is not the right time for her.

9. A. She won‘t go to the beach if it rains.

B. She would like the man to get to the beach. C. It will clear up tomorrow.

D. It was pouring when she was at the beach. 10. A. What to take up as a hobby. B. How to keep fit. C. How to handle pressure. D. What to play with.

Section B

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. Her school was in a small village. B. She was outstanding at school.

C. She was the only Asian girl there. D. Her parents were in London.

12. A. London. B. Bath. C. Swindon. D. Oxford. 13. A. Coming across a radio producer. B. Taking an earlier train. C. Meeting a professional artist. D. Wearing two odd shoes.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following speech.

14. A. Education children. B. Saving rare animals. C. Recreating an environment. D. Making a profit. 15. A. Animals make visitors stressful. B. Animals must live their lives in cages. C. Animals can feel bored and sad. D. Animals are in danger of extinction. 16. A. They are still useful and necessary.

B. They have more disadvantages then advantages. C. They are a perfect environment for animals. D. They are recreative places for animals.

Section C

Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

II. Grammar and vocabulary (26’)

Section A （16’）

Directions: Fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct.

(A) When (25)_____________(ask) to point out one or two things that are most important to

A true friendship carries a long history of experience that determines who we are and

(27)__________(keep) us connected. It is a treasure we should protect. Unfortunately, the better

friends you are, the (probable) you‘ll have disagreements. And the result can be what you don‘t want— an end to the relationship.

The good news is (29)_________ most troubled friendships can be mended. First, don‘t let

your pride get in your way. Most of us can forgive each other when differences are brought out in the open. Second, (30)_________(apologize) when you‘re wrong --– (31)______ _____ you‘ve been wronged. Over the course of a friendship, even the best people make mistakes. Sometimes, it may be best if the wronged person takes the lead and apologizes. When you apologize, give your friend a chance to admit that he has been wrong. Third, see things from your friend‘s point of view. And finally, accept that friendships change as our needs and lifestyle change. Making friends can sometimes seem easy. The hard part is keeping the connections strong during the natural ups and downs that have an effect on all relationships. My suggestion: Consider friendship (32)_________ honor and a gift, and worth the effort to treasure and nurture (培养).

（B）

has found a link between the cycles of a beating heart and the chance of someone feeling fear. Tests on healthy volunteers found that they were more likely to feel a sense of fear at the moment when their hearts are contracting（收缩）and pumping blood around their bodies, compared with the point the heartbeat is relaxed. Scientists say the results suggested that the heart is able to influence (35)___________ the brain responds to a fearful event, depending on which point it is at in its regular cycle of contraction and relaxation.

Sarah Garfinkel at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School said, ―Our study show for the fearful pictures in relation to our heart.

The study tested 20 healthy volunteers on their reactions to fear as they were shown pictures of fearful faces. Dr. Garfinkel said, ―The study showed that fearful faces are better noticed when the heart is pumping (37)_________ when it is relaxed. Thus our hearts can also affect what we see and what we don‘t see — and guide whether we see fear.‖

to show how the brain influences the way the heart changes a person‘s feeling of fear. ―So far we (39)___________(find) an important mechanism by which the heart and brain ?speak‘ to each other to change our feelings and reduce fear‖ Dr. Garfinkel said. ―We hope that by increasing our understanding about how fear is dealt with and ways that it could be reduced, we may be able to develop more successful treatments for anxiety, disorders, and also for (40)__________ who are suffering from serious stress disorder.‖

Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only

Technology is the application of knowledge to production. Thanks to modern technology, we have been able to increase greatly the efficiency of our work New machines and new

methods have to cut down time and expense while increasing overall output. This has meant more production and a higher standard of living. For most people in America, modern technology is thought of as the reason why we can have cars and television sets. However, technology has also increased the amount of food 43 to us, by means of modern farming machinery and animal breeding techniques, and has extended our life span through medical technology.

