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The Long Night This is David Reilly’s first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years. Maha is a nurse in northern Australia. She works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and … |
Hard Work This exciting story is Joanna’s twentieth. Hard Work is about Sombat. He works with his father, a carpenter, in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop… |
Hospital or Cinema Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year. Tina is a young Indian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. She goes to London to study English and medicine, but one day she meets a man who asks her to go to the USA with him to become a film star…What will Tina do? |
The Long Night was written by _________.
A.David Reilly | B.Maha | C.Joanna | D.Marcie Jacome |
The story of Hard Work happened in _______.
A.Australia | B.Thailand | C.India | D.England |
From the passage we can see Tina is_________.
A.a doctor | B.a film star | C.a writer | D.a college(大学) student |
_______ is about a difficult journey.
A.Hospital or Cinema | B.Hard Work | C.The Long Night | D.Harry Potter |
The passage above is___________.
A.an advertisement(广告) | B.a story | C.a novel | D.a diary |
Most people graduate from school and then get a job. Everyone wants a job that pays well. How much money can you make? Ask yourself these questions: What can I do? What skills do I have? Also ask yourself: How much education do I have? For most jobs, the higher your education, the higher your earning power.
In the United States, high school graduates (毕业生) make about $18,600 a year. If you do not finish high school, you make only $10,800 a year. You can make $7,800 more each year by staying in high school!
If you stay in school, then you can make more money. A person with a high school degree makes about $18,600 a year. If that person goes to college and gets a bachelor’s degree (学士学位), he can make $42,000. With a master’s degree (硕士学位), he can make about $53,000. If the person gets a PhD (博士学位), he can make almost $79,000 or more a year.
We can learn a very important thing from this information. If you want to work and make more money, get a good education.
The passage mainly talks about ___________.
A.how education and pay are connected | B.high paying jobs |
C.jobs for high school students | D.good schools |
According to the passage, “earning power” means the ability to ___________ money.
A.save | B.spend | C.pay | D.make |
Each year a person with a PhD can make ___________ more than a person who does not finish high school.
A.$37,000 | B.$68,200 | C.$60,400 | D.$26,000 |
Basketball is still a young game. It's over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors. As they couldn't play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got into fights from time to time.
Some of the teachers, at the college asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play with. It was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors , and the court (球场) was not very large.
Dr. Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score , the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet(英尺) above the floor on the wall . At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr. Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That is how the game got its name.
How long is it since basketball was invented?
A.1000 years | B.More than 100 years |
C.1100 years | D.Less than 100 years |
The students felt unhappy because _______.
A.they had much homework to do |
B.they often got into fights |
C.they couldn't play outdoors |
D.they had little time to study |
Who asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game?
A.Some students | B.Some teachers |
C.Some students' parents | D.Some of his friends |
When a student ______ , he makes a score.
A.receives the ball. |
B.throws the ball to another student |
C.runs quickly with the ball in his hand |
D.throws the ball into the basket |
Which sentence is right?
A.Dr. Naismith had to use fruit baskets to throw the ball. |
B.It was easy to invent the game. |
C.The students could go outdoors when the weather was bad. |
D.The ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet above the floor. |
About ten men in every hundred have the trouble of color blindness in some way. Women are luckier, only about one in two hundred is affected(感染)in this matter. Perhaps, after all ,it is safer to be driven by a woman.
There are different kinds of color blindness. For example, a man cannot see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shades (影子) of green. Sometimes a person can’t tell the difference between blue and green. Only a few unlucky men may see everything in shades of green— a strange world indeed.
Color blindness in human beings is a different thing to explain. In only one eye there are millions of very small things called “cones(锥状细胞)” . These help us to see in the bright light and to tell differences between colors. These are also millions of “rods“(杆状细胞),but these are used for seeing when it is nearly dark. They show us shapes but not colors.
Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes(蚊子) like blue but do not like yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue light will. Human beings also have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the help of the cones in our eyes, we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the help of the rods we can see shapes at night.
“Color blindness” means in Chinese.
A. 盲目 B. 无色 C 色盲 D 讨厌颜色
Some people say it’s safer to be driven by women because .
A.women drive more carefully |
B.women are better at driving than men |
C.women can see things more clearly |
D.there are fewer color — blind women |
With the help of the “cones”, we can .
A.tell different shapes | B.kill insets |
C.see in the dark | D.tell orange from yellow |
We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a light.
A.red | B.yellow | C.blue | D.green |
Which of the following sentences about color blindness is TRUE?
A.None of men can see deep red. |
B.Not all of men have the same problem in recognizing colors. |
C.None of men can tell the difference between blue and green. |
D.All of men see everything in shades of green. |
You might have noticed that the cost of food has gone up.In fact the price of wheat and rice has nearly doubled in the past few years.It’s thought that right now,850 million people—that’s more than 10 times the population of the UK—are short of food because it’s too expensive or there’s not enough of it.
The price of basic food such as wheat and corn has stayed the same for quite a long time,about 30 years.But as the world’s population is getting bigger,there’s more pressure to feed more people,plus there’s less land and water to go round.
Another reason is climate(气候)change.Droughts and floods make it hard to grow crops like rice and grain.The price of oil has gone up and that makes it more expensive for farmers to run their tractors and to transport the food they make.And lots of fields are being used to grow crops to make other things that can’t be eaten—which is bad news for hungry people.
The main losers are poor people who live in cities in poor countries,who are facing higher prices for food.Some people are doing well out of the food crisis(危机) though.Farmers in rich countries like the US,Canada and Australia are getting record prices for their harvests.
World leaders are meeting in the Italian capital Rome to talk about the problem of rising food prices.Some countries are helping out with the cost of foods and international aid agencies have called for more money for food production in poor countries.
The price of food goes up because all of the following EXCEPT _____.
A.there are more and more people in the world. |
B.American farmers are getting richer and richer. |
C.many farm lands are used to make other things rather than food. |
D.climate change makes it harder to grow food. |
Who lose the most because of the food crisis?
A.Farmers in rich countries. |
B.Farmers in developed countries. |
C.Poor people in cities in poor countries. |
D.Poor people in cities in developed countries. |
What does the food crisis mean to farmers in Canada?
A.They can get a lot of money from the government. |
B.They have to save a lot of money. |
C.They can make more money from the high price. |
D.They are losing a lot of money. |
What is the best title for this passage?
A.Why is the Price of Food Going Up? |
B.How Many People are Short of Food? |
C.What Can We Learn from the Food Crisis? |
D.Who Can Benefit(受益) from the Food Crisis? |
阅读短文,回答问题。
A taxi hit a truck. A policeman spoke to the taxi driver and to the truck driver. He also spoke to Tom. He was a witness (目击者). This is what they said.
TRUCK DRIVER: I was driving from the airport to Newton. A car crossed the road, so I slowed down. I did not stop. A taxi hit the back of my truck. Nobody was seriously hurt but both cars were damaged(受损害).
TAXI DRIVER: I was driving behind a truck a few kilometers from Newton. The truck stopped suddenly. The driver did not give me a warning (警告). I was driving very slowly. I could not pass the truck because there were two cars coming near from Newton. My taxi hit the truck, and some glass cut my left hand.
TOM: I was watching the traffic about a kilometer from the airport. A truck was going to Newton. It was not going very quickly. There was a taxi about two hundred meters behind the truck. It was going fast. When the truck slowed down, the taxi hit it. The taxi driver was not looking at the truck. He was looking out of the window at something. My friend saw the accident, too.
Tom's friend spoke to the policeman and agreed with Tom.
How many people were mentioned (提到) in the story?
_________________________________________________________
Where was the truck going ?
__________________________________________________________
From the story, Who didn’t tell the truth?
