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Năm học: 2017-2018

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Lớp 11

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Năm học: 2017-2018

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Lớp 11

Ngày thi: 3 tháng 4 năm 2018

Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút

SỐ PHÁCHHỌ TÊN, CHỮ KÍ

ĐIỂMGIÁM KHẢO SỐ 1 GIÁM KHẢO SỐ 2

PART A: LISTENING

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

GEOGRAPHY

Studying geography helps us to understand:

• the effects of different processes on the (1) …………………..…. of the Earth

• the dynamic between (2) ………………..………..…. and population

Two main branches of study:

• physical features

• human lifestyles and their (3) ………………………………….

Specific study areas: biophysical, topographic, political, social, economic, historical and

(4) …………………………………….…. geography, and also cartography

Key point: geography helps us to understand our surroundings and the associated

(5) …………………………………….….

What do geographers do?

• find data- e.g. conduct censuses, collect information in the form of

(6) ………………………….……. using computer and satellite technology

• analyse data - identify (7) …………………………….…. , e.g. cause and effect

• publish findings in form of:

a) maps

- easy to carry

- can show physical features of large and small areas

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- BUT a two-dimensional map will always have some

(8) ………………………………………………

b) aerial photos

- can show vegetation problems, (9) ………………… density, ocean floor etc.

c) Landsat pictures sent to receiving stations

- used for monitoring (10) ………………………..………. conditions etc.

PART B: PHONETICS

PHONETICS I. Choose letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions. 11. A. consequence B. agriculture C. benefit D. facility 12. A. coherent B. permanent C. continent D. sentiment13. A. destructive B. ecology C. comfortable D. security14. A. sanctuary B. contingency C. literacy D. aggravate15. A. innovative B. commentary C. alternative D. bodybuilder

II. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest by circling A, B, C or D. 16. A. rhinoceros B. vehicle C. whale D. uninhabitable17. A. faithful B. failure C. fairly D. fainted18. A. archaic B. archive C. choir D. archery19. A. suggestion B. congestion C. digestion D. devotion20. A. Islamic B. isle C. aisle D. island

PART C: GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY

I. Choose the word/phrase that best completes each of the following sentences. 21. The government is expected to _______ steps against the unemployment.

A. use B. make C. take D. apply22. The taxi had to ________ because the traffic lights had turned red.

A. set up B. catch up C. cut up D. pull up23. ________ I am aware, there were no problems during the first six months.

A. As far as B. So much as C. Much more than D. Except that24. His wife died last year and he still can’t _________ to terms with her death.

A. get B. go C. come D. contribute25. I am afraid a rise in salary is ________ just now.

A. out of sight B. out of control C. out of date D. out of the question26. We were working overtime to cope with a sudden _______ in demand.

A. surge B. boost C. impetus D. thrust27. These painkillers __________ after about two hours.

A. wear off B. drop off C. turn down D. stand for28. I’ve got a _________ that I can’t concentrate on the lecture.

A. beating B. drumming C. hammering D. throbbing29. Their flat is decorated in a _________ combination of colors.

A. tasteful B. sweet C. delicious D. tasty

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30. Could you lend me some money? I’m very _______ of cash at the moment.A. scare B. short C. low D. down

31. Mary Smith decided to give up her job for the ________ of her children.A. concern B. care C. advantage D. sake

32. ________ our project was unnecessary, we would not have invested in it.A. Had we thought B. Unless had we thoughtC. If had we thought D. As we had ever thought

33. The red light goes on outside the studio door to let people know that you are _______ air.A. on the B. by C. in D. through the

II. Use one verb and one preposition from the box to make a phrasal verb with the

correct form and fill in the blank. There is an extra phrasal verb that you don’t need.

wipe flare spring tell

make slip cobble say

out off together up

through on down of

34. She …………me……..……quite sharply about the state of my flat

35. Violence ………………….and a lot of people were injured.

36. The name on the cheque is wrong. The cheque is………………….to your brother, not to

you

37. It is a huge risk, and we can’t afford to………………..or everything will go wrong

38. Calvin……………..the chocolate……………..his mouth with the back of his hand

39. Organizations concerned about the environment seem to have ……………everywhere these

days

40. I didn’t know anyone was coming to dinner, so I had to ………………a meal ………….from

whatever in the fridge.

III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets.

WOMEN ONLY

Increasingly, women are taking their holidays without men. For safety reasons, camaraderie

or just plain fun, a growing number of female tourists are singing up for women-only trips.