Will mankind continue to live longer and have a higher quality of life? In large 44 the answer depends on technology and our ability to use it . If we keep making progress as we have over the past fifty years, the answer is definitely yes. The advancement of technology depends upon 46 and development, and the latest statistics show that the United States is continuing to pump billions of dollars annually into such efforts. So while we are running out of some scarce resources we may well find substitutes for many of them through our research programs.

Therefore, in the final analysis the three major factors of production (land, labor and capital) 48 new technology to meet those needs. As equipment proves to be slow or inefficient, new machines will be responds to our needs in helping us maintain our of living.

III. Reading Comprehension (47’)

Section A (15’)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

The responsibilities of job, home and family all too often transform the daily routine into a huge burden. Enjoying quality leisure time becomes 51 .

True leisure means engaging in a and rewarding activity without being by other aspects of your life. Sometimes, the 54 you experience during the week make you place great emphasis on weekends and other days off. You hope to relax, but the stress is You can't rest even when you have the time to do so. When time is limited, leisure activities are usually the first items to 56 from the daily schedule.

If you routinely your leisure time because you have "more important things to do," you may be underestimating how much time the things 58 take. Most people routinely shortchange themselves on the amount of time required to complete a given task. The problem is a to evaluate performance honestly.

60 , simplifying your life will let you have more windows of opportunity to do stuff just for fun. Maybe you need to relearn to relax.

Spare Time for Your doing something that you enjoy, listening to music, assembling a jigsaw puzzle. Do whatever you always wish to but never seem to find time for. And do it where there's nothing to remind you of other 63 .

Choose Low-Tech: The popular fascination with technological advances in all areas of life has diverted(偏离) attention from the simple pleasures of many pastimes. People think they must have the best, most up-to-date equipment available to enjoy themselves. When , the pure pleasure of leisure is lost.

are all influenced by technology. When we need new techniques in medicine, people will start

51. A. difficult 52. 53. 54. 55.

B. essential B. pleasurable B. ashamed B. risk B. enormous B. consider B. fulfill B. actually B. delay B. Images B. entirely

C. noticeable C. delicate C. preoccupied C. stress C. ignorant C. recognize C. abandon

C. initially C. failure C. Moreover C. Desires C. primarily C. stimulations C. traditional C. source

D. incapable D. disgusting D. oppressed D. thirst D. adjusted D. disappear D. expand D. equally D. record D. Therefore D. Tasks

D. dramatically D. limitations D. physical D. threat

A. reluctant A. cultivated A. favour A. reasonable

56. A. destroy 57. A. estimate

58. A. constantly 59. A. variety 60. A. Consequently 61. A. Instincts 62. A. occasionally 63. A. duties 64. A. uncommon 65. A. focus

B. However

B. expectations B. individual B. depression

Section B

Directions: Read the following three passages. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)

The red phone box in Britain is a perfect example of the British

traditional culture. However, with the fast development of mobile phones, it has lost its place in people‘s everyday life. In order to save their loved red phone boxes, people have thought up many ideas, for example, to turn them into toilets or art houses.

In a village in Somerset, a place in South West England,

villagers have found a way to save their red phone box. They

turned it into a mini library to cope with the shortage of libraries in their area. The idea was given by a local villager, Janet Fisher, who lives opposite the phone box. Villagers rallied together to set up the book box after their mobile library service was cancelled. Over 100 books and a variety of movies and music CDs are available at this tiny library. The books are of different kinds, ranging from cooking books to the classics and children‘s books.

People can put the books that they have read inside the phone box, and take away the books that they‘d like to read. The books are always changing. There is a regular check on the books to keep the phone box collection fresh.

Anyone is free to come to read books there. The phone box library is open every day

around the clock and is lit at night. ―It‘s very pleasing that the red phone box has been saved. More importantly, it can continue providing a service for us,‖ said one of the villagers. 66. The red phone box has been a symbol of ______.

A. the European architecture

B. the British culture

C. the development of technology D. British people‘s daily life 67. The underlined word ―novel‖ in paragraph 2 means ______.

