SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀ O TẠO KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN

HẢI PHÒNG Năm ho ̣c 2020-2021

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH (Chuyên)

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- Đề thi gồ m 5 trang. Tổ ng điểm: 100
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PART ONE: PHONOLOGY
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group. (5 pts)
1. A. seedbed B. feedback C. attendee D. committee
2. A. carriages B. whistles C. costumes D. assures
3. A. poultry B. salmon C. shoulder D. calcium
4. A. enrich B. enlarge C. enlist D. enterprise
5. A. crooked B. sacred C. washed D. jagged
6. A. danger B. ransom C. ancient D. manger
7. A. bargain B. gelatin C. fragile D. margarine
8. A. protect B. profess C. proverb D. profound
9. A. chauffeur B. brochure C. parachute D. charter
10. A. beardie B. rehearse C. hearsay D. endearment
II. Choose the word whose main stress position is placed differently from that of the others in each group. (5 pts)
1. A. destroy B. involve C. distract D. comment
2. A. conquest B. canteen C. parade D. campaign
3. A. severe B. diverse C. fertile D. mature
4. A. overhear B. overcharge C. overcoat D. overact
5. A. prestigious B. ascertain C. construction D. substantial
6. A. intellectual B. stability C. geocentric D. interference
7. A. spontaneity B. centenarian C. argumentative D. metabolism
8. A. domineering B. interrupt C. reconcile D. picturesque
9. A. inoffensive B. disheartening C. uncritical D. implausible
10. A. archaeology B. continental C. photosynthesis D. entrepreneur
PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences. (10 pts)
1. There are no problems with Dan. He seems ______ after in a proper way.
A. to be looking B. to have looked C. to have been looked D. to look
2. In hot and sunny weather, man acclimatizes by eating less, drinking more liquids, and ______.
A. skin changes that darken B. experiencing a darkening of the skin
C. his skin may darken D. darkening their skins
3. Trade ______ from bad to worse and staff ______ redundant now.
A. have gone – is made B. has gone – are being made
C. went – have made D. had gone – are made
4. Nancy: “Would you mind posting this letter for me on the way to the shopping mall, Betty?”
Betty: “______”
A. No problem. Give it to me before I go. B. Yes, I post it for you.
C. Never mind. You don’t have to do it now. D. It is very kind of you to say so.
5. ____ snow that covers the top of the mountain is ____ beautiful sight.
A. Ø - a B. The - a C. Ø - Ø D. The - the
6. It is a federal law _____ vaccinated before entering the first grade.
A. for children be B. that children will be C. that children be D. requires children to be
7. The campers were asked to throw all recyclable trash into ______.
A. the green big plastic bag B. the big plastic bag green
C. the green plastic bag D. the big green plastic bag
8. There was no one downstairs, so the woman turned off the lights and decided that she ______ things.
A. must have imagined B. can't have imagined
C. should have imagined D. needn’t have imagined
9. Of the two films we watched last night, “The Avengers” is ______.
A. more interesting B. as interesting C. the more interesting D. the most interesting
10. If you need to ______ the teacher’s attention, just put your hand up.
A. pull B. obtain C. take D. attract
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11. ______, ultraviolet light can be detected in a number of ways.
A. Although being invisible B. Even though it invisible
C. Despite invisible D. Although invisible
12. People tend to become less ______ to new ideas as they grow older.
A. receptive B. available C. attractive D. hospitable
13. The whereabouts of the exiled president remains a(n) ______ guarded secret.
A. closely B. deeply C. highly D. entirely
14. Extensive forests, abundant wildlife, and spectacular mountain ______ are among the attractions of Glacier National Park.
A. scene B. scenery C. sights D. views
15. The two small companies are going to ______ due to economic crisis.
A. mix B. meet C. merge D. blend
16. My sunburnt skin made me feel rather ______ for the first few days of the holiday.
A. self-confident B. self-centred C. self-conscious D. self-contained
17. The girl was over the ______ when she won a scholarship to study in the United States.
A. sky B. sun C. moon D. planet
18. This speech needs to be set ______ our country in the 1970s.
A. with regard to B. with a view to C. in consideration of D. in the context of
19. Daisy really liked the dress she found for her sister’s wedding. However, she decided to ______ for a better deal.
A. sell out B. shop around C. ring up D. shell out
20. The fumes were so thick that she was ______ for breath.
A. heart-to-heart B. body and soul C. flesh and blood D. skin and bone
II. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete each of the following sentences. (10 pts)
1. (EXPOSE) to direct sunlight for long periods of time is dangerous to our skin.
2. A lack of fertilizer had (POOR) the soil.
3. In critical situations, they often lose because they play so (PROFESSION).
4. The referee’s (PART) in the game was admirable.
5. Our efforts to persuade her proved (FRUIT) - she accepted to come in the end!
6. A crowd of (STAND) gathered at the scene of the crash, leading to a hold-up on the motorway.
7. You don’t need to read the instruction manual since the use of the camera is (EXPLAIN).
8. We (ESTIMATE) how long it would take to get to the stadium, so we were ten minutes late for the event.
9. You can’t get burnt with these dishes because they are (HOT).
10. After taking an IQ test, students will be (QUALIFY) separated into three different classes.
III. Fill each blank with a suitable preposition or adverb particle to complete each of the following sentences. (10 pts)
1. Advances ______ technology will result ______ more leisure time for working people.
2. A lot of young people are seen ______ this new hairstyle, which seems to be catching ______.
3. They agreed to the policy ______ the understanding that it would be ______ their benefit.
4. Peter won’t do anything ______ asking his mother first. She’s really got him ______ her thumb.
5. Just look at these old photographs. I came ______ them when I was clearing ______ an old bookcase.
