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ĐỀ THI Olympic TiÕng Anh
Khèi: 10
Ngày thi: 03/ 04 /2011
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút
Part I: PHONETICS
Question 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.(5 pts)
1. A. awards B. forms C. hammers D. sinks

2. A. Rhinoceros B. Habitat C. Vehicle D. Whale
3. A. charming B. check C. chemistry D. cherry
4. A. gym B. huge C. giggle D. origin
5. A. concentrate B. confidence C. distract D. casual
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Question 2: Choose the word with the different stress pattern . (5 pts)
1. A. advance B. garden C. moment D. ticket
2. A. arrangement B. destruction C. telephone D. sensation
3. A. mystery B. assistant C. appearance D. decision
4. A. engagement B. musician C. condition D. engineer
5. A. tolerate B. underline C. analyze D. motivate
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part II: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
Question 1: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. (20 pts)
1. ______ to the national park before, Mary was amazed to see the geyser.
A. Not having been B. Being not C. Having not been D. Have not been
2. Hardly ______ the captain of the team when he had to face the problems.
A. was he appointing B. did he appoint C. was he being appointed D. had he been appointed
3. I think she will join us, ______?
A. doesn’t she B. do I C. will she D. won’t she

4. I am sorry. I have forgotten ______ a table at the restaurant for you.
A. having reserved B. to reserve C. reserving D. to be reserved
5. I am leaving the key under the pot in the garden ______ you should be home earlier than usual.
A. though B. in case C. so that D. because
6. Be quiet! It’s rude to ______ people when they are speaking.
A. interfere B. interrupt C. prevent D. introduce
7. I hope you don’t mind me________ so late at night
A. to telephone B. telephone C. telephoning D. telephoned
8. There are not many interesting ______ of news in the “Afternoon”.
A. loads B. articles C. parts D. items
9. I don’t think that the red dress _________her.
A. suits B. matches C. cheers D. agrees
10. The articles I have cut out from newspapers for years are now ______ with age.
A. yellowed B. old C. blackened D. torn
11. Can I ask a favor ______ you, Tom? Could you please move this sofa backwards?
A. to B. of C. with D. for
12. I spent a(n) _______ night because of my toothache.
A. sleepy B. Sleeping C. asleep D. sleepless
13. All the rooms in this small hotel are _______, and that would make it too expensive to stay in.
A. air-condition B. air-conditioning C. air conditioners D. air-conditioned
14. Next summer, he’s ______ a swimming pool built in his back garden.
A. making B. deciding C. settling D. having
15. When I _______at his birthday party , everyone _______.
A. arrived / had left B. had arrived / left C. arrive / would have left D. arrived / has left
16. Children ______ good food if they are to be healthy.
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A. have B. receive C. eat D. need
17. I wanted some coffee but there was ______ in the pot.
A. any B. no C. none D. nothing

18. Our holiday was ______ by bad weather.
A. spoilt B. damaged C. overcome D. wasted
19. He asked if we would ______ to share the room.
A. accept B. consider C. agree D. approve
20. I am sorry I opened your handbag, but I ______ it for mine.
A. recognized B. confused C. imagined D. mistook
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Question 2: Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting in standard English (10 pts)
1. What easy to learn English is!
A B C D
2. The choice of which restaurant to go to for tonight’s meal is entirely your.
A B C D
3. A film festival is often held in one or more movie theaters with a special program showing many films
A B C D
4. He takes after like his father in so many ways that it's hard to believe .
A B C D
5. The Edinburgh International Film Festival in Scotland was established in 1947 and has been longest
A B C
continually ranging film festival in the world.
D
6. It is really annoyed to talk to such a stubborn person like him.
A B C D
7. Students who study abroad often have to confront cultural shock and homesick.
A B C D
8. What I told her a few days ago were not the solutions to most of her problems.
A B C D
9. Scientists have researched the effects of music on lungs and hearts for a long time because the