A. separate B. traditional C. ridiculous

D. new

篇五：广东省广州东莞五校2011届高三第二次联考(英语)

2011届高三级第二次阶段综合测试五校联考

英语科试卷

(全卷满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟 考试形式：闭卷)

（选择题的答案全部涂填在答题卡上）

I．听说考试（以纸笔代替人机对话）（共两节；满分15分）（把答案写在答题卡上）

第一节: Role play（角色扮演）你将听到一段对话，对话播放两遍，听完后，完成如下两个任务。（共小5题；每小题2分，满分10分）

(I) Please ask two questions in English according to the Chinese tips.

1. 这些票之间有什么不同？

2. 谁能享受这种优惠（preferential treatment）?

(II) Please answer three questions in English.

1. How much is a full ticket?

2. Is the saver ticket the cheapest?

3. Who can visit all the scenic spots of this area?

第二节 Retelling （故事复述）

你将听到一段故事，故事播放两遍。听完故事后，按下面的线索，复述这个故事（你只需要在横线上填入合适的单词，每空不超过三个单词）。（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

生词：Oxford牛津 brilliant有才气的odd古怪的

When I was was the only Asian girl in my school and I go to art college.

On the day of my college interview in Bath, I woke up and something unexpected made me unable to go there and it was impossible for me to become a professional artist. Instead I went to Swenden. I told the woman next to me on the train about to my surprise she sent me an invitation a later. Now I am in charge of a very popular TV comedy program.

II.语言知识应用 （共两节；满分45分）

第一节: 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Dad loved children. And he always wanted a ____1______ family. Eventually, he got what he wanted with twelve children in the family. Without fail, he would show us off to visitors.

Once, Dad _____2_____ presented the first three children in the family, Ann, Mary and

Ernestine, to some visitors. Then he picked up a fourth child, and said, "And this is our _____3_____ model, complete with all the improvements. And don't think that this is all; we are _____4_____ the 1953 model some time next month."

But what he _____5_____ most was taking us out for a drive. On one occasion a man in a village we were passing through shouted _____6_____ that he had seen eleven people in our car, not _____7_____ Mum and Dad. _____8_____, Dad called out over his shoulder, "You _____9_____ the second baby up from the front here, Mister."

Another time, Dad told us this joke, though we were not sure then whether he was telling us the ____10_____. Mum, who was a psychologist (心理学家), once went to give a lecture and left Dad in charge of the _____11_____. When Mum returned, she asked him if everything had been OK. He said everything was fine _____12_____ one of the children had been taught a lesson because he had been _____13_____. When he pointed at the child that had been _____14_____, Mum looked at him calmly and said, "That's not one of ours, dear. He _____15_____ next door."

1. A. rich B. lovely C. close D. large

2. A. surprisingly B. nervously C. kindly D. proudly

3. A. dearest B. smallest C. latest D. youngest

4. A. ordering B. selling C. expecting D. improving

5. A. hated B. enjoyed C. cared D. hoped

6. A. crazily B. excitedly C. curiously D. directly

7. A. counting B. naming C. showing D. reaching

8. A. Immediately B. Carefully C. Angrily D. Easily

9. A. saw B. missed C. forget D. left

10. A. truth B. story C. adventure D. accident

11. A. lecture B. house C. office D. activity

12. A. even if B. apart from C. so that D. except that

13. A. troublesome B. careless C. active D. quiet

14. A. found B. caught C. punished D. wounded

15. A. goes to B. belongs to C. works D. plays

第二节 语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为l6-25的相应位置上。

I was always told that the three Ps, patience, positive thinking and perseverance, were a sure path 16______success.But this advice does not always work as planned. My high school maths exam is one example. The exam, 17______was originally to be held in our classroom, 18_______(change) to the library at the last minute. This, 19______, didn’t bother me because maths had always been my strongest subject. I patiently walked to the library, took my seat and did some deep breathing to help relax 20_____. But my mood changed quickly when I saw the first question. I had no idea how to do it. I tried to stay 21_______(positive) and persevered 22______I finally found the solution. With the problem 23_______(solve),I felt proud of my achievement.24________(fortunate),I then noticed that I had just 10 minutes left 25______ (complete) the rest.