6. That conservationist is going to bring ______ a book ______ wildlife habitat next month.
7. ______ my point of view, the changes ______ the education system have been to good effect.
8. Anne is sorry to let you ______ for not attending your party tonight, but she’s in bed ______ a cold.
9. He was wounded ______ the shoulder by a bullet fired ______ the upstairs window.
10. The stores marked ______ the products just before selling them ______ a discount.
IV. The following passage contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the corrections in the corresponding
numbered boxes. Number 0 is an example. (10 pts)
0. Line 1: number → amount
LINE RAIN MAKING
1 When it rains, it doesn't always pour. During a typical storm, a comparatively small number of the locking up moisture
2 in each cloud reaches the ground like rain. So the idea that human intervention - a rain dance, perhaps - might
3 encourage the sky to give out a little additional water has been around in prehistoric times. More recently, would-be
4 rain-makers have attempted direct intervention, by lobbing various chemicals out of aeroplanes in the effort to wring
5 more rain from the clouds, a practice knowing as 'cloud seeding'.
6 Yet such techniques, which were first developed in the 1940s, are notoriously difficult to evaluate. It is hard to
7 ascertain, for example, how much rain would have fallen anyway. So, though much anecdotal evidence of the
8 advantages of cloud seeding, that has led to its adoption in more than 40 countries around the world, as far as
9 scientists are concerned, results are still inconclusive. That could be about to changing. For the past three years,
10 researchers have been carrying on the most extensive and rigorous evaluation of a revolutionarily new technique
11 which will substantially boost the volume of rainfall.
12 The preliminary findings of their experiments indicate that solid evidence of the technique's effectiveness is now
13 within the scientists' grasp.
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PART THREE: READING
I. Read the passage below and choose the correct answer to each of the questions. (10 pts)
Federal Express is a company that specializes in rapid overnight delivery of high-priority packages. The first company
of its type, Federal Express was founded by the youthful Fred Smith in 1971, when he was only 28 years old. Smith had actually
developed the idea for the rapid delivery service in a term paper for an economics class when he was a student at Yale
University. The term paper reputedly received a less-than-stellar grade because of the infeasibility of the project that Smith had
outlined. The model that Smith proposed had never been tried; it was a model that was efficient to operate but at the same time
was very difficult to institute.
Smith achieved efficiency in his model by designing a system that was separate from the passenger system and could,
therefore, focus on how to deliver packages most efficiently. His strategy was to own his own planes so that he could create his
own schedules and to ship all packages through the hub city of Memphis, a set-up which resembles the spokes on the wheel
of a bicycle. With this combination of his own planes and hub set-up, he could get packages anywhere in the United States
overnight.
What made Smith’s idea difficult to institute was the fact that the entire system had to be created before the company
could begin operations. He needed a fleet of aircraft to collect packages from airports every night and deliver them to Memphis,
where they were immediately sorted and flown out to their new destinations; he needed a fleet of trucks to deliver packages to
and from the various airports; he needed facilities and trained staff all in place to handle the operation. Smith had a $4-million
inheritance from his father, and he managed to raise an additional $91 million dollars from venture capitalists to get the company
operating.
When Federal Express began service in 1973 in 25 cities, the company was not an immediate success, but success did
come within a relatively short period of time. The company lost $29 million in the first 26 months of operations. However, the
tide was to turn relatively quickly. By late 1976, Federal Express was carrying an average of 19,000 packages per night and
had made a profit of $3.6 million.
1. The most appropriate title for this passage is ______.
A. The Capitalization of Federal Express
B. The Importance of Business Studies
C. The Implementation of a Successful Business
D. The Problem and Frustrations of a Business Student
2. What is stated in the passage about Smith’s term paper?
A. Its grade was of only average standard.
B. It was written by a student of Smith’s.
C. Smith submitted it through a delivery service.
D. The professor thought it had great potential.
3. What was a key idea of Smith’s?
A. That he should focus on passenger service.
B. That passenger service had to be efficient.
C. That packages could be delivered on other companies’ planes.
D. That package delivery should be separate from passenger service.
4. A “hub city” in paragraph 2 is CLOSEST in meaning to ______.
A. a large city with small cities as destinations
B. a city that is the final destination for many routes
C. a city where many bicycle routes begin
D. a centralized city with destinations emanating from it
5. It can be inferred from the passage that Smith selected Memphis as his hub city because it ______.
A. had a large number of passenger aircraft
B. was near the middle of the country
C. already had a large package delivery service
D. was a favourite passenger airport
6. The pronoun “they” in paragraph 3 refers to ______.
A. aircrafts B. airports C. packages D. destinations
7. It is NOT mentioned in the passage that, in order to set up his company, Smith needed ______.
A. faculty B. personnel C. trucks D. airplanes
8. How long did it take Federal Express to become profitable?
A. One year B. Two years C. Three years D. Six years
9. Which paragraph explains what made Smith’s model effective?
A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2 C. Paragraph 3 D. Last paragraph
10. The tone of the passage in describing Smith’s accomplishments is ______.
A. unflattering B. unconvincing C. ironic D. sincere