value
A B C
of music to health and disease prevention.
D
10. As soon as Sylvia and Ronald will arrive , the meeting will start.
A B C D
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9.
10.
Question 3: Give the correct form of the words in parentheses. Write your answers in the space
provided. (10 pts)
1. The public were angry with the Minister’s ______________ to tell the truth about the bribery. (
REFUSE)
2. This city has over half a million ______________________________________________ (INHABIT)
3. I can’t sit on this chair. It’s really ____________________________________________( COMFORT )
4. Eggs soon go __________________________________________________in hot weather. ( BAD)
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5. The old man hid all his __________________________________________ under the mattress.
( SAVE)
6. All our factories are ______________________________ with the latest machinery. ( EQUIPMENT )
7. She is one of the greatest) ___________________________to appear in this theatre. ( PERFORM)
8. Teenagers always try to be _______________________________________ of their parents. ( DEPEND)
9. The advantage of living in the countryside is that the air is _______________________ ( POLLUTE )
10. Her boring essay is the _________________________________one that I have ever read. (LENGTH)
Question 4: Fill in the gaps with the most suitable prepositions to complete the letter. (5 pts)
Dear Mr. Rooney,
Thank you very much for your letter on 14
th
April. Naturally I am delighted, and very excited at
the prospect of my holiday in Britain.

I would like to take my holiday ( 1) ______________ 27
th
June to 15
th
July, which I believe is the
time (2) ______________ the Wimbledon tennis championships, and I would be very grateful if you
could arrange (3) _______________ me to see some of the matches. I would also like to see some test
cricket. There will be no football then, but perhaps I could spend a day on the races at Ascot, too. The places I
would like to visit are the university towns of Oxford and Cambridge, where I would like to see one of
Shakespeare’s plays, and if possible I would really love to visit an old English village with a typical country
pub.
I am very grateful ( 4) ______________ you and the company ( 5) ______________ giving me
this opportunity of a lifetime.
Yours sincerely,
Cong Vinh
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part III: READING COMPREHENSION
Question 1: Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word by circling A, B, C or D (10 pts)
LOOKING FOR A JOB
I finished university six month ago, I’ve got a degree in business administration. I enjoyed the course
very much [1] _____________ I realized I should have studied a lot harder! A few of my friends
have [2] __________ got full-time jobs but most, me, are still waiting [3] __________ something
suitable to turn up. Meanwhile, I make sure that I keep myself busy. I look through the job
advertisements in the newspapers everyday and I also ask all the people I know to tell me if they hear
of any vacancies [4] __________ they work . What I am looking for is something challenging and I
would certainly be happy to move to another city or even work abroad for a while. The [5] __________
is not so important at this stage, provided I earn enough to live on, because I don’t want to
continue [6] __________ to depend on my parents , although they are [7] __________ generous to me
. At the moment, I’m working in a nearby restaurant two evenings [8] __________ week, washing
up and generally helping out, which brings a little money . The other people working there are very

friendly, and many of them are in the same [9] __________ as me, so we have lots of to talk [10]
__________.
1 A. In spite of B. Because of C. Although D. Because
2 A. Already B. never C. yet D. not
3. A. in B. on C. at D. for
4. A. where B. which C. that D. how
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5. A. wage B. salary C. money D. fee
6. A. to have B. have C. having D. that has
7. A. very B. too C. so D. enough
8. A. a B. an C. the D. no article
9. A. time B. situation D. place D. job
10. A. to B. on C. about D. with
Question 2: Read the passage carefully and give your answers to the following questions . (5 pts)
Verrazano, an Italian about whom little is known, sailed into New York Harbour in 1524 and
named it Augouleeme. He described it as “a very agreeable situation located within two small hills in the
middle of which flowed a river”. Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer, his
name will probably remain immortal, for on November 21
st
, 1964, the greatest bridge was named after
him.
The Verrazano Bridge, which was designed by Othmar Ammann, joins Brooklyn to Staten Island. It
has a span of 4260 feet. The bridge is so long that the shape of the earth had to be taken into account by its
designer. Two great towers support four huge cables. The towers are built on immense underwater
platforms made of steel and concrete. The platforms extend to a depth of over 100 feet under the sea.
These alone took sixteen months to build. Above the surface of the water, the towers rise to a height of
nearly 700 feet. They support the cables from which the bridge has been suspended. Each of the four
cables contains 26,108 lengths of wire. It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars, it
would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity. However, size and strength are not the only
important things about this bridge. Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its