__________________________________________________________
Who was also a witness besides Tom.
__________________________________________________________
What was the taxi driver doing when the taxi hit the truck?
___________________________________________________________
Dragons are not real animals, but look like a combination (结合体) of many animals such as snakes, fish and deer. They have two horns (角) and a long moustache (胡子). With fantastic powers, they fly in the sky or swim in the sea. They can make rain, too. The Chinese dragon is a symbol of strength and good luck. The emperors of ancient China loved dragons. Their clothes were covered with pictures of dragons.
We are proud to call ourselves the "descendants (传人) of the dragon" In Chinese, "excellent" people are often called "dragons". A number of Chinese sayings and idioms talk about dragons, for example, “Hoping one's child will become a dragon," which means hoping he or she will be successful.
It is said that people born in the Year of the Dragon have certain characteristics. They are creative, confident, brave and quick-tempered. There are some famous "dragons" who have done excellent things, for example, the great man Deng Xiaoping, the famous businessman Li Jiacheng and the movie star Zhao Wei. They are all very successful.
There are also some traditional festivals about dragons in China, such as Dragon Head – Raising Day and Dragon Boat Festival. We have different kinds of activities to celebrate them. These two festivals come every year, but the Year of the Dragon comes every twelve years.
The dragon is very important in Chinese culture. As the "descendants of the dragon", it is necessary for us to know the views on dragons in our culture. It can help us understand why our parents always want us to be "dragons".
This year is the Year of the Dragon. Good luck to you!What does the Chinese dragon symbolize?
A.A combination of many animals. |
B.Chinese sayings and idioms. |
C.Traditional festivals. |
D.Strength and good luck. |
In the passage, the underlined sentence "Hoping one's child will become a dragon." means in Chinese.
A.龙马精神 | B.龙飞凤舞 |
C.望子成龙 | D.龙腾虎跃 |
What characteristics may the people born in the Year of the Dragon have?
They may be _______.
A.creative, confident, brave and powerful |
B.creative, confident, brave and quick-tempered |
C.lovely, confident, brave and quick-tempered |
D.lucky, confident, creative and successful |
Which of the following years is the Year of the Dragon?
A.1988. | B.1998. |
C.2008. | D.2018. |
According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.Dragons are real animals. |
B.There are many Chinese sayings and idioms about dragons. |
C.People born in the Year of the Dragon must be successful |
D.The "descendants of the dragon" are often called "dragons". |
Hi, my name is Wang Jun. Do you want to know about my staying in America? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience here.
In China, I had English classes five times a week since Grade Five. But I didn’t know textbook English could be so different from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Connecticut. When I first studied English, I was told to say “I’m fine.” when people say “How are you?” But in the USA, I found that people say “I’m good.” or “I’m tired.”
One day, someone greeted (问候) me with “What’s up?” It made me confused. I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn’t know what to say.
Since then, I have learnt more and more differences between Chinese and American cultures. To my surprise, American girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun getting a tan (晒黑的肤色). In China, girls try every possible way to keep their skin white.
American students are hard-working like Chinese students. In China, schoolwork is almost everything, so we study hard and that’s it. But here, a “good” student not only gets good grades, but also does a lot for the public. That is to say, they get lots of knowledge at school and learn many life skills from social (社会的) work.
In China, Wang Jun had _______ English classes every week.
A.five | B.four | C.three | D.two |
Wang Jun found that _______ when he came to Hotchkiss School in the USA.
A. it was really important to learn English well
B. English he learnt in China was helpful to him
C. American students were more hard-working than Chinese students
D. textbook English was different from everyday English
What does the underlined word “confused” mean in Chinese?
A.困惑的 | B.滑稽的 | C.紧张的 | D.伤心的 |
American girls make Wang Jun feel surprised because _______.
