Most glasses help people see better, but a new invention from Japan may soon im
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Most glasses help people see better, but a new invention from Japan may soon improve language skills and language barriers instead.
High-tech Company NEC has a device that it says will users to communicate with people of different .
Shaped like a pair of eyeglasses without the lenses(镜片), the computer-assisted Tele Scouter would a picture-forming device to present almost real-time translations directly onto the retina（视网膜）. The text, provided instantly voice recognition and programs, would effectively provide movie-like “subtitles” （字幕） during a conversation between two people the glasses.
“You can keep the flowing,” NEC market development official Takayuki Omino told reporters at Tokyo exposition (展览会) the device was on display. “This could also be used for talks with secret information,” says Omino, stating that there would be no for translators.
Each user’s words would be by microphone, translated, and be instantly for conversation partners in visual text and as audio delivered through headphones.
Users can still see their conversation partner’s face because the text is onto only part of the retina—the first time such technology is used in a commercial product, according to NEC.
The company plans to put the Tele Scouter in Japan in November next year, at the beginning without the translation mode.
| 小题1: | | A．cut off | B．cut down | C．cut in | D．cut up |
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| 小题2: | | A．come up with | B．come across | C．come through | D．come down |
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| 小题3: | | A．force | B．promise | C．allow | D．leave |
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| 小题4: | | A．backgrounds | B．cultures | C．customs | D．languages |
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| 小题6: | | A．adopt | B．admit | C．agree | D．adapt |
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| 小题7: | | A．designer’s | B．translator’s | C．user’s | D．producer’s |
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| 小题8: | | A．through | B．during | C．within | D．beyond |
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| 小题9: | | A．inventiong | B．invitation | C．preparation | D．translation |
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| 小题10: | | A．bearing | B．wearing | C．carrying | D．taking |
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| 小题11: | | A．discussion | B．argument | C．conversation | D．translation |
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| 小题13: | | A．connected | B．satisfied | C．joined | D．covered |
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| 小题14: | | A．hope | B．doubt | C．need | D．wonder |
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| 小题15: | | A．expected | B．imagined | C．written | D．spoken |
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| 小题16: | | A．picked up | B．made up | C．turned up | D．brought up |
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| 小题17: | | A．agreeable | B．acceptable | C．believable | D．available |
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| 小题18: | | A．either | B．neither | C．both | D．none |
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| 小题19: | | A．placed | B．passed | C．got | D．knocked |
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| 小题20: | | A．therefore | B．while | C．however | D．although |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:A
小题17:D
小题18:C
小题19:B
小题20:D |
解析
试题分析：本文介绍了一种新的发明-----the Tele Scouter。这种类似眼镜的装置可以把接收到的声音转变成文本字幕的形式呈现在人们的视网膜上。因此能帮助人们扫清语言障碍，从而使不同语言的人们之间交流更为顺畅，这种产品预计明年在日本投放市场。
小题1:B动词短语辨析。A. 切断； B. 砍到；减少C. 插话；D. 切碎。根据下文对这种类似眼镜装置的介绍可知，佩戴者不用翻译员就能和不同语言的人进行交流，由此推断这种发明能够减少语言带来的障碍，所以B选项正确。
小题2:A动词短语辨析。A.想出、提出；B. 偶遇；C. 通过；D. 下降。从上文a new invention 可以判断High-tech Company NEC发明的这种装置，所以正确答案为A。
小题3:C动词辨析。A. 强迫；B. 许诺；C. 允许；D. 离开。根据第三段对产品的介绍可知，使用者可以随意和不同语言的人们交流而没有语言障碍，所以选C，allow sb to do sth“允许某人做某事”
小题4:D名词辨析。A. 背景；B. 文化；C. 习惯；D. 语言。从上下文可知此项发明是帮助人们减少语言障碍的，所以答案选D。
小题5:B连词辨析。A. 所以；B. 但是；C.或者；D. 同时。从语境可知“被弄成眼镜形状”和“没有镜片”之间是转折关系，所以B选项正确。
小题6:A动词辨析。A. 收养，采纳；B. 承认；C. 同意；D. 适应。根据介绍可知这种发明使用一种图片成形装置，而A选项恰好表达采用，使用的意思，所以选A。
小题7:C名词辨析。A. 设计者的；B.翻译者的；C. 使用者的；D. 生产者的。从情理可知，只有使用这种发明的人才会享有这种便利，所以正确答案选C。
小题8:A介词辨析。A. 通过；B. 在…期间；C. 在…里面；D. 在…外面。根据语境可知此处介绍the Tele Scouter的工作过程，先是通过声音和翻译程序，然后形成字幕，所以答案选A。
小题9:D名词辨析。A. 发明 ；B.邀请 ；C. 准备； D. 翻译。根据上文可知这种新发明the Tele Scouter能够把人们的对话译成文字来帮助人们在交流中扫清语言障碍，所以D选项正确。
小题10:B动词辨析。A. 忍受；B. 戴着；C. 搬运；D. 带走。从上文内容可知这种类似眼镜的发明只有佩戴上才可以发挥作用，所以选B。
小题11:C名词辨析。A. 讨论；B. 争吵；C. 对话；D. 翻译。根据上文during a conversation between two people以及下文的叙述可知这种装置是用于人们交谈时的，它能够帮助扫清语言不通的障碍，使得交流顺畅，所以正确答案为C.