designer’s dream to create “an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible”.
1. Why does the name of Verrazano, who “is by no means considered to be a great explorer”, remain immortal?
 __________________________________________________________________________________.
2. Where is exactly the Verrazano Bridge?
 ________________________________________________________________ __________________
3. Why did the designer of the bridge have to take the shape of the earth into account when designing it?
 __________________________________________________________________________________.
4. What do the two towers support?
 __________________________________________________________________________________.
5. How strong is the bridge?
 __________________________________________________________________________________.
Part IV: WRITING
Question 1: Finish each sentences in such a way that it means the same as the printed one. (5 pts)
1. It was wrong of you to allow a 4-year-old child to walk home alone.
 You should _______________ ___________________ ______________ ________________________
2. Mrs. Green is proud of her son’s contribution to the play.
 Mrs. Green is proud of what ___________________ ___________________________________ ____.
3. Only two out of the five rooms we have booked have air conditioners
 We have booked five rooms, only ___________________________ ___________________________
4. The film’s ending is dramatic.
 The film ______________________________________ _________________________ ___________
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5. Success depends on hard work.
 The harder _______________________________________ _________________________ _______
Question 2: Rewrite the following sentences using the words in capital. Do not alter these words (5 pts)
1. On arrival, she went straight to her hotel room. (AS SOON AS )
_______________________________________________________ ______________________ _____
2. You’d better not buy this bicycle. ( IF)
 __________________________________________________________________________________.
3. They say exercise is good for you. (BE)

 __________________________________________________________________________________.
4. We ran out of gas because we didn’t stop at the gas station. ( WISH)
 ___________________________________________________________ _______________________
5. It was only when the office phoned that I found out about the meeting. ( NOT UNTIL )
 _________________________________________________________________________________.
* Good luck to you *
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Question 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.(5 pts)
1. A. awards B. forms C. hammers D. sinks
2. A. Rhinoceros B. Habitat C. Vehicle D. Whale
3. A. charming B. check C. chemistry D. cherry
4. A. gym B. huge C. giggle D. origin
5. A. concentrate B. confidence C. distract D. casual
1. D 2. B 3. C 4.C 5. A
Question 2: Choose the word with the different stress pattern . (5 pts)
1. A. advance B. garden C. moment D. ticket
2. A. arrangement B. destruction C. telephone D. sensation
3. A. mystery B. assistant C. appearance D. decision
4. A. engagement B. musician C. condition D. engineer

5. A. tolerate(de chiu) B. underline C. analyze/e.or.ai/ D. motivate= encourage
1. A 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. B
Part II: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
Question 1: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. (20 pts)
1. ______ to the national park before, Mary was amazed to see the geyser.
A. Not having been B. Being not C. Having not been D. Have not been
2. Hardly ______ the captain of the team when he had to face the problems.
A. was he appointing B. did he appoint C. was he being appointed D. had he been appointed
3. I think she will join us, ______?