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II. Read the passage below and choose the correct answer to each of the questions. (5 pts)
Harvard University, today recognized as part of the top echelon of the world’s universities, came from very inauspicious
and humble beginnings.
This oldest of American universities was founded in 1636, just sixteen years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth.
Included in the Puritan emigrants to the Massachusetts colony during this period were more than 100 graduates of England’s
prestigious Oxford and Cambridge universities, and these university graduates in the New World were determined that their
sons would have the same educational opportunities that they themselves had had. Because of this support in the colony for
an institution of higher learning, the General Court of Massachusetts appropriated 400 pounds for a college in October of 1636
and early the following year decided on a parcel of land for the school; this land was in an area called Newetowne, which was
later renamed Cambridge after its English cousin and is the site of the present-day university.
When a young minister named John Harvard, who came from the neighbouring town of Charlestown, died from
tuberculosis in 1638, he willed half of his estate of 1,700 pounds to the fledgling college. In spite of the fact that only half of the
bequest was actually paid, the General Court named the college after the minister in appreciation for what he had done. The
amount of the bequest may not have been large, particularly by today’s standards, but it was more than the General Court had
found it necessary to appropriate in order to open the college.
Henry Dunster was appointed the first president of Harvard in 1640, and it should be noted that in addition to serving as
president, he was also the entire faculty, with an entering freshman class of four students. Although the staff did expand
somewhat, for the first century of its existence, the entire teaching staff consisted of the president and three or four tutors.
1. The main idea of this passage is that ______.
A. Harvard is one of the world’s most prestigious universities
B. what is today a great university started out small
C. John Harvard was key to the development of a great university
D. Harvard University developed under the auspices of the General Court of Massachusetts
2. The passage indicates that Harvard is ______.
A. the oldest universities in the world
B. one of the oldest universities in the world
C. one of the oldest universities in America
D. the oldest university in America
3. It can be inferred from the passage that the Puritans who travelled to the Massachusetts colony were _____.
A. rather rich
B. rather undemocratic
C. rather well-educated
D. rather supportive of the English government
4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about John Harvard?
A. What he died of
B. Where he was buried
C. Where he came from
D. How much he bequeathed to Harvard
5. The passage implies that ______.
A. Henry Dunster was an ineffective president
B. someone else really served as president of Harvard before Henry Dunster
C. Henry Dunster spent much of his time as president managing the Harvard faculty
D. the position of president of Harvard was not merely an administrative position in the early years
III. Read the following passage and fill each of the numbered blanks with ONE suitable word. (10 pts)
Adolescence always has been and always will be (1) ______ very difficult time in life. You are lost somewhere (2)
______ childhood and adulthood, but still, this is the time in life when you have to break free from the conformity of your peers
to find your self. Some people argue that it’s more difficult to be young today than it (3) ______ to be. Is this true, and in that
case, why?
In modern society, teenagers are pressured to mature (4) ______ more quickly than one or two hundred years ago.
Today, minors at a very early stage have to make decisions regarding education, often bearing upon their future careers. In the
past, children were expected to (5) ______ in the footsteps of their parents, (6) ______ is to say, the son was supposed to take
up the profession of his father, while the daughter was expected to stay at home to take care of (7) ______ domestic duties as
cooking and cleaning. Furthermore, today it’s much more difficult to find your place in society as cities grow, crime increases,
and the anonymity people experience grows as (8) ______. It becomes more difficult to find and cultivate your own ideals and
values.
On the (9) ______ hand, the adolescent of today have greater opportunities than ever before. In the past, if your father
was a blacksmith or a farmer, in ten years, so would you be. Today, teenagers have the possibility to (10) ______ all their
dreams and ambitions.