Twenty years ago only a ................................ (41. HAND) of companies offered such

holidays; now there are several hundred. Travel consultant Andre Littlewood says that the

combination of higher incomes with delayed marriage, divorce, retirement and widowhood has

............................... (42. ABLE) more women to travel, often on their own. They are attracted

by the sense of freedom that a holiday without men affords them. “Women in a group tend to

feel ................................. (43. INHIBIT) and speak more openly than when men are around”,

she adds. “Even on energy-sapping adventure holidays the atmosphere is relaxed and co-

operative. It’s also a great deal more fun. Women laugh more readily than men, probably 3

because they don’t mind laughing at themselves.” Since her divorce Janice Cummings has

been a regular traveler with Everywoman Tours, and Oxford-based Company whose very

name is a ..................................... (44. DETER) to men. “And a good thing too,” she says.

“Men simply cannot resist the ........................................(45. TEMPT) to try and take control,

no matter where they are. And that includes on holiday. Thankfully, there is none of that with

Everywoman.”

IV. The passage below contains 10 mistakes. IDENTIFY and CORRECT them.

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10

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The Chinese are very generous when it comes to the education of their children. No

caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even

abroad to England, the United States or Australia. They also want their children to take

extra- courses which they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other

classes which will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the most

expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount

of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or

daughter. However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they

can give their children is usually very cheap. Parents can see that their children’s skills

vary, skilled in some areas while poor in the others. What most parents fail to realize,

though, is that today children lack self-respect and self-confidence. The problem is that

parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how

to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills they need to

be confident, happy, or clever. Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills as

cooking, sewing, and doing another housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve

much of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It

is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his

cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. His

result, a well-cook dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.

Your answers:

Line Qs Mistakes Corrections Line Qs Mistakes Corrections

…… 46 …… 51

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…… 47 …… 52

…… 48 …… 53

…… 49 …… 54

…… 50 …… 55

PART D: READING

I. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in

each gap.

This pamphlet is not about empty statements and false promises, rather it is concerned with the

cooperation needed by deaf people from those who speak to them. Any person who is willing to

give their cooperation by practising the following points will not only make conservation easier for

deaf people, but also for (56) …..………..….….. Please avoid shouting at deaf people if possible.

Shouting contorts the face of the speaker (57) ……………………..the embarrassment of the

listener, and (58) …………………the conservation unnatural and strained. Speech is usually (59)

…………………...….heard when it is given in a clear voice (60) ……………………..slightly

louder than normal. Clarity (61) …………..…….……than volume is often the main requirement

when speaking. Many deaf people have some ability to lip-read, (62) ………………..going to lip-

reading classes. Some partially deaf people can practise this skill without realising it. They feel that

they can hear a speaker better when he is facing them. In actual fact, this probably isn’t the case,

(63) …………….……they are likely to understand (64) …………………..accurately because

what they only partially hear is assisted (65) …………..………what they also see in the speaker’s

expressions and lip movements.

II. In this part of the test, you are going to read a short text, then answer the questions

following each text by choosing the best answer to each question A, B, C or D.

WARNING ON GLOBAL WARMING

Global warming could cause drought and possibly famine in China, the source of much

of Hong Kong’s food, by 2050, a new report predicts. Hong Kong could also be at risk from

flooding as sea levels rose. The report recommends building sea-walls around low-lying areas

such as the new port and airport reclamations. Published by the World Wide Fund for Nature

(WWF), the report, which includes work by members of the Chinese Academy of

Meteorological Sciences, uses the most recent projections on climate change to point to a

gloomy outlook for China.

By 2050 about 30 to 40 per cent of the country will experience changes in the type of

vegetation it supports, with tropical and subtropical forest conditions shifting northward and 5

hot desert conditions rising in the west where currently the desert is temperate. Crop growing

areas will expand but any benefit is expected to be negated by increased evaporation of

moisture, making it too dry to grow crops such as rice. The growing season also is expected to

alter, becoming shorter in southern and central China, the mainland’s breadbasket. The rapid

changes make it unlikely that plants could adapt.

“China will produce smaller crops. In the central and northern areas, and the southern

part, there will be decreased production because of water limitations,” Dr. Rik Leemans, one of

the authors of the report, said during a brief visit to the territory yesterday. Famine could result

because of the demands of feeding the population — particularly if it grows - and the

diminished productivity of the land. “It looks very difficult for the world as a whole,” he said.

Global warming is caused by the burning of large amounts of fossil fuels, such as coal

and oil, which release gases that trap heat in the atmosphere. World temperatures already have

increased this century by about 6 degrees Celsius and are projected to rise by between 1.6

degrees and 3.8 degrees by 2100.