A. doesn’t she B. do I C. will she D. won’t she
4. I am sorry. I have forgotten ______ a table at the restaurant for you.
A. having reserved B. to reserve C. reserving D. to be reserved
5. I am leaving the key under the pot in the garden ______ you should be home earlier than usual.
A. though B. in case C. so that D. because
6. Be quiet! It’s rude to ______ people when they are speaking.
A. interfere B. interrupt C. prevent D. introduce
7. I hope you don’t mind me________ so late at night
A. to telephone B. telephone C. telephoning D. telephoned
8. There are not many interesting ______ of news in the “Afternoon”.
A. loads B. articles C. parts D. items
9. I don’t think that the red dress _________her.
A. suits B. matches C. cheers D. agrees
10. The articles I have cut out from newspapers for years are now ______ with age.
A. yellowed B. old C. blackened D. torn
11. Can I ask a favor ______ you, Tom? Could you please move this sofa backwards?
A. to B. of C. with D. for
12. I spent a(n) _______ night because of my toothache.
A. sleepy B. Sleeping C. asleep D. sleepless
13. All the rooms in this small hotel are _______, and that would make it too expensive to stay in.
A. air-condition B. air-conditioning C. air conditioners D. air-conditioned
14. Next summer, he’s ______ a swimming pool built in his back garden.
A. making B. deciding C. settling D. having
15. When I _______at his birthday party , everyone _______.
A. arrived / had left B. had arrived / left C. arrive / would have
left
D. arrived / has left
16. Children ______ good food if they are to be healthy.
A. have B. receive C. eat D. need
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17. I wanted some coffee but there was ______ in the pot.
A. any B. no C. none D. nothing
18. Our holiday was ______ by bad weather.
A. spoilt B. damaged C. overcome D. wasted
19. He asked if we would ______ to share the room.
A. accept B. consider C. agree D. approve
20. I am sorry I opened your handbag, but I ______ it for mine.
A. recognized B. confused C. imagined D. mistook
Question 2: Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting in standard English. Write
your answers in the space provided. (10 pts)
1.(A) What (B) easy (C) to learn English (D) is! => How
2. The choice (A) of which restaurant to go (B) to for (C) tonight’s meal is entirely (D) your => yours
3. A film festival (A) is often held in one (B) or more movie theaters with (C) a special program (D)
showing many films.=> (d- shown/ which is shown)
4. (A) He takes after (B) like his father (C) in so many ways that it's (D) hard to believe . => B: ko co tu
LIKE
5. (A) The Edinburgh International Film Festival in Scotland (B) was established in 1947 and has been
(C) longest continually (D) ranging film festival in the world. (c- the longest)
6. It is (A) really annoyed to (B) talk to such a stubborn (C) person (D) like him.
7. Students (A) who study (B) abroad often have to (C) confront cultural shock and (D) homesick. => D-
homesickness
8.(A) What I told her a few days ago (B) were not the solutions (C) to (D) most of her problems. => was
9. Scientists (A) have researched the effects of music (B) on lungs and hearts for a long time (C)
because the value of music (D) to health and disease prevention. => because of
10. (A) As soon as Sylvia and Ronald (B) will arrive , (C) the meeting (D) will start. => arrive
1. A 2. D 3. D 4. B 5.C
6. A 7.D 8.B 9.C 10.B
Question 3: Give the correct form of the words in parentheses. Write your answers in the space
provided. (10 pts)
1. The public were angry with the Minister’s

REFUSAL
(n) to tell the truth about the bribery. ( REFUSE)
2. This city has over half a million INHABITANTS (INHABIT)
3. I can’t sit on this chair. It’s really UNCOMFORTABLE. ( COMFORT )
4. Eggs soon go WORSE in hot weather. ( BAD)
5. The old man hid all his SAVINGS under the mattress. ( SAVE)
6. All our factories are EQUIPPED with the latest machinery. ( EQUIPMENT )
7. She is one of the greatest PERFORMERS to appear in this theatre. ( PERFORM)
8. Teenagers always try to be INDEPENDENT of their parents. ( DEPEND)
9. The advantage of living in the countryside is that the air is UNPOLLUTED. ( POLLUTE )
10. Her boring essay is the LONGEST one that I have ever read. (LENGTH)
Question 4: Fill in the gaps with the most suitable prepositions to complete the letter. (5 pts)
Dear Mr. Rooney,
Thank you very much for your letter on 14
th
April. Naturally I am delighted, and very excited at the
prospect of my holiday in Britain.
I would like to take my holiday ( 1) _____________ 27
th
June to 15
th
July, which I believe is the
time (2) ______________ the Wimbledon tennis championships, and I would be very grateful if you could
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arrange (3) _______________ me to see some of the matches. I would also like to see some test cricket.
There will be no football then, but perhaps I could spend a day on the races at Ascot, too. The places I
would like to visit are the university towns of Oxford and Cambridge, where I would like to see one of
Shakespeare’s plays, and if possible I would really love to visit an old English village with a typical country
pub.
I am very grateful ( 4) ______________ you and the company ( 5) ______________ giving me this