A.they work hard at school | B.they try to keep their skin white |
C.they hope to get a tan | D.they do lots of social work |
Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A.My wonderful travel in the USA | B.After-school activities in American schools |
C.What American students learn at school | D.My study experience in the USA |
New rules and behaviour standards (行为规范) for middle school students came out in March. Middle school is going to use a new way to decide who the top students are. The best students won't only have high marks. They will also be kids who don't dye (染) their hair, smoke or drink. Here are some of the new rules.
Tell the truth. Have you ever copied someone else's work on an exam? Don't do it again! That's not honest. If you have played computer games for two hours in your room, don't tell your parents that you have done homework.
Do more at school. Good students love animals and care for other people. April is Bird-Loving Month in our country. Is your school doing anything to celebrate? You should join! That way, you can learn more about animals and how to protect them. Have you ever quarreled(吵架)with your teammates when your basketball team lost? Only working together can make your team stronger. Be friendly to the people you are with. Try to think of others, not only yourself.
Be open to new ideas. Have you ever thought that people could live on the moon? Perhaps you'll discover(发现) Earth II someday. Don't look down at anyone. Everyone's ideas are important. You should welcome them, because new ideas make life better for everyone.
Protect yourself. Has someone ever taken money from one of your classmates? Don't let it happen to you. If you have to go home late, you should let your parents know.
Use the Internet carefully. The Internet can be very useful for your studies. But some things on the Internet aren't for kids, so try to look at Web pages that are good for you. You can use the Web for fun or homework.
According to the passage, which of the following is not true?
A.Take care of yourself when you are out. | B.Tell the truth, even when you are wrong. |
C.Keep some animals to protect them. | D.Use the Internet, but keep away from bad thing |
The main idea of the fourth paragraph is about .
A.making the team stronger | B.working together with others |
C.being a good friend to others | D.getting on well with others |
The passage tells us how to .
A.be top students | B.do more at school |
C.care for others | D.use the Internet |
Do you feel lonely when your best friend isn’t around? Here’s our advice to you-- and to all kids who feel lonely sometimes.
It’ s hard when a best friend isn’t around—maybe because he or she moved to a different school or a different class. You may feel left out at break or lunchtime. You want to have new friends, but how do you make them? Maybe it seems like everybody else already has his or her friends. But remember, there’s always room for more friends.
Start by looking around your classroom—think about which kids you’d like to play with at break. Look for chances to say hi to them, smile, and be friendly. Offer to share something or express your appreciation (欣赏) to them. Invite someone to play with you or say “Do you want to sit here?” in the lunchroom. When you’re at break, walk over to kids you want to play with, act friendly, and say “Hi, can I play, too?” or just join in.
If you have trouble doing this or if you’re feeling shy, ask your teacher to help you make new friends. Teachers are usually pretty good at matching up friends. The best way to make friends is to be a friend. Be kind, be friendly, share, say nice things, offer to help—and pretty soon, you’ll have one, or two, or even more new friends.
You might still miss that special best friend. But when you see each other, you can share something you didn’t have before he or she left: You can introduce him or her to your new friends!
Which of the following can explain the expression “feel left out”?
A.Feel homesick. | B.Feel lonely. |
C.Leave home alone. | D.Be hungry. |
According to the writer, some kids feel lonely at break because they .
A.have trouble with their studies |
B.don’t have their best friends around |
C.need their parents to be with them |
D.are too young to look after themselves |
The underline word “this” in Paragraph 4 means .
A.sharing your ideas |
B.talking in front of many people |
C.studying better at school |
D.developing new friendship |
Some kids need help from teachers to make friends because .
A.they miss their old friends a lot |
B.they have no time to stay with others |
C.teachers know who wants a new friend |
D.they are shy or not good at making friends |
Coffee has been a part of people’s lives for thousands of years, and today it is still one of the favorite drinks in the world.Many people in the world begin their busy day by drinking a cup of coffee or several cups of coffee.They have always said that a cup of coffee in the morning helps them begin their day in the right way.So they say a cup of coffee is necessary for them in the morning.