Dr. Leemans said China’s reliance on coal-fired power for its industrial growth did not

bode well for the world climate. “I think the political and economic powers in China are much

greater than the environmental powers, and [greenhouse gas emissions] could accelerate,” Dr.

Leemans said. “China is not taking the problem seriously yet, although it is trying to

incorporate this kind of research to see what is going to happen.”

The climate change report, which will be released tomorrow, focuses on China but Mr

David Melville of WWF-Hong Kong said some of the depressing scenarios could apply to the

territory. Food supplies, for instance, could be affected by lower crop yields. “Maybe we could

afford to import food from elsewhere but you have to keep in mind that the type of changes

experienced in southern China will take place elsewhere as well,” he said. Sea levels could rise

as glaciers melted and the higher temperatures expanded the size of the oceans, threatening

much of developed Hong Kong which is built on reclaimed land. Current projections are that

sea levels worldwide will rise by 15 to 90 centimetres by 2100, depending on whether action is

taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

“Hong Kong has substantial areas built on reclaimed land and sea level rises could

impact on that, not only on Chek Lap Kok but the West Kowloon Reclamation and the Central

and Western Reclamation - the whole lot,” Mr Melville said, adding that sea-walls would be

needed. Depleted fresh water supplies would be another problem because increased

evaporation would reduce levels. Mr Melville said the general outlook could be helped if Hong

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Kong used water less wastefully and encouraged energy efficiency to reduce fuel-burning. He

also called on the West to help China improve its efficiency.

66. Overall, what sort of picture is painted of the future effects of global warming?

A. disastrous B. potentially disastrous

C. relatively optimistic D. on balance things are going to be satisfactory

67. The main point of paragraph 3 is to describe _______.

A. effects of changes in the climate of China on food production

B. future changes in the climate of China

C. effects of changes in the climate of China on the growing season

D. projected future changes in the climate of China

68. Why does the writer add the information in square brackets in paragraph 5?

A. because the quote is from a second language user whose command of English is not perfect.

B. because, although they are not part of the original quote, the additional information given is

necessary to understand the statement.

C. because the writer is quoting from another source.

D. because the writer wants to emphasize the meaning of these words.

69. In paragraph 7, which point is Mr Melville NOT making?

A. suggesting that there is a potential disaster in Hong Kong

B. suggesting that reclamation areas are at risk

C. criticising current safeguards

D. making a call for action

70. How would you describe the Dr. Leeman’s attitude towards China?

A. mainly favourable B. critical

C. supportive in theory D. admiring

III. Read the text below and do the tasks that follow.

Task 1: The following passage has 8 paragraphs. Read the passage and decide which paragraphs concentrate on the information by writing the appropriate letters (A-H) in the statements 71-75.

71. ...... A comparison of past and present transportation methods. 72. ...... How driving habits contribute to road problems. 73. ...... The relative merits of cars and public transport. 74. ...... The writer’s own prediction of future solution. 75. ...... The increasing use of motor vehicles.

Task 2: Read the passage again and put Y (if the statement agrees with) or N (if the statement contradicts) the information given in the passage.

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76. ...... Transport by horse would be a useful alternative to motor vehicles. 77. ...... Most European cities were not designed for motor vehicles. 78. ...... Technology alone cannot solve the problem of vehicle problem. 79. ..... People’s choice of car and attitude to driving is a factor in the pollution problem. 80. ..... Redesigning cities would be a short-term solution.

A. There are now over 700 million motor vehicles in the world - and the number is rising by more than 40 million each year. The average distance driven by car users is growing too - from 8 km a day per person in western Europe in 1965 to 25 km a day in 1995. This dependence on motor vehicles has given rise to major problems, including environmental pollution, depletion of oil resources, traffic congestion and safety.

B. While emissions from new cars are far less harmful than they used to be, city streets and motorways are becoming more crowded than ever, often with older trucks, buses and taxis, which emit excessive levels of smoke and fumes. This concentration of vehicles makes air quality in urban areas unpleasant and sometimes dangerous to breathe. Even Moscow has joined the list of capitals afflicted by congestion and traffic fumes. In Mexico City, vehicle pollution is a major health hazard.

C. Until a hundred years ago, most journeys were in the 20 km range, the distance conveniently accessible by horse. Heavy freight could only be carried by water or rail. The invention of the motor vehicle brought personal mobility to the masses and made rapid freight delivery possible over a much wider area. Today about 90 per cent of inland freight in the United Kingdom is carried by road. Clearly the world cannot revert to the horse - drawn wagon. Can it avoid being locked into congested and polluting ways of transporting people and goods?