III.阅读 (共两节，满分50分)

第—节 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从26—45 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。

A

My newly-rented small apartment was far away from the centre of London and it was becoming essential for me to find a job, so finally I spent a whole morning getting to town and putting my name down to be considered by London Transport for a job on the underground. They were looking for guards, not drivers. This suited me. I couldn’t drive a car but thought that I could probably guard a train, and perhaps continue to write my poems between stations. The writers Keats and Chekhov had been doctors. T.S. Eliot had worked in a bank and Wallace Stevens for an insurance company. I’d be a subway guard. I could see myself being cheerful, useful, a good man in a crisis（艰难危险时期）. Obviously I’d be overqualified but I was willing to forget about that in return for a steady income and travel privileges — those being particularly welcome to someone living a long way from the city centre.

The next day I sat down, with almost a hundred other candidates, for the intelligence test. I must have done all right because after about half an hour’s wait I was sent into another room for a psychological test. This time there were only about fifty candidates. The interviewer sat at a desk. Candidates were signaled forward to occupy the seat opposite him when the previous occupant had been dismissed, after a greater or shorter time. Obviously the long interviews were the more successful ones. Some of the interviews were as short as five minutes. Mine was the only one that lasted a minute and a half.

I can remember the questions now: ―Why did you leave your last job?‖ ―Why did you leave your job before that?‖ ―And the one before that?‖ I can’t recall my answers, except that they were short at first and grew progressively shorter. His closing statement, I thought, revealed a lack of sensitivity which helped to explain why as a psychologist, he had risen no higher than the underground railway. ―You’ve failed the psychological test and we are unable to offer you a position.‖

Failing to get that job was my low point. Or so I thought, believing that the work was easy. Actually, such jobs — being a postman is another one I still desire — demand exactly the sort of elementary yet responsible awareness that the habitual dreamer is least qualified to give. But I was still far short of full self-understanding. I was also short of cash.

26．The writer applied for the job chiefly because _________.

A．he wanted to work in the centre of London

B．he could no longer afford to live without one

C．he was not interested in any other available job

D．he had received some suitable training

27．The writer thought he was overqualified for the job because _________.

A．he often traveled underground B．he had written many poems

C．he could deal with difficult situations D．he had worked in a company

28．The length of his interview meant that _________.

A．he was not going to be offered the job B．he had not done well in the intelligence test

C．he did not like the interviewer at all D．he had little work experience to talk about

29．What does the writer realize now that he did not realize then?

A．How unpleasant ordinary jobs can be. B．How difficult it is to be a poet.

C．How unsuitable he was for the job. D．How badly he did in the interview.

30．What’s the writer’s opinion of the psychologist?

A. He was very aggressive（有进取心的）. B. He was unhappy with his job.

C. He was quite inefficient. D. He was rather unsympathetic.

B

Napoleon Bonaparte died on May 5, 1821, on the island of St. Helena off the coast of Africa. He was 51 years old at the time. When doctors examined Napoleon's body, they said that the former emperor of France had died from cancer of the stomach. That was the cause of death recorded in the official report. However, other doctors disagreed. One doctor who was present during the examination of the body said that Napoleon died of hepatitis（肝炎）. Other historians and medical experts have suggested that Napoleon died of syphilis（梅毒）, tuberculosis（肺结核）, or perhaps malaria. Now, after careful research, a British chemist thinks that Napoleon might have been poisoned -- not by a person, but by his wallpaper.

Napoleon was sent to the island of St. Helena in 1815 after he lost the battle of Waterloo. He was a prisoner on the island. Although he had servants to attend to him, he had to live in one small building. St. Helena is a very wet island, so the walls of the building were always covered with mold. Napoleon became ill from spending too much time inside his house. Almost constantly he had a fever, chills, and felt sick to his stomach. He often felt pain in his shoulders and in his side. His skin turned yellow. He got frequent headaches, and he would become dizzy and vomit. None of the medicine that the doctors gave Napoleon seemed to help. They were not sure what was the matter. Finally, Napoleon was too weak to leave the house. One night, while he was sleeping, he went into a coma （昏迷）and died.