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IV. Read the passage below and choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of the blanks. (5 pts)
TALKING RUBBISH
Reduce! Re-use! Recycle! The message hits Canadian consumers through all the media. As newcomers from Sri Lanka,
we compare the situation here with the one back home. We may not be the most environmentally (1) ______ citizens in the
world but, compared with this, we do not have a rubbish problem - yet.
Like many shoppers in Colombo, my partner Shahid and I used to have a cane basket we took along with us to the Sunday
market or pola every week. No environmentalist could have complained about it. You need a good strong basket at the pola. There
are no supermarket carts to push around. Most items - rice, flour, vegetables, fruit, biscuits, eggs - are bought bit by bit or wrapped
(2) ______ newspaper. At (3) ______, we would carry one plastic bag separately. For eggs, we took a reusable plastic tray with us.
When income (4) ______ are low, people need to buy in small quantities. It is quite normal to ask for an envelope, two
eggs or 100 grams of sugar. The (5) ______ is that, for the most part, urban consumers in Sri Lanka cannot afford the luxury of
waste. Most people do not buy more from the grocers than they know they will (6) ______ consume. They re-use
(7) ______ they can and are loath to discard bags, jars, tins or boxes that can be put to other uses.
But in recent years, Western-style supermarkets have begun to spring up in Colombo. They (8) ______ the evidence of a
clean, efficient, streamlined service to customers. A (9) ______ of imported goods, dressed up in their layers of attractive, colourful
packs beckons from the shelves. These are the (10) ______ products that demand your attention on the TV advertisements. Along
with them, Sri Lanka, like so many other developing countries, may have imported a problem that once never existed.
1. A. qualified B. concerned C. worried D. experienced
2. A. with B. on C. in D. by
3. A. maximum B. most C. highest D. best
4. A. rates B. amounts C. sizes D. levels
5. A. point B. case C. example D. question
6. A. absolutely B. purposefully C. actually D. completely
7. A. whenever B. however C. wherever D. whatever
8. A. sort out B. rule out C. hold out D. try out
9. A. set B. range C. store D. band
10. A. very B. just C. likely D. similar