opportunity of a lifetime.
Yours sincerely,
Cong Vinh
1. from 2. for 3. with 4.of 5.for
Part III: READING COMPREHENSION
Question 1: Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. (10 pts)
LOOKING FOR A JOB
I finished university six month ago, I’ve got a degree in business administration. I enjoyed the course
very much [1] _____________ I realized I should have studied a lot harder! A few of my friends
have [2] __________ got full-time jobs but most, me, are still waiting [3] __________ something
suitable to turn up. Meanwhile, I make sure that I keep myself busy. I look through the job
advertisements in the newspapers everyday and I also ask all the people I know to tell me if they hear of
any vacancies [4] __________ they work . What I am looking for is something challenging and I would
certainly be happy to move to another city or even work abroad for a while. The [5] __________ is not so
important at this stage, provided I earn enough to live on, because I don’t want to continue [6]
__________ to depend on my parents , although they are [7] __________ generous to me . At the
moment, I’m working in a nearby restaurant two evenings [8] __________ week, washing up and
generally helping out, which brings a little money . The other people working there are very friendly, and
many of them are in the same [9] __________ as me, so we have lots of to talk [10] __________.
1 A. In spite of B. Because of C. although D. Because
2 A. already B. never C. yet D. not
3. A. in B. on C. at D. for
4. A. where B. which C. that D. how
5. A. wage B. salary C. money D. fee
6. A. to have B. have C. having D. that has
7. A. very B. too C. so D. enough
8. A. no article B. an C. the D. a
9. A. time B. situation D. place D. job
10. A. to B. on C. about D. with
Question 2: Read the passage carefully and give your answers to the following questions . (5 pts)

Verrazano, an Italian about whom little is known, sailed into New York Harbour in 1524 and
named it Augouleeme. He described it as “a very agreeable situation located within two s mall hills in the
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midst of which flowed a river”. Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer, his
name will probably remain immortal, for on November 21
st
, 1964, the greatest bridge was named after
him.
The Verrazano Bridge, which was designed by Othmar Ammann, joins Brooklyn to Staten Island. It
has a span of 4260 feet. The bridge is so long that the shape of the earth had to be taken into account by its
designer. Two great towers support four huge cables. The towers are built on immense underwater
platforms made of steel and concrete. The platforms extend to a depth of over 100 feet under the sea.
These alone took sixteen months to build. Above the surface of the water, the towers rise to a height of
nearly 700 feet. They support the cables from which the bridge has been suspended. Each of the four
cables contains 26,108 lengths of wire. It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars, it
would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity. However, size and strength are not the only
important things about this bridge. Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its
designer’s dream to create “an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible”.
1. Why does the name of Verrazano, who “is by no means considered to be a great explorer”, remain
immortal?