Many doctors who later reviewed the reports of Napoleon's illness found that the symptoms did not show a man who suffered from stomach cancer. It seemed obvious that Napoleon had died from some other cause. In 1961, a Swedish doctor examined some of Napoleon’s hair and found a high level of arsenic（砒霜）, a chemical poison. Was Napoleon murdered? It is doubtful. Arsenic was used in many types of medicine during Napoleon’s time, so he might have taken the arsenic as a cure for his illness. Then, in 1982, Dr. David Jones from England began to look into the mystery and suggested that Napoleon might have breathed in arsenic which was in the air of his house. In the 1700s and 1800s, arsenic was used to make a kind of green paint used on cloth and wallpaper. If the paint was used on a wet wall, the arsenic would go into the air. A person in the room might breathe that air. After studying the wallpaper in the room where Napoleon died, Dr. Jones found high levels of arsenic in the green paint on the walls.

A. a British doctor thinks he has found the cause of Napoleon's death

B. many doctors have tried to guess the cause of Napoleon's death

C. Napoleon could have died from poison

D. all of the above

32. Why did Napoleon live on St. Helena?

A. He owned the island. B. He was a prisoner there.

C. His family lived there. D. He liked the island.

33. Napoleon suffered from the following symptoms except __________.

A. chills B. fever C dizziness D. bleeding

34. The official report said that Napoleon died of____________.

A. cancer B. a coma C. mold D. poison

35. According to Dr. Jones, how did the arsenic probably get into Napoleon's body?

A. He ate it. B. He breathed it in.

C. He touched it. D. He drank it.

C

One reaction to all the concern about tropical deforestation（砍伐森林） is a blank（茫然的） stare that asks the question, "Since I don't live there, what does it have to do with me?" The answer is that your way of life, wherever you live in the world, is tied to the tropics in many ways. If you live in a house, wash your hair, eat fruits and vegetables, drink soda, or drive a car, you can be certain that you are affected by the loss of tropical forests.

Biologically, we are losing the richest regions on earth when, each minute, a piece of tropical forest, the size of ten city blocks, disappears. As many as five million species of plants, animals, and insects (40 to 50 percent of all living things) live there, and are being lost faster than they can be found and described. Their loss is immeasurable.

Take rubber for example. For many uses, only natural rubber from trees will do. are not good enough. Today over half the world's commercial rubber is produced in Malaysia and Indonesia, while the Amazon's rubber industry produces much of the world's four million tons. And rubber is an important material in making gloves, balloons, footwear and many sporting goods. Thousands of other tropical plants are valuable for their industrial use.

Many scientists strongly believe that deforestation contributes to the greenhouse effect -- or heating of the earth from increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. As we destroy forests, we lose their ability to change carbon dioxide into oxygen.

Carbon dioxide levels could double within the next half-century, warming the earth by as much as 4.5 degrees. The result? A partial melt-down of polar ice caps, raising sea levels as much as 24 feet; even 15 feet could threaten anyone living within 35 miles of the coast. Unbelievable? Maybe. But scientists warn that by the time we realise the severe effects of tropical deforestation, it will be 20 years too late.

Can tropical deforestation affect our everyday lives? Now, you should have got the answer.

36. The underlined word A. natural rubber B. tropical materials

C. man-made material D. commercial rubber

37. In the last paragraph the author tries to A. tell people how to avoid the tropical deforestation

B. persuade people to buy something synthetic

C. show us how important it is to protect the tropical forests

D. let people realise the effect of tropical deforestation

38. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. The forests are losing their function in turning carbon dioxide into oxygen.

B. Many of our daily uses are related to the tropical forests.

C. Tropical plants can be used to make industrial products.

D. High carbon dioxide levels will make the earth warmer.

39. The author's attitude towards the tropical deforestation is .

A. puzzling B. cold C. supporting D. opposed

40. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

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