PART FOUR: WRITING

I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that its meaning is similar to that of the original one. (10 pts)
1. People think that city life in the 21st century offers them a lot of advantages.  City life ..................................
2. It wasn’t necessary for you to go to so much trouble on my behalf.  You needn’t ...........................
3. She’s very patient and loyal. That’s why she hasn’t left her company.  If it ........................................
4. The workers started jumping for joy the moment the announcement of a pay rise was made.  No sooner ..............................
5. His condition improved so rapidly that he was discharged from the hospital early.  There was..............................
6. The woman bears a strong resemblance to someone else that I used to know.  The woman reminds ............
7. Scientists in the world are trying very hard to find a cure for this infectious disease.  Enormous .............................
8. Success in the academic field depends on your ability to amass qualifications.  The more qualifications ...... .
9. The young man gave up his job to pursue his own interests despite his high salary.  No matter...............................
10. People were aware of the damage to the environment when many species had  It was the ..............................
become extinct.
II. Rewrite each of the sentences below in such a way that its meaning is similar to that of the original one, using the
word given in brackets. Do not change this word in any way. (10 pts)
1. After Covid-19, many people find it increasingly difficult to live on the money they earn. (ENDS)  ....................
2. The fridge was absolutely empty yesterday. (LEFT)  ....................
3. “I don’t approve of people who tell lies,” said Jack. (EXPRESSED)  ....................
4. Anna complained about the tourism services throughout the holiday. (ENTIRE)  ....................
5. I felt relaxed at her house as her parents treated me so well. (EASE)  ....................
6. She’s always criticizing her children in front of their friends. (DOWN)  ....................
7. John has a lot of experience in travelling, so he can arrange this trip very easily. (EYES)  ....................
8. His football team has been defeated for the eighth time this season. (SUFFERED)  ....................
9. None of us was expecting to have a fifteen-minute test on English this morning. (BLUE)  ....................
10. Jane’s father became extremely angry when he knew she had broken his crystal vase. (STACK)  ....................
THE END
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 HẢI PHÒNG Năm ho ̣c 2020 - 2021
ĐÁP ÁN VÀ HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH (Chuyên)

PART ONE: PHONOLOGY

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group. (5
pts)
0.5 pt for each correct answer.
1. D 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. B
II. Choose the word whose main stress position is placed differently from that of the others in each group. (5
pts)
0.5 pt for each correct answer.

1. D 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. B 6. B 7. D 8. C 9. A 10. D

PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences. (10 pts)
0.5 pt for each correct answer.
1. C 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. D 8. A 9. C 10. D
11. D 12. A 13. A 14. B 15. C 16. C 17. C 18. D 19. B 20. B
II. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete each of the following sentences. (10 pts)
1.0 pt for each correct word.