Do you know what in the coffee makes our bodies and brains active? It is caffeine(咖啡因).Caffeine may increase a person’s mental and physical abilities(精力和体力).For example, two cups of coffee will make you breathe faster and augment body temperature.All this makes your heart beat faster, and doctors warn that this may be a little dangerous.
Caffeine is found in tea, coffee, chocolate and some other foods.A little caffeine is probably not harmful.But too much caffeine can make people nervous and sleepless.
The underlined word “augment” means ___________ .
A.make more | B.drink | C.stop | D.make less |
From this passage, we may know that drinking a cup of coffee late at night might ______ .
A.give you a headache | B.make you fall asleep |
C.keep you awake | D.may be dangerous |
Caffeine is found in ___________ .
A.tea and water |
B.chocolate, meat and some other foods |
C.coffee and cream |
D.coffee, tea, chocolate and some other foods |
Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Coffee has been a part of people’s lives for thousands of years |
B.Caffeine does no harm to our body. |
C.Two cups of coffee will make you breathe faster and increase body temperature. |
D.Caffeine may increase human’s mental and physical abilites. |
A good title for this passage is ___________ .
A.Coffee Is Harmful | B.Coffee and Tea |
C.Caffeine and Health | D.Caffeine Is Useful |
This is a true story in Guyuna. One day, a child took some silver(银的)paper from a cigarette box. He rolled it into a tiny(极小的)ball and pushed it up his nose. He couldn’t get it out again. He ran crying to his mother. His mother couldn’t get the paper out, either. A week later the paper was still in his nose. His nose began to have a bad smell.
So his mother took her child to the hospital. The doctor looked up his nose. She put a tiny steel rod(钢棒)into his nose and felt the paper. She said she would have to cut his nose to get the paper out.
The child’s mother came home looking sad. She didn’t want her child to have his nose cut. He was a handsome boy and the cut would make him ugly.
Next day, the child’s mother took him to her friend Sidney. Sidney lived in a house with an old woman called May. She asked to see the child, so the child let her look up his nose. He closed his eyes.
“Yes, I can see it,” May said, “It will be out soon!”
As she spoke, she shook black pepper(胡椒粉) on the child’s nose. He gave a mightly(有力的)sneeze and the paper flew out. His mother was surprised. May told her to take the boy to the sea for a swim. She said the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell.
So the child didn’t have to go to the hospital and gave his nose out.
How did the silver ball go into the boy’s nose?
A.His mother put it into his nose. |
B.The boy himself pushed the ball up his nose. |
C.The silver ball rolled into his nose itself. |
D.The passage didn’t tell us. |
. Why did the boy’s nose have a bad smell?
A.The ball stayed in his nose for too long. |
B.The boy didn’t like to wash his nose. |
C.His nose is cut and gave a bad smell. |
D.Because he had a running nose. |
. What can help to stop the bad smell?
A.Some medicine | B.Some black pepper |
C.Fresh air | D.The salt water |
. Who helped to take the silver ball out?
A.The boy himself | B.The doctor |
C.Sidney | D.May |
. What is the best title of the story?
A.Old medicine | B.Some good doctors |
C.A poor boy | D.A silver ball |
Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the local people of a country. If tourists create too much traffic, the local people become unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country’s economy(经济). It is important to think about the people of a destination country and how tourism affects them. Tourism should help a country keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists. Tourism should also advance(推进) the well-being (health and happiness) of local people.
Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country’s economy can suffer.
On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. Businesses can also lose money. It costs a lot of money to build large hotels, airports, air terminals, first-class roads and other support facilities needed by tourist attractions. For example, a major international-class tourism hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel will lose money.
Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be many support facilities as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, sewers to handle waste, and water. All of these support facilities cost money. If they are not used because there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost.