for/ because on November 21
st
, 1964, the greatest bridge was named after him.
2. Where is exactly the Verrazano Bridge?  It joins Brooklyn to Staten Island
3. Why did the designer of the bridge have to take the shape of the earth into account when designing it?
 Because the bridge is too long
4. What do the two towers support?  The towers are built on immense underwater platforms
5. How strong is the bridge?
 it

would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity (1/3 tong trong luong)
Part IV: WRITING
Question 1: Finish each sentences in such a way that it means the same as the printed one. (5 pts)
1. It was wrong of you to allow a 4-year-old child to walk home alone.
 You should not allow a 4-year-old child to walk home alone.
2. Mrs. Green is proud of her son’s contribution to the play.
 Mrs. Green is proud of what her son (has) contributed to the play
3. Only two out of the five rooms we have booked have air conditioners
 We have booked five rooms, only two of which have air conditioners.
4. The film’s ending is dramatic. The film ends dramatically
5. Success depends on hard work.
 The harder you work, the more successful you get/ will get
Question 2: Rewrite the following sentences using the words in capital. Do not alter these words. (5 pts)
1. On arrival, she went straight to her hotel room. (AS SOON AS )
 As soon as she arrived, she went straight to her hotel room.
2. You’d better not buy this bicycle. ( IF)
 If I were you, I wouldn’t buy this bicycle
3. They say exercise is good for you. (BE)
 Exercise is said to be good for you
4. We ran out of gas because we didn’t stop at the gas station. ( WISH)
 We wish we had stopped at the gas station.
5. It was only when the office phoned that I found out about the meeting. ( NOT UNTIL )
 It was not until the office phoned that I found out about the meeting.
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Question 1: (5 pts) 1. D 2. B 3. C 4.C 5. A
Question 2: (5 pts) 1.A 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.B
Part II: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
Question 1: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. (20 pts)
1. A 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. B (phßng khi)

6.B 7. C 8. D (m©u tin) 9. A 10. A
11. B 12.D 13. D 14. D 15. A
16. D 17. D 18. B 19. X 20. D
Question 2: Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting in standard English. (10 pts)
1. A-How 2. D-yours 3.D 4.B 5.C
6. A 7- D- Homesickness 8. B-was 9. C 10. B-arrive
Question 3: Give the correct form of the words in parentheses. (10 pts)
1. refusal (n) 2. inhabitant (cu dan) 3. uncomfortable 4. worse (and worse) 5. savings
6. equipped 7. performers 8. independent 9. unpolluted 10. longest
Question 4 : Fill in blank with an appropriate prepositions. (5 pts)
1. from 2. for 3. with 4. of 5. for
Part III: READING COMPREHENSION
Question 1: Fill in each numbered blank by choosing A, B, C or D (10 pts)
1. although 2. already 3. for 4. where 5. salary
6. having 7. very 8. a 9. situation 10. about
Question 2: Read the passage carefully and give your answers to the following questions . (5 pts)
1. 
for/ because on November 21
st
, 1964, the greatest bridge was named after him.
2.  It joins Brooklyn to Staten Island
3.  Because the bridge is too long
4.  The towers are built on immense underwater platforms
5.  it
would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity (1/3 tong trong luong)
Part IV: WRITING
Question 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the printed one. Write
your answers in the space provided . (5 pts)
1.  You should not allow a 4-year-old child to walk home alone.
2.  Mrs. Green is proud of what her son (has) contributed to the play

3.  We have booked five rooms, only two of which have air conditioners
4.  The film ends dramatically
5.  The harder you work/ do , the more successful you get/ will get
Question 2: Rewrite the following sentences using the words in capital. Do not alter these words. (5 pts)
1. On arrival, she went straight to her hotel room. (AS SOON AS )
 As soon as she arrived, she went straight to her hotel room.
2. You’d better not buy this bicycle. ( IF)
 If I were you. I wouldn’t buy this bicycle
3. They say exercise is good for you. (BE)
 Exercise is said to be good for you
4. We ran out of gas because we didn’t stop at the gas station. ( WISH)
 We wish we had stopped at the gas station.
5. It was only the office phoned that I found out about the meeting. (NOT UNTIL )
 It was not until the office phoned that I find out about the meeting.
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