小题12:B连词辨析。A. 哪个；B. 哪儿；C. 为什么；D. 如何。从结构可知此处是定语从句，从句中缺少状语，而先行词exposition是地点，所以用关系副词where引导定语从句，所以B选项正确。
【小题13A形容词辨析。A.连接的；B. 满意的；C. 加入的；D. 覆盖的。从词义搭配上可知A选项符合语境，意思为“与….有关的”。
小题14:C名词辨析。A. 希望 ；B. 怀疑； C. 需要；D. 奇迹。从文章内容可知有了这种新的发明，不同语言的人们之间可以顺畅地进行交流，所以不需要翻译人员了，故答案选C。固定句型：There is no need for sth“没有…..的必要”
小题15:D形容词辨析。A. 期望的；B.想象的；C.书面的；D. 口语的。从上文可知这种发明是把人们交谈时的语言转变成字幕形式呈现到人们眼前，所以D选项正确。
小题16:A动词辨析。A.接收（信号等）， 捡起；B.编造；C. 出现； D.抚养。根据上下文内容可知人们的谈话先由扬声器接收，然后再进行翻译处理。故A为正确选项。
小题17:D形容词辨析。A. 同意的；B. 可接受的；C. 可信的；D.有得到的，可利用的。从上文对这种发明的介绍可知人们间的对话经过翻译后以字幕的形式呈现在眼前，这时人们才可以利用，所以此空选D。
小题18:C代词辨析。A. 两者之一；B. 两者都不；C. 两者都；D. 三者都不。根据下文可知此处是both…and连接两个并列成分，意思为“既以视觉文本的形式又以声音的形式通过耳机传送过来”。
小题19:B动词辨析。 A. 放置；B. 传递；C. 得到； D. 敲击。由以上对这种发明的介绍可知文字是通过一系列接收、翻译和传递的过程才达到视网膜的，所以答案选B。
小题20:D连词辨析。 A. 因此；B. 当…时候；C. 然而； D. 虽然。根据文章的介绍可知这种发明既可以提供可看到的字幕又可以提供声音，而此处指没有文字模式依然投入市场，所以和上句构成让步关系，故D为正确选项。 |
举一反三
A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her. She was of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one appeared.
Her father, a cook, took her to the . He filled three pots with and placed each on a high fire. In one he placed carrots, in the second , and in the last ground(磨碎的) coffee beans.
The daughter waited, wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he the fire. He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. He the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then he poured the out and placed it in a cup. to her he asked, "Darling, what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee." she replied.
He brought her closer and asked her to the carrots. She did and said that they were . He then asked her to take an egg and it. After pulling off the , she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to drink the coffee. She smiled, as she its rich aroma(芳香).
"What does it , Father?" she asked.
He explained that each of them had the same adversity(逆境), boiling water, but each reacted . The carrot went in strong and hard but then it turned softened and weak. The egg had been fragile(易碎的), but at last its inside became . The ground coffee beans were unique, however, after they were in the boiling water, they had the water.
"Which are you?" he asked his daughter.