What is probably the reason if local people dislike tourists?
A.Tourists come to enjoy the customs and beauty. |
B.Local people lose jobs. |
C.A lot of hotels are built. |
D.Too many tourists cause traffic problems. |
What can we do to solve the problems caused by tourism?
A.Make plans properly |
B.Help the country’s economy. |
C.Build fewer hotels. |
D.Advance the well-being of local people. |
If tourism grows too quickly, ___________.
A.businesses will lose money |
B.other parts of the country’s economy will make more money |
C.local people will be happier |
D.more local people will work for tourists. |
Support facilities needed by tourist attractions includes ___________.
①public places ②hotels ③airports ④roads ⑤electricity ⑥sewers
A.①②③④⑤ | B.②③④⑤⑥ | C.①②③⑤⑥ | D.①③④⑤⑥ |
If the writer wants to add Paragraph 5 to the passage, he may tell us ________.
A.whether people need to build more hotels |
B.whether people need to plan tourism properly |
C.how to deal with the problems above |
D.how to prevent tourism growing too quickly |
American black bears appear in a variety of colors despite(尽管) their name. In the eastern part, most of these bears have shiny black fur, but in the west they grow brown, red, or even yellow coats. To the north, the black bear is actually gray or white in color. Even in the same litter(胎), both brown and black furred bears may be born.
Black bears are the smallest of all American bears, ranging in length from five to six feet, weighing from three hundred to five hundred pounds. Their eyes and ears are small and their eyesight and hearing are not as good as their sense of smell. Like all bears, the black bear is timid and rarely dangerous, but if attacked, most can climb trees or cover ground at great speed. When angry or frightened, they are formidable(可怕的) enemies.
Black bears feed on leaves, roots, fruit, insects, fish, and even larger animals. One of the most interesting characteristics of bears, including the black bear, is their winter sleep. Unlike squirrels and many other woodland animals, bears do not actually sleep through the winter months. Although the bear does not eat during the winter months, sustaining(维持) itself from body fat, its temperature remains almost normal, and it breathes regularly four or five times per minute.
Most black bears live alone, except during the mating(交配) season. They prefer to live in caves. Baby black bears are born in January or February after a gestation(怀孕) period of six to nine months, and they stay with their mother until they are fully grown or about one and a half years old. Black bears can live as long as thirty years in the wild, and even longer in some nature reserves.
American black bears may have ___________ colours according to the passage.
A.four | B.five | C.six | D.seven |
Black bears have a good sense of _________.
A.hearing | B.smell | C.eyesight | D.taste |
Which of the following statements is RIGHT?
A.Black bears sleep through the winter months. |
B.Black bears can live up to 30 years old. |
C.Black bears are the smallest bears in the world. |
D.Most black bears live in a group. |
What does the underlined word “enemies” refer to?
A.Black bears’ enemies. | B.Black bears. |
C.Other large animals. | D.American bears. |
We cannot read the passage ___________.
A.in a newspaper | B.on the Internet |
C.in a book | D.in an advertisement |
When people communicate, they need words to express themselves. People living in different countries made different kinds of words.
Today there are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand of words. But we do not need all these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. Before you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more.
Vocabulary means a lot of words. The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your own vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are a lot of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful book.
The number of different languages spoken is about _______.
A.150 | B.15,000 | C.500 | D.1,500 |
Before you leave your school, you’ll learn _______.
A.only two thousand words | B.five hundred thousand words |
C.more than one thousand words | D.three or four thousand words |
To make your vocabulary bigger, you must _______.
A.get as many dictionaries as you can |
B.read as many books as you can |
C.buy a lot of books |
D.have a very large English dictionary |
You will enjoy_______.
A.the books written in easy English |
B.your dictionary |
C.your new words |
D.finding new words in a dictionary |
What is your most useful book?
A.Books written in easy English. | B.Books written in English. |
C.Your dictionary. | D.Short stories. |
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