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科目： 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

LONDON: What could possibly be wrong with planting trees? The benefits are obvious; they  firm the soil, soak up (攝取) extra water and take carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) out of the atmosphere.
However, it now turns out that planting trees could add to global warming.
Tree roots do a great job of keeping soil firmly on the ground and out of the wind’s power. The problem is that some of those dust clouds play an important part in taking in carbon dioxide.
Huge dust storms blow out over the oceans from dry parts of North Africa and central Asia. Tons of dust are lifted and left as a thin film over the ocean surface. The dust fuels oceanic life.
Dust from China is carried east and left in the Pacific Ocean. If a tree-planting programme there is successful and the dust supply reduced, the final result may be that less carbon dioxide gets locked away in the ocean.
Andy Ridgwell, an environmental scientist from the University of East Anglia, has spent the past few years studying dust and says his work “shows clearly the complexity of the system and the importance of not tinkering(粗劣地修補) with it without understanding the results. For this reason the need is to focus(集中) on cutting carbon dioxide giving off rather than monkeying (瞎弄) about with the land surface.”
An American scientist, Robert Jackson, has shown that when native grassland areas are invaded(侵入) by trees, carbon is lost from the soil. “We are studying why the soil carbon disappears, but one theory is that trees do a lot more of their growing above ground compared to grasses, so less carbon goes directly into the soil from trees, ” says Jackson.
In wet areas of the world, the gain from trees absorbing carbon dioxide above ground seems to be outweighed(超過) by the loss of carbon from the soil below ground. Countries that plan to combat global warming by planting trees may have to think again.
Solutions to environmental problems are often more complex than they first appear, and understanding the Earth’s climate is a very great challenge

  1. 1.

    People usually hold the opinion that_____________

    1. A.
      huge dust storms can destroy carbon dioxide
    2. B.
      huge dust storms can destroy the oceans on the earth
    3. C.
      huge dust storms can’t do anything beneficial for man
    4. D.
      planting trees is the only way to control huge dust storms
  2. 2.

    Andy Ridgwell, the environmental scientist, believes that_____________

    1. A.
      dust plays a more important part than trees
    2. B.
      trees shouldn’t have been planted in dry places
    3. C.
      carbon dioxide is harmful to everything on the earth
    4. D.
      environmental problems are more complex than expected
  3. 3.

    Robert Jackson’s experiment proves that_____________

    1. A.
      grassland areas should be covered by forests
    2. B.
      trees hold more carbon than grasses
    3. C.
      carbon can turn grass into dust
    4. D.
      less carbon can make trees grow faster

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Have you got any wonderful plans for your coming winter vacation? Here are some wonderful films for you to kill time.

Away We Go
With a baby on his way, a young couple,   Burt and Verona, look at their lives and are puzzled about what they really   want. So they hit the road and seek a place to call home. On their journey,   they visit a handful of characters and learned a lot.
It’s about taking the scenic route in   life, preparing for the hope and excitement and fear of new beginnings, while   never forgetting to look out of the window.		Orphan
Either, a bright and well-behaved   child, however, is not as innocent as she appears. Soon after being taken   home, the peace of her adoptive family is completely changed
You want a good horror film about a child   from hell? Then you got one! Do not, in any cases, take children to see it.
500 Days of Summer
Tom is in love with Summer from the   moment he sees her. Can he accept that she simply likes him for now, not for   forever? The movie is about Tom wrestling with that reality. Tom remembers   his love, Summer, as a series of joys and bafflements. But Summer is just   herself and he cannot have her.
Here is a rare movie that begins by   telling us how it will end and is about how the hero has no idea why.		2012
The director Roland Emmerich successfully   dresses a corny story with an old Mayan prediction, which is believed by many   to happen in the coming 2012 and as a result, attracts millions of people   into the cinema.
It’s just an entertaining Hollywood   blockbuster （大片）with   plenty of jokes, instead of a description of what the end of the world is   really like. Don’t take it too seriously!

  1. 1.

    This passage aims to        

    1. A.
      make comments on films for a cinema
    2. B.
      introduce films for a film corporation
    3. C.
      recommend several films for fun
    4. D.
      advertise several films for a website
  2. 2.

    If you bring your seven-year-old sister to the cinema, which of the following film should you avoid?

    1. A.
      Away We Go
    2. B.
      Orphan
    3. C.
      500 Days of Summer
    4. D.
      2012
  3. 3.

    Among all the characters mentioned in the passage, who directed films in Hollywood?