When adversity knocks on your door, how do you ? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?
| 小题1: | | A．tired | B．ashamed | C．fond | D．proud |
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| 小题2: | | A．hall | B．kitchen | C．living room | D．bathroom |
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| 小题3: | | A．milk | B．sugar | C．water | D．powder |
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| 小题4: | | A．rice | B．eggs | C．apples | D．potatoes |
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| 小题5: | | A．impolitely | B．carelessly | C．vengefully | D．impatiently |
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| 小题6: | | A．put on | B．put off | C．turned on | D．turned off |
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| 小题7: | | A．wiped | B．pulled | C．cleaned | D．washed |
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| 小题8: | | A．wine | B．pot | C．beans | D．coffee |
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| 小题9: | | A．Lying | B．Talking | C．Turning | D．Devoting |
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| 小题11: | | A．soft | B．hard | C．cold | D．dirty |
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| 小题12: | | A．sell | B．boil | C．hold | D．break |
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| 小题13: | | A．plug | B．shell | C．road | D．program |
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| 小题14: | | A．made | B．tasted | C．served | D．observed |
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| 小题15: | | A．mean | B．cost | C．matter | D．contain |
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| 小题16: | | A．faced | B．studied | C．provided | D．recognized |
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| 小题17: | | A．finally | B．equally | C．differently | D．successfully |
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| 小题18: | | A．upset | B．hardened | C．effective | D．accustomed |
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| 小题19: | | A．wasted | B．skimmed | C．polluted | D．changed |
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| 小题20: | | A．find | B．know | C．respond | D．practise |
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“I’ve changed my mind．I wanted to have a telescope, but now I want my dad back．” Lucien Lawrence’s letter to Father Christmas, written after his father had been knifed to death outside his school gate, must have touched everyone’s heart．Lucien went on to say that without his father he couldn’t see the stars in the sky．When those we love depart from us, we cannot see the stars for a while．
But Lucien, the stars are still there, and one day, when you are older and your tears have gone, you will see them again．And, in a strange way, I expect that you will find your father there too, either in your mind or heart．I find that my parents, who died years ago, still linger （留连） in many of my dreams and that I think of them perhaps more than I ever did when they were alive．I still live to please them and I’m still surprised by their reactions．I remember that when I became a professor, I was so proud, or rather so pleased with myself that I couldn’t wait to cable my parents．The reply was a long time in coming, but when it did, all my mother said was “I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children!” I haven’t forgotten．The values of my parents still live on．
It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care．Would I have been as ready as Philip Lawrence has been to face the aggressors（入侵者）, and to lay down my life for those in my care? How many people would want me back for Christmas? It’s a serious thought, which gives me pause．
I pray silently, sometimes, in the dead of night, that ancient cry of a poet “Deliver my soul from the sword and my darling from the power of the God．” Yet I know death comes to us all, and sometimes comes suddenly．We must therefore plan to live together, but live as if we will die tomorrow．We live on, I’m sure, in the lives of those we loved, and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure．If more parents knew this in their hearts to be true, there might be fewer knives on our streets today．
小题1:According to the whole text we can see that the first paragraph ________.| A．puts forward the subject of the text | | B．shows the author’s pity on the kid | | C．serves as an introduction to the discussion | | D．makes a clear statement of the author’s views |
小题2:In the second paragraph the author mainly wants to explain to us ________.| A．how much he misses his parents now | | B．why his parents often appear in his dream | | C．when Lucien will get over all his sadness | | D．how proud he was when he succeeded in life |
小题3:In the author’s opinion, the value of a person’s life is ________.| A．to leave a precious memory to the people related | | B．to have a high sense of duty to the whole society | | C．to care what others will remember and treasure | | D．to share happiness and sadness with his family |
小题4:What does the writer mean by the sentence taken from an old poem?| A．Call on criminals and murderers to lay down their guns. | | B．Advise parents to stay with their children safely at home. | | C．Spend every day meaningfully in memory of death. | | D．Try to keep violence and murder far away from society. |
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This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths.
It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend(超越) it. Once we truly know that life is difficult--once we truly understand and accept it--then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.
Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.
What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness, or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.
Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, those things that hurt, instruct. It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.
小题1:From the passage, it can be inferred that ______.| A．everybody has problems | | B．we become stronger by meeting and solving the problems of life | | C．life is difficult because our problems bring us pain | | D．people like to complain about their problems |
小题2: The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to ______.| A．save space | B．persuade readers | | C．make readers laugh | D．get readers’ attention |
小题3:The main idea of Paragraph 3 is that ______.| A．most people feel life is easy | | B．the writer feels life is easy | | C．the writer likes to complain about his problems | | D．most people complain about how hard their lives are |
小题4: According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in order to______.| A．encourage them to learn | | B．teach them to fear the pain of solving the problem | | C．help them learn to deal with pain | | D．teach them how to respect from problems |
小题5:The saying from Benjamin Franklin “Those things that hurt, instruct” suggests that ______.| A．we do not learn from experience | | B．we do not learn when we are in pain | | C．pain teaches us important lessons | | D．pain cannot be avoided |
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There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as an external(外部的) result or product that can easily be identified and measured. The worker who gets a promotion, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new language--- all these are examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts.