D. In Europe most cities are still designed for the old modes of transport. Adaptation to the motor car has involved adding ring roads, one-way systems and parking lots. In the United States, more land is assigned to car use than to housing. Urban sprawl means that life without a car is next to impossible. Mass use of motor vehicles has also killed or injured millions of people. Other social effects have been blamed on the car such as alienation and aggressive human behaviour.

E. A 1993 study by the European Federation for Transport and Environment found that car transport is seven times as costly as rail travel in terms of the external social costs it entails such as congestion, accidents, pollution, loss of cropland and natural habitats, depletion of oil resources, and so on. Yet cars easily surpass trains or buses as a flexible and convenient mode of personal transport. It is unrealistic to expect people to give up private cars in favour of mass transit.

F. Technical solutions can reduce the pollution problem and increase the fuel efficiency of engines. But fuel consumption and exhaust emissions depend on which cars are preferred by customers and how they are driven. Many people buy larger cars than they need for daily purposes or waste fuel by driving aggressively. Besides, global car use is increasing at a faster rate than the improvement in emissions and fuel efficiency which technology is now making possible.

G. One solution that has been put forward is the long-term solution of designing cities and neighbourhoods so that car journeys are not necessary - all essential services being located

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within walking distance or easily accessible by public transport. Not only would this save energy and cut carbon dioxide emissions, it would also enhance the quality of community life, putting the emphasis on people instead of cars. Good local government is already bringing this about in some places. But few democratic communities are blessed with the vision - and the capital - to make such profound changes in modem lifestyles.

H. A more likely scenario seems to be a combination of mass transit systems for travel into and around cities, with small ‘low emission’ cars for urban use and larger hybrid or lean burn cars for use elsewhere. Electronically tolled highways might be used to ensure that drivers pay charges geared to actual road use. Better integration of transport systems is also highly desirable - and made more feasible by modern computers. But these are solutions for countries which can afford them. In most developing countries, old cars and old technologies continue to predominate.

IV. You are going to read an article about people who have a very strange gift. Seven paragraphs have been removed from the article. Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap (81-86). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0). LISTENING TO COLOUR Colour has a deep impact on each and everyone of us. In both offices and factories, shops and homes, the management of colour is used to improve the environment. 0 (Example) H In the early part of the twentieth century Rudolf Steiner studied these effects of colour on individuals. He developed a theory from which he produced colour schemes for a learning environment. 81................... Although learning to integrate information from different senses is vital, for the majority of people sight, tough, taste, smell and hearing are fundamentally separate. Yet there is evidence, some anecdotal, some more scientific, to suggest that they are, in fact, linked. This idea of sensory unity is a very old one. 82 ................... In more modern times, many individuals have reported experiencing what is normally felt through one sense via another, and have described occasions when experiences of one sense also trigger experiences of another. Many respected scholars have reported the linking of the senses, known as synaesthesia. 83................... More recent studies include the case of a girl who associated colours with the notes of bird song. There was also a boy who felt pressure sensations in his teeth when cold compresses were applied to his arms. Among a group of college students it was found that more than 13 per cent consciously summoned up images of colour when they were listening to music, claiming that this made the experience more enjoyable. 84................... The author Vladimir Nabokov was once interviewed for a magazine article. He told the story of his ‘rather freakish gift of seeing letters in colour’ 85................... In his autobiography, he remembered the time when he was seven years old. He was using old black and white alphabet blocks to build a tower, while his mother was watching. 86................... This gift for seeing letters or hearing music in colour is not yet understood. There are probably more people out there who have the gift, but feel embarrassed or awkward about

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admitting it.

Removed paragraphs: A. One such, the physicist Sir Isaac Newton wrote that, for him, each note of the musical scale corresponded to a particular colour of the spectrum: when he saw a colour, he sometimes heard the note. And the philosopher John Locke reported the case of a blind man who claimed that he had had a revelation of what the colour scarlet looked like when he heard the sound of a trumpet for the first time.

B. Interestingly, he stated that his wife and son both have the gift of colour hearing and that their son’s colours sometimes appear to be a mix of those of his parents. For example, the letter M, for him was pink, and to his wife it was blue and in their son they found it to be purple.

C. The scheme of colours that he recommended for each age group was intended to reflect a child’s stage of development. The younger children had pink/red, while the older ones had yellow/green.

D. As each child develops, he or she learns to use all the senses cooperatively. What the child learns from one sense can be transferred to another.

E. The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle argued that the five senses were drawn together by a ‘common sense’ located in the heart. Later we see that the anatomical drawings of Leonard DA Vinci reflect the 15th century belief that the senses have a common mechanism.

