阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
Half a year before graduation from college, my son began to seek a job. the financial crisis, fewer companies would like to new staff. My son targeted a company that was to employ only one person there were more than 20 people filing their resumes.
After the interview, there would only be 3 who could enter the final round, which would later one person to be employed. Everything seemed to go quite and my son passed the first round and entered the final round in a week.
On the day of the final interview, my son and other two arrived at the interview place on time, the test. The interview was unbelievably . The interviewer only said to them, “All of you are very super. Please go home and wait for our . We will tell you the in 3 days. Good luck to all of you！” On the morning of the third day, my son received a text from the company shortly after breakfast that he was not employed. We all felt very .
In nightfall that day, my son suddenly told me on phone, “Dad, I have been employed!” Greatly surprised, I could not wait to ask him, “ What’s the whole ?” My son told me that he received another text saying that he was employed. Actually the first text sent to my son was also of the test in the interview. Three men received the same text this morning and only my son ’s was “ Thank you” while the others said “Goodbye”.
Only then did I know that my son ’s hope in that way. That is, when you feel disappointed, do not to say “Thank you ” to the one who disappoints you. Saying “Thank you” shows respect for others’ work and shows your grand . Therefore, while under the same condition, you will get the upper hand in terms of compared with others!
| 小题1: | | A．Due to | B．As to | C．By way of | D．Contrary to |
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| 小题2: | | A．promote | B．train | C．discover | D．employ |
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| 小题3: | | A．encouraged | B．allowed | C．intended | D．supposed |
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| 小题4: | | A．since | B．while | C．because | D．if |
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| 小题5: | | A．decide | B．attract | C．meet | D．represent |
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| 小题6: | | A．slowly | B．secretly | C．smoothly | D．silently |
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| 小题7: | | A．candidates | B．students | C．friends | D．members |
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| 小题8: | | A．watching over | B．waiting for | C．thinking about | D．looking into |
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| 小题9: | | A．formal | B．funny | C．simple | D．strange |
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| 小题10: | | A．information | B．order | C．notice | D．message |
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| 小题11: | | A．choice | B．result | C．mark | D．idea |
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| 小题12: | | A．annoyed | B．puzzled | C．shocked | D．disappointed |
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| 小题13: | | A．doubtfully | B．calmly | C．excitedly | D．worriedly |
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| 小题14: | | A．cause | B．matter | C．conclusion | D．interview |
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| 小题15: | | A．middle | B．ending | C．course | D．part |
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| 小题16: | | A．reply | B．way | C．problem | D．question |
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| 小题17: | | A．came | B．grew | C．changed | D．developed |
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| 小题18: | | A．expect | B．regret | C．dislike | D．forget |
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| 小题19: | | A．curiosity | B．generosity | C．dignity | D．personality |
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| 小题20: | | A．abilities | B．opportunities | C．challenges | D．strengths |
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小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:C
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:D
小题16:A
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:B
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试题分析：文章讲述了在经济危机背景下工作难找，作者的儿子因为礼貌、细心而意外获得了工作机会。离大学毕业还有半年的时候，我儿子开始寻找工作。受经济危机的影响，几乎没有公司愿意招收新员工。我儿子瞄准了一家只雇佣一人的公司，有20多人填写了简历。
小题1:考查短语辨析。A由于；B至于；C通过，经由；D与......相反。因为经济危机，很少有公司招聘新员工。故选A。
小题2:fewer companies would like to new staff很少有人雇佣新员工。A提升；B训练；C发现；D雇佣。故选D。
小题3:be intened to do sth打算做某事，A鼓励；B允许；C打算；D应该，认为。故选C。
小题4:考查连接词。A既然；B然而；C因为；D如果。While表示对比，公司只招一人，却有20多人报名。故选B。
小题5:After the interview, there would only be 3 who could enter the final round, which would later 40 one person to be employed.面试后，只有三人能进入最后一轮，这最后一轮将决定谁最终被录用。A决定；B吸引；C满足；D代表。故选A。
小题6:考查副词辨析。A慢慢地；B秘密地；C顺利地；D寂静地。一切进行的似乎很顺利，作者的儿子通过了第一轮并进入了最后一轮。故选C。
小题7:根据前文可知，只有三人进入最后议论，作者的儿子和另外两个候选人准时到达面试地点。A候选人；B学生；C朋友；D成员。故选A。
小题8:考查短语辨析。A照看；B等待；C考虑；D调查。三个人等待面试的开始。故选B。
小题9:考查形容词。根据““All of you are very super. Please go home and wait for our 45 .”可知，面试很简单，只是让回家等结果。A正式的；B有趣的；C简单的；D奇怪的。故选C。
小题10:考查名词辨析。A信息；B命令；C通知；D短信息。面试官让大家等候通知。故选C。
小题11:We will tell you the in 3 days.我们三天内告诉你们结果。A选择；B结果；C标记；D想法。故选B。
小题12:根据“he was not employed”可知，因为没有通过面试，作者一家都很失望。A恼怒的；B困惑的；C震惊的；D失望的。故选D。
小题13:根据“I have been employed!”可知，作者的儿子被雇佣了，当人很兴奋。A怀疑地；B冷静地；C兴奋地；D担忧地。故选C。
小题14:考查名词辨析。A原因；B事情，状况，问题；C结论；D面试。作者想知道事情的来龙去脉。故选B。
小题15:Actually the first text sent to my son was also of the test in the interview.实际上，第一条信息也是面试的一部分。A中间；B结尾；C过程；D部分。故选D。
小题16:only my son ’s was “ Thank you” 只有作者儿子的回复是“谢谢”。A回复；B方法；C难题；D问题。故选A。
小题17:Only then did I know that my son ’s hope in that way.直到那时，作者才知道他儿子的希望是怎么来的。A到来；B成长；C改变；D发展。故选A。
小题18:when you feel disappointed, do not to say “Thank you ” to the one当感到失望时，不要忘了对他人说声“谢谢”。A期望；B后悔；C讨厌；D忘记。故选D。
小题19:Saying “Thank you” shows respect for others’ work and shows your grand .说“谢谢”向他人的工作表示尊重，也显示了你的慷慨。A好奇心；B慷慨；C自尊；D人格。故选B。
小题20:对他人礼貌、尊重，在相同的情况下，和他人相比，就会有更多的机会。A能力；B机会；C挑战；D优势。故选B。 |
核心考点
试题【阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑Half a year before grad】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
It was a very cold evening. The old man’s beard was almost icy. He was waiting for a ____ across the river. The wait seemed ____. The old man sat on the ground waiting for quite a long time.