1. Exposure 2. impoverished 3. unprofessionally 4. impartiality 5. fruitful

6. bystanders 7. self-explanatory 8. underestimated 9. heatproof 10. qualitatively

III. Fill each blank with a suitable preposition or adverb particle to complete each of the following sentences. (10
pts)
0.5 pt for each correct preposition or adverb particle.
1. in – in 2. with – on 3. on – to 4. without – under 5. across - out
6. out – on/about 7. From – in/to 8. down - with 9. in – from/through 10. up - at

IV. The following passage contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the corrections in the
corresponding
numbered boxes. (10 pts)
0.5 pt for correct identification and 0.5 for correction.
Number Line Mistakes Corrections
1. Line 1 locking locked
2. Line 2 like as
3. Line 3 in since
4. Line 4 the an
5. Line 5 knowing known
6. Line 7 though despite
7. Line 8 that which
8. Line 9 changing change
9. Line 10 on out
10. Line 10 revolutionarily revolutionary

PART THREE: READING

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I. Read the passage below and choose the correct answer to each of the questions. (10 pts)
1.0 pt for each correct answer.
1. C 2. A 3. D 4. D 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. D
II. Read the passage below and choose the correct answer to each of the questions. (5 pts)
1.0 pt for each correct answer.
1. B 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. D
III. Read the following passage and fill each of the numbered blanks with ONE suitable word. (10 pts)
1.0 pt for each correct word.
1. a 2. between 3. used 4. much/ far 5. follow
6. that 7. such 8. well 9. other 10. fulfil (l)/ realize/
achieve
IV. Read the passage below and choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of the blanks. (5 pts)
0.5 pt for each correct answer.

1. A 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. D 8. C 9. B 10. A

PART FOUR: WRITING

I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that its meaning is similar to that of the original one. (10 pts)
1.0 pt for each correct sentence.
1. City life in the 21st century is thought to offer people a lot of advantages.
2. You needn’t have gone to so much trouble on my behalf.
3. If it weren’t for her patience and loyalty, she would have left her company.
4. No sooner had the announcement of a pay rise been made than the workers started jumping/ to jump for joy.
Or: No sooner had they made an announcement of a pay rise than the workers started jumping/ to jump for joy.
Or: No sooner had they announced a pay rise than the workers started jumping/ to jump for joy.
5. There was such a rapid improvement in/ on/to his condition that he was discharged from the hospital early.
6. The woman reminds me very much/ strongly/ vividly/ sharply of someone else that I used to know.
7. Enormous efforts are being made to find a cure for this infectious disease (by scientists in the world).
Or: Enormous efforts are being put into finding a cure for this infectious disease (by scientists in the world).
8. The more qualifications you are able to/ can amass, the more success you (can/will) achieve/attain/have/make in
the academic field.
Or: The more qualifications you are able to/ can amass, the more successful you will become in the academic field.
9. No matter how high the salary was, the young man gave up his job to pursue his own interests.
10. It was the extinction of many species that made people aware of the damage to the environment.
Or: It was the extinction of many species that raised people’s awareness of the damage to the environment.
II. Rewrite each of the sentences in such a way that its meaning is similar to that of the original one, using
the word given in brackets. Do not change this word in any way. (10 pts)
1.0 pt for each correct sentence.
1. After Covid-19, many people find it increasingly difficult/hard to make (both) ends meet.
2. There was absolutely nothing left in the fridge yesterday.
3. Jack expressed his disapproval of people who tells lies/ telling lies.
4. Anna spent her entire holiday complaining about the tourism services.
5. I felt / was at ease with the good treatment of her parents.
Or: I felt / was at ease at her house as her parents treated me so well.
Or: Her parents put me at ease/ made me feel at ease with their good treatment.
6. She’s always running/ doing her children down in front of her friends.
7. John has a lot of experience in travelling/ traveling, so he can arrange this trip with his eyes shut/closed.
8. His football team has suffered (from) its / the eighth defeat of this season.
9. The fifteen-minute test on English this morning came out of the blue for every one of us/ all of us.
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10. Jane’s father blew his stack when he knew she had broken his crystal vase.

THE END

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