    1. A.
      Roland Emmerich
    2. B.
      Tom and Summer
    3. C.
      Burt and Verona
    4. D.
      Esther
  4. 4.

    Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Orphan is a comedy about Esther adopted by a kind family
    2. B.
      500 Days of Summer is a romance with a happy ending
    3. C.
      Away We Go shows beautiful scenery on the young couple’s journey
    4. D.
      The ancient Mayan prediction is going to happen in 2012

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Mo Yan, a Chinese writer has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, announced the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Thursday. The win makes Mo Yan the first Chinese citizen to win the Nobel in its history. Informed of his win today, the author, who was having dinner at home, was “overjoyed and scared”.
Born in 1955 to parents who were farmers, Mo Yan--a pen name for Guan Moye, grew up in Gaomi in shandong province in eastern China. At the age of 12, he left school to work, first in agriculture, later in a factory, In 1976 he joined the army and during this time began to study literature and writing.
He published his first book in 1981, but found literary success in 1987 with Hong Gaoliang Jiazu, which was successfully filmed in the stone year, directed by famous Chinese director Zhang Yimou. In his writing, Mo Yan draws on his youthful experiences and on settings in the province of his birth and his works show the life of Chinese people as well as the country’s unique culture and folk customs. Mo Yan is known as a prolific （多產(chǎn)的）writer. In addition to his novels, he has published many short stories and essays on various topics. Despite his social criticism, be is seen in his homeland as one of the most famous contemporary authors. Dozens of his works have been translated into English, French, Japanese and many other languages.
The awarding ceremony was held on December 10. Mo Yan won a medal, a personal diploma and a cash award of about $1 million

  1. 1.

    How did Mo Yan feel when he was told about the news?

    1. A.
      Excited and proud
    2. B.
      Worried and cautious
    3. C.
      Uncertain and shocked
    4. D.
      Happy and surprised
  2. 2.

    Mo Yan developed his ability for writing when he was ________

    1. A.
      on a farm
    2. B.
      in a factory
    3. C.
      in the army
    4. D.
      in a school
  3. 3.

    One of Mo Yan’s characteristics of writing is that he _________

    1. A.
      explains difficult matters in simple words
    2. B.
      focuses on social problems in the country
    3. C.
      writes about topics he is familiar with
    4. D.
      describes his characters in a unique way
  4. 4.

    What’s the best title for this passage?

    1. A.
      Mo Yan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
    2. B.
      An Introduction to Nobel Prize
    3. C.
      How Mo Yan Gets Nobel Prize
    4. D.
      A World Famous Writer, Mo Yan

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The common cold is the world's most widespread illness, which is a serious infection that man receives.
The most widespread mistake of all is that colds are caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by viruses passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by touching directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not. And in separate Arctic (北極的)areas, explorers have reported being free from colds until touching again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.
During the First World War, soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches, cold and wet, seldom caught colds.
In the Second World War, prisoners at Auschwitz concentration camp, bare and starved, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds.
At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for a long time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in a room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.
If then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in winter? Despite the most hard research, no one has yet found out the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and that makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.
No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs and pain-killers such as aspirin, but all that they do is to reduce the symptoms

  1. 1.

    The writer thinks the cause of catching cold is due to_______

    1. A.
      touching anyone directly
    2. B.
      touching anyone indirectly
    3. C.
      cold weather
    4. D.
      getting viruses from person to person
  2. 2.

    Arctic explorers may catch colds when___

    1. A.
      they are working in the separate Arctic areas
    2. B.
      they are writing reports in terribly cold weather
    3. C.
      they are free from work in the isolated Arctic regions
    4. D.
      they are coming into touch again with the outside world
  3. 3.

    Volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research Unit___

    1. A.
      suffered a lot
    2. B.
      never caught colds
    3. C.
      often caught colds
    4. D.
      became very strong
  4. 4.

    The passage mainly discusses___

    1. A.
      the experiments on the common cold
    2. B.
      the mistake about the common cold
    3. C.
      the reason and the way people catch colds
    4. D.
      the continued spread of common colds

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科目： 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

Lisa is ten years old. She is disabled because she has brain damage. She could not do even the simplest thing until a year ago. She could not comb her hair or feed herself. Her parents loved her. And they treated her like a baby.
Mr. Ching has a daughter and a son. They are both grown. They live far from their father. Mr. Cling felt lonely. He decided to become a foster grandfather to a handicapped child. And that was how he met Lisa.
Foster grandparents are grandparents who are not related by birth but foster parents love the children they care for. They also help the handicapped children in special ways. They help to dress and feed the children. They read to them and tell them stories. They also help with handicapped children’s therapy. Therapy is the treatment of a disease or disorder. It helps the children overcome their handicaps.
Mr. Cling became a foster grandparent to Lisa when she was nine years old. At first, Lisa was shy. She was afraid because Mr. Cling was a stranger. But he came to see her every day, gradually she began to trust him. At last, Lisa let Mr. Cling do things for her.
Cling speaks for most foster grandparents when he say, “We all benefit. The handicapped children benefit because we help them live more useful lives. And we benefit because we know the children need us and love us. For any person, there is no greater happiness than that.”