By contrast, the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since by definition it is a journey and not the specific signposts (路标)or landmarks along the way. The process is not the road itself, but rather the attitudes and feelings people have, their caution or courage, as they go through new experiences and unexpected obstacles(阻碍). In this process, the journey never really ends; there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept.
In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to be faced with the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may “fail” at first. How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is essential(基本的) to our ability to grow.
These feelings of insecurity and self – doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow. If we do not face and overcome these internal(内部的) fears and doubts, if we protect ourselves too much, then we cease（停止) to grow. We become trapped inside a shell of our own making.
小题1:．A person is generally believed to achieve personal growth when______..| A．he has given up his smoking habit | | B．he has made great efforts in his work | | C．he is interested in making anything new | | D．he has tried to determine where he is on his journey |
小题2:．In the author’s eyes, one who views personal growth as a process would______.| A．judge his ability to grow from his own achievements | | B．succeed in climbing up the social ladder | | C．face difficulties and take up challenges | | D．aim high and reach his goal each time |
小题3:．When the author says “a new way of being” (para. 3), he is referring to _____. | A．a new way of taking risks | | B．a new approach to experiencing the world | | C．a new system of adapting to change | | D．a new method of finding ourselves |
小题4:．For personal growth, the author may not support __________. .| A．curiosity and more chances | | B．being quick in self – adaptation | | C．open – minded to new experiences | | D．avoidance of internal fears and doubts |
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I once had a teacher whose husband died suddenly of heart attack．About a week after his death, she some of her thoughts with a classroom of students．As the late afternoon sunlight shone the classroom windows, and when the class was nearly over, she a few things aside on the edge of her desk and sat down.
With a look on her face，she paused and said，“ class is over，I’d like to share with all of you a deep which I feel is very important．Each of us is put here on to learn，share，love，appreciate and give of ourselves． of us knows when this fantastic experience will ．It can be taken away at any moment．Perhaps this is the God’s of telling us that we must make the of every single day.”
Her eyes were beginning to ，but she went on，“So I would like you all to make me a ：From now on，on your way to school，or on your way home，find something beautiful to ．It doesn"t have to be something you see．It could be a of freshly baked bread floating out of someone’s house， or it could be the sound of the soft rustling(沙沙作响)the leaves in the trees…．Please look for these things， and them，for at anytime it can all be taken away．’’
The class was completely ．We all picked up our books and went out of the room silently．That ，I observed many more beautiful things on my way home from school than usual．
Remember：Life is not by the number of breaths we take，but by the moments that take our breath away．
| 小题1: | | A．learned | B．shared | C．argued | D．discussed |
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| 小题2: | | A．onto | B．into | C．across | D．through |
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| 小题3: | | A．moved | B．brushed | C．swept | D．pulled |
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| 小题4: | | A．surprised | B．worried | C．gentle | D．strange |
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| 小题5: | | A．After | B．Unless | C．Before | D．If |
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| 小题6: | | A．feeling | B．understanding | C．love | D．memory |
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| 小题7: | | A．business | B．time | C．duty | D．earth |
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| 小题8: | | A．None | B．All | C．Each | D．Neither |
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| 小题9: | | A．happen | B．begin | C．end | D．gain |
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| 小题10: | | A．way | B．signal | C．plan | D．joke |
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| 小题11: | | A．least | B．worst | C．lowest | D．most |
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| 小题12: | | A．ache | B．water | C．shine | D．dry |
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| 小题13: | | A．promise | B．choice | C．wish | D．rule |
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| 小题14: | | A．buy | B．enjoy | C．take | D．learn |
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| 小题15: | | A．smell | B．gift | C．taste | D．sight |
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| 小题16: | | A．wind | B．hand | C．light | D．color |
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| 小题17: | | A．get | B．appreciate | C．hide | D．follow’ |
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| 小题18: | | A．puzzled | B．excited | C．quiet | D．anxious |
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| 小题19: | | A．morning | B．night | C．noon | D．afternoon |
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| 小题20: | | A．wasted | B．measured | C．saved | D．lost |
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