F. When their tutor asked them to draw what they ‘saw’ when they heard a note rise and fall on a clarinet, their images included lips, lines and triangles. One even drew a house nestling amid hills.

G. He casually remarked to her that the colours of the letters were all wrong. It turned out that she could also see the letters in different colours and that she also heard musical notes in colour.

H. Apparently, green helps people relax, whereas red is good for getting people to talk and produce ideas. However, too much colour can have a different effect from the one intended -excess red brings out our aggression, for example, while too much green makes staff lazy.

PART E: WRITING

I. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as

the given one.

87. I rarely sleep in the afternoon.

=>I’m not in ..................................................................................................................................

88. It was not until five years had elapsed that the whole truth about the murder came out.

=>Not for .......................................................................................................................................

89. It seems that no one predicted the correct result.

=>No one .......................................................................................................................................

90. I was not well enough to play football that day.

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=>I didn’t feel ................................................................................................................................

91. Absolute secrecy was crucial to the success of the mission.

=>Without ......................................................................................................................................

92. He would never agree to sell his business, even if he received a very temping offer.

=>However ....................................................................................................................................

93. My grandfather had completely forgotten that he phoned me last night.

=>My grandfather didn’t have .......................................................................................................

II. Rewrite the sentences in such a way that mean almost the same as those printed before

them. You have to use the word in brackets in your sentences, and you mustn’t change the

word in any way.

94. Some people will do anything to make money. (lengths)

=> ...................................................................................................................................................

95.I was so relieved that my daughter arrived safe and sound. (load)

=> ...................................................................................................................................................

96. I really don't know what you're talking about. (faintest)

=> ...................................................................................................................................................

97. All the witnesses said the accident was my fault. (blame)

=>....................................................................................................................................................

98. He bought a new jacket without having planned to. (spur)

=> He bought .................................................................................................................. moment.

99. Even though I admire his courage, I think he is foolish. (as)

=> ...................................................................................................................................................

100.She didn’t understand the situation and so make a terrible mistake. (stick)

=> ...................................................................................................................................................

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TRƯỜNG THPT SƠN TÂY ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG

Năm học: 2017-2018

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Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Lớp 11

Ngày thi: 3 tháng 4 năm 2018

Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút

Đề bài có 100 câu, mỗi câu đúng cho 0,2 điểm.

PART A: LISTENING

1. surface

2. environment

3. impact(s) / effect(s)

4. urban

5. problems

6. images

7. patterns

8. distortion(s)

9. traffic

10. weather

PART B: PHONETICS

11.D 12.A 13.C 14.B 15.C

16.D 17. C 18. D 19. D 20. A

PART C: GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY

I. 21. C 22. D 23. A 24. C 25.D 26. A 27.A 28. D 29.A 30. B 31. D 32. A 33. A

II.

34. told me off 35. flared up 36. made out 37 slip up

38. wiped….off 39. sprung up 40. cobble….together

III. 41. handful 42. enabled 43. uninhibited 44. deterrent 45. temptation

IV.

Line Qs Mistakes Corrections Line Qs Mistakes Corrections

…1… 46 No Not …14… 51 or and12

…4… 47 which where …14… 52 as like

…5… 48 most more …15… 53 another other

…10… 49 the others others …16… 54 much many

…11… 50 today today’s …19… 55 well-cook well-cooked

PART D: READING

I. 56. themselves 57. to 58. makes 59. Best 60. raised

61. rather 62. without 63. but 64. never 65. by

II. 66. B 67. D 68. B 69. C 70. B

III. 71 C 72. F 73. E 74.H 75. A. .

76. N 77. Y 78. Y 79.Y 80. N

IV. 81C 82 E 83A. 84F. 85.B 86.G

PART E: WRITING

I.87. I’m not in the habit of sleeping in the afternoon.88. Not for another five years did the whole truth about the murder come out.89. No one seems to have predicted the correct result.90. I didn’t feel up to playing football that day.91. Without absolute secrecy this mission would not have succeeded/ been successful/ been a success/ would have failed.92. However tempting the/ an offer (was) much he was offered/ much an offer might be he would never agree/ tempting an offer may be he will never agree to sell his business.93. My grandfather didn’t have any recollection of phoning me last night.II. 94. Some people will go to any lengths to make money.95. Knowing that my daughter arrived safe and sound was a load off my mind.96. I don't have the faintest idea what you're talking about97. All the witnesses said I was to blame for the accident.98. He bought a new jacket on the spur of the moment.99. Much as I admire his courage, I think he is foolish.100. She got/hold the wrong end of the stick and so make a terrible mistake

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