  1. 1.

    Why did Lisa need help?

    1. A.
      She was a baby
    2. B.
      She did not want to do anything
    3. C.
      She had brain damage
    4. D.
      She was a blind girl
  2. 2.

    What does the underlined word “foster” in paragraph 2 mean?

    1. A.
      Elderly
    2. B.
      Related by birth
    3. C.
      Not related by birth
    4. D.
      King-hearted
  3. 3.

    Which five things do foster grandparents do for handicapped children?
    a  help with their treatment   b dress them    c live in their homes
    d feed them          e charge them money    f read to them
    g tell them stories    h make fun of them

    1. A.
      a,b,d,e,f
    2. B.
      a,c,e,f,h
    3. C.
      b,c,d,f,g
    4. D.
      a,b,d,f,g
  4. 4.

    Why did Mr. Cling foster Lisa?

    1. A.
      Lisa needs looking after
    2. B.
      The passage doesn’t mention of
    3. C.
      Lisa need caring for and Mr. Cling also gets enjoyment from it
    4. D.
      Mr. Cling is too lonely
  5. 5.

    The best title for this passage is ________

    1. A.
      Lisa, A Handicapped Girl
    2. B.
      Why Did He Do That?
    3. C.
      Foster Grandparents
    4. D.
      The Greatest Happiness!

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科目： 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart．She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful brown haired, freckle-faced image of innocence．Outside, it was pouring so heavily．
We all stood there just inside the door of the Wal-Mart．We waited, some patiently, others annoyed because nature messed up their hurried day．I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world．
Her voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance （昏昏欲睡） we were all caught in．"Mom, let's run through the rain," she said．
"No, honey．We'll wait until it slows down a bit," Mom replied．
This young child waited about another minute and repeated: "Mom, let's run through the rain．"
" We'll get wet totally if we do," Mom said．
"No, we won't, Mom．That's not what you said this morning," the young girl said as she tore at her Mom's arm．
"This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?"
"Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, If God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!"
The entire crowd stopped dead silent．I dare say you couldn't hear anything but the rain．We all stood silently. No one came or left in. the next few minutes,Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say．
Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly．Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child's lifetime when innocent trust can be developed so that it will bloom into faith．"Honey, you are absolutely right．Let's run through the rain．If get wet, well maybe we just need washing," Mom said．Then off they ran.
We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they rushed past the cars and they held their shopping bags over their heads just in case．They got soaked．But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars．And yes, I did．I ran．I got wet．I needed washing．
You may lose your material possessions, your money and even your health, but no one can ever take away your precious memories．So don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories．

  1. 1.

    Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word "affirmation"?

    1. A.
      happiness
    2. B.
      approval
    3. C.
      disagreement
    4. D.
      love
  2. 2.

    What do we know about the mother in the story?

    1. A.
      Her husband was cured of his cancer．
    2. B.
      She was strong-willed and considerate．
    3. C.
      She was in despair and pretended to forget what she said．
    4. D.
      Her daughter completely understood the situation her family was in．
  3. 3.

    Which of the following may the author agree with?

    1. A.
      The mother should not tell her child about the family misfortune．
    2. B.
      Parents should act more bravely than their children．
    3. C.
      Parents should grasp every opportunity to influence their children to grow well．
    4. D.
      Children should learn to show gratitude and understanding to their parents．
  4. 4.

    The best title for the passage might be _____．

    1. A.
      Run Through the Rain
    2. B.
      Be a Determined Mother
    3. C.
      Wait in the Rain
    4. D.
      Have a Wonderful Experience

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科目： 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

After too long on the Net, even a phone call can be a shock. My boyfriend’s Liverpudlian accent suddenly becomes too difficult to understand after his clear words on screen; a secretary’s tone seems more rejecting than I’d imagined it would be. Time itself becomes fluid—hours becomes minutes, and alternately seconds stretch into days. Week ends, once a highlight of my week, are now just two ordinary days.
For the last three years, since I stopped working as a producer for Charlie Rose, I have done much of my work as a telecommuter. I submit(提交) articles and edit them by E-mail and communicate with colleagues on Internet mailing lists. My boyfriend lives in England, so much of our relationship is computer-mediated. If I desired, I could stay inside for weeks without wanting anything. I can order food, and manage my money, love and work. In fact, at times I have spent as long as three weeks alone at home, going out only to get mail and buy newspapers and groceries. I watched most of the blizzard of 96 on TV.
But after a while, life itself begins to feel unreal. I start to feel as though I’ve merged(融合) with my machines, taking data in, spitting them back out, just another node(波節(jié)) on the Net. Others on line report the same symptoms(癥狀). We start to strongly dislike the outside forms of socializing. It’s like attending an A. A. meeting in a bar with everyone holding a half-sipped drink. We have become the Net opponents’ worst nightmare.
What first seemed like a luxury, crawling from bed to computer, not worrying about hair, and clothes and face, has becomes avoidance(逃避), a lack of discipline. And once you start replacing real human contact with cyber interaction, coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult.
At times, I turn on the television and just leave it to chatter in the background, something that I’d never done previously. The voices of the programs relax me, but then I’m jarred by the commercials. I find myself sucked in by soap operas, or needing to keep up with the latest news and the weather. “Dateline”, “Frontline”, “Nightline”, CNN, New York 1, every possible angle of every story over and over, and over, even when they are of no possible use to me. Work moves from foreground to background

  1. 1.

    Compared to the clear words of her boyfriend on screen, his accent becomes _______

    1. A.
      unreal
    2. B.
      unbearable
    3. C.
      misleading
    4. D.
      not understandable
  2. 2.

    What does the last paragraph mean?

    1. A.
      Having worked on the computer for too long, she became a bit strange
    2. B.
      She is so interested in TV programs that she often forgets her work
    3. C.
      She watches TV a lot in order to keep up with the latest news and the weather
    4. D.
      She turns on TV now and then in order to get some comfort from TV program
  3. 3.

    What is the author’s attitude to the computer?

    1. A.
      At first she likes it but later becomes tired of it
    2. B.
      She likes it because it is very convenient
    3. C.
      She dislikes it because TV is more attractive
    4. D.
      She dislikes it because it cuts off her relation with the outside world
  4. 4.

    The underlined phrase “coming back out of cave” probably means _______

    1. A.
      going back to the dreaming world
    2. B.
      coming back home from the outside world
    3. C.
      bringing back direct human
    4. D.
      getting away from living a strange life

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John, a famous musician, took his priceless antique violin and played it in the crowded subway station. The music from the violin was delicately streaming throughout the whole station. However, during the one-hour play, only six or seven people were truly appreciating the charming music. A three-year-old kid was so fascinated by the music that he forgot everything around. John only got 52 dollars for his work that day.
However, in normal days, when John is about to hold a concert, one ticket can be sold at more than 100 dollars and it is extremely hard to buy a ticket even at such a high price. Therefore, later, many passers-by in the station that day felt deeply regretful for not recognizing the famous musician and missing such a valuable but cheap music feast.
I have a very busy friend who had totally changed after knowing that his wife came down with incurable illness. He cooked by himself for the family and took a walk with his wife every day. Nonetheless, his wife still did not manage to conquer the illness and passed away after three months. After that, he often sighed miserably that due to his past busy life, he had missed a lot of beautiful time with his wife. But now, it is impossible to make up for it.
It is no use crying over spilt milk. We have missed a lot of precious things in our life without knowing to cherish them.
Actually, I also missed something precious before. The reason why we would have missed those precious things is less than simple: we had thought that we could still own them tomorrow.
Nevertheless, tomorrow is actually by no means reliable. There was a famous Buddhist monk saying that in many people’s lives, they have only done two things: waiting and regretting. The result is that they were always too late to cherish what they had before they lost it. We would often claim to do something when we grow up, or when we have money or when we become old, etc. However, when we reach the condition we have expected, we could no longer realize our wish, because we have lost it by then

  1. 1.

    The reason why people often regret may be that _______

    1. A.
      they are too busy to notice the beautiful things
    2. B.
      they are too careless to cherish precious things
    3. C.
      they are lazy to observe the surroundings
    4. D.
      they think that it’s none of their business
  2. 2.

    The idea the author would like to get across to us seems that _______

    1. A.
      actions speak louder than words
    2. B.
      a bad beginning makes a bad ending
    3. C.
      the lost will never come back
    4. D.
      each day brings its own bread
  3. 3.

    What method does the author employ to support his opinion？

    1. A.
      By listing data
    2. B.
      By comparing the details
    3. C.
      By explaining the procedures
    4. D.
      By taking examples
  4. 4.

    How do we understand the underlined parts “waiting and regretting”?

    1. A.
      Many people will not cherish what they have until they lost them
    2. B.
      Many people cannot do well until they get older
    3. C.
      Many people know what they are doing
    4. D.
      Many people regret for what they don’t possess

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In the case of mobile phones, change is everything. Recent research indicates that the mobile phone is changing not only our culture, but our very bodies as well．
First, let's talk about culture. The difference between the mobile phone and its parent, the fixed-line phone, is that a mobile number corresponds to a person, while a landline goes to a place. If you call my mobile, you get me. If you call my fixed-line phone, you get whoever answers it．
This has several implications（含義）. The most common one, however, and perhaps the thing that has changed our culture forever, is the “meeting” influence. People no longer need to make firm plans about when and where to meet. Twenty years ago, a Friday night would need to be arranged in advance. You needed enough time to allow everyone to get from their place of work to the first meeting place. Now，however, a night out can be arranged on the run. It is no longer “see you there at 8”，but "text me around 8 and we'll see where we all are."
Texting changes people as well. In their paper, “Insights into the Social and Psychological Effects of SMS Text Messaging", two British researchers distinguished between two types of mobile phone users: the “talkers” and the “texters”-those who prefer voice to text messages and those who prefer text to voice.
They found that the mobile phone's individuality and privacy gave texters the ability to express a whole new outer personality. Texters were likely to report that their family would be surprised if they were to read their texts. This suggests that texting allowed texters to present a self-image that differed from the one familiar to those who knew them well．
Another scientist wrote of the changes that mobiles have brought to body language. There are two kinds that people use while speaking on the phone. There is the “speakeasy”: the head is held high, in a self-confident way, chatting away. And there is the “spacemaker”: these people focus on themselves and keep out other people.
Who can blame them? Phone meetings get cancelled or reformed and camera- phones intrude（侵入）on people's privacy. So, it is understandable if your mobile makes you nervous. But perhaps you needn't worry so much. After all, it is good to talk

  1. 1.

    According to the two British researchers, the social and psychological effects are mostly likely to be seen on            

    1. A.
      talkers
    2. B.
      the “speakeasy”
    3. C.
      the “spacemaker"
    4. D.
      texters
  2. 2.

    We can infer from the passage that the texts sent by texters are

    1. A.
      quite revealing
    2. B.
      well written
    3. C.
      unacceptable by others
    4. D.
      shocking to others
  3. 3.

    According to the passage, who is afraid of being heard while talking on the mobile?

    1. A.
      Talkers
    2. B.
      The“speakeasy”
    3. C.
      The “spacemaker”
    4. D.
      Texters
  4. 4.

    Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      The SMS Effect
    2. B.
      Cultural implications of Mobile Phone Use
    3. C.
      Changes in the Use of the Mobile
    4. D.
      Body Language and the Mobile Phone

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THE WAY TO READ FAST
Perhaps you have been told about some habits（習慣） which stop a person reading fast、and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have.
Do you still have any of these bad habits7 Check yourself by answering "yes" or "no" to
these questions:
1. Do you move your lips(嘴唇) when reading silently？
2. Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
3. Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
4. Do you read one word at a time?
If you answer "yes" to any of these questions, start at once to break the habit.
If you move your lips, hold your fingers over them, or hold a piece of paper between your lips while you are reading. Then if your lips move, you will know it and can stop them.
If you point to words, hold the two sides of your book, one side with your left hand, the other side with your right hand. Then you will not have a free finger to use in pointing while reading.
If you move your head, place your chin（下巴）in one hand, and hold your head still(不動地，靜止地).
If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time, you need to work very hard in learning to take in more words at each glance(看一眼) as your eyes travel across the lines of words

  1. 1.

    You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading       

    1. A.
      to hold a piece of paper between them
    2. B.
      to stop yourself talking to others
    3. C.
      to tell others to be silent
    4. D.
      to feel whether y our lips move or not
  2. 2.

    When your eyes travel across the lines of words,        

    1. A.
      you need to read the words out
    2. B.
      you need to look at every word carefully
    3. C.
      you need to read several words at a time
    4. D.
      you need to remember every word
  3. 3.

    When you read,        

    1. A.
      don’t use your finger to point to words
    2. B.
      don’t hold your books with your hands
    3. C.
      don’t hold your head still
    4. D.
      don’t do any of the things mentioned(提到)above

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