____, he saw several horsemen coming. He watched them silently and let the first one pass by without even asking. Another passed by，and then another, till the last rider came near the old man. The old man caught the rider’s ____ and said, “Sir, would you ____ giving me a ride to the other side?”
____ his horse, the rider replied, “Of course not.” But it was so cold that the old man’s body was almost ____. He could not get ____ the ground. The horseman helped the old man onto his horse. He took the old man not just across the river, ____ to the old man’s home.
As they ___ the old man’s house, the horseman asked, “Sir, you let several other riders pass by without even asking. Then I ____ and you asked me for a ride at once. Why? ____I had said ‘no’ and left you there?”
The old man looked the rider straight in the eye, and said, “I looked ____ the eyes of the other riders. I quickly saw that they didn’t ____. It would be ____ even asking them for a ride. But in your eye I saw ____. I knew that you would help me.”
The words ____ the rider deeply. “Thank you for what you’ve said,” he told the old man. “I hope I will never leave others ____ simply because I’m busy, and every American citizen does ____ in my heart.”
With that, Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the US, turned his horse around and made his ____ back to the White House。
| 小题1: | | A．help | B．ride | C．trip | D．drive |
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| 小题2: | | A．useful | B．boring | C．fortunate | D．endless |
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| 小题3: | | A．Gradually | B．Finally | C．Sadly | D．Surprisingly |
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| 小题5: | | A．like | B．think | C．offer | D．mind |
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| 小题6: | | A．Speeding | B．Riding | C．Stopping | D．Leaving |
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| 小题7: | | A．shocked | B．stuck | C．frozen | D．injured |
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| 小题10: | | A．neared | B．visited | C．passed | D．missed |
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| 小题11: | | A．came on | B．came in | C．came up | D．came out |
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| 小题12: | | A．Even if | B．What if | C．As if | D．Only if |
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| 小题15: | | A．useless. | B．risky | C．dangerous | D．foolish |
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| 小题16: | | A．bravery | B．loyalty | C．ambition | D．kindness |
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| 小题17: | | A．attracted | B．comforted | C．touched | D．occupied |
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| 小题19: | | A．desire | B．live | C．count. | D．advance |
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| 小题20: | | A．choice | B．living | C．mind | D．way |
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An African-American man named John Henry was the hero of former slaves and the people who built the railroads in the US in the 19th century.
John Henry was born a slave. He was known for his strength. Many people say he represents the spirit of growth in America during that period.
John Henry grew up in a world that did not let children stay children for long. Before he was six years old, he was carrying stones for workers building a nearby railroad. By the time John Henry was a young man, he was one of the best railroad workers in the country.
John Henry was asked to lead workers on a hard project, creating a tunnel through a mountain. The project required about 1,000 laborers and lasted three years. Hundreds of men became sick as a result of the hot weather and tiredness. John Henry was the strongest and fastest man. Concerned his friends might lose their jobs, he picked up their hammers and began doing their work. He worked day and night, rarely stopping to have a rest.
One day, a salesman came to the work area with a new drilling machine powered by steam. He said it could drill holes faster than twelve men working together.
John Henry looked at the machine and saw images of the future. He saw machines taking the place of America’s best laborers. He saw himself and his friends unemployed and sanding by a road, asking for food. He decided he would never let the machine take their jobs. Therefore, a competition between a man and a machine began .At first, the steam-powered drill worked twice faster. Then, John Henry started working with a hammer in each hand. He worked faster and faster. People cheered when the machine broke down and was pulled away. But they were sad to find John Henry fall to the ground, with blood spilling all around, and still holding a hammer in one of his hands.“I beat them,”he said. Then he took his last breath.
小题1:What does the underlined part in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?| A．Many children in those days starved to death. | | B．Children at that time grew much faster. | | C．Children in those days had to work like adults. | | D．Children at that time couldn’t stay together. |
小题2:Why did hundreds of workers become sick?| A．Because they had to work long hours. | | B．Because the weather was hot and they were tired. | | C．Because the project was too hard. | | D．Because they didn’t have time to eat. |
小题3:John Henry helped do his friends’ work .| A．because he was the strongest and fastest man | | B．for fear that his friends would lose their jobs | | C．so that they could regain their strength | | D．in order be the hero of the railroad workers |
小题4:Which of the following best describes John Henry?| A．Kind and determined. | B．Cautious and considerate. | | C．Brave and strict. | D．Hardworking and stubborn. |
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A long time ago, there was an emperor(皇帝). One day he told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and as much land area as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had covered. enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. Even when he was or tired, he did not stop he wanted to cover as much area as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was . Then he asked himself, “Why did I myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only a very small area to myself.”
The above story is to the journey of our . We push ourselves very hard every day to make more , to gain power or recognition. We neglect(疏忽，忘记) our , time with our family and to appreciate(欣赏) the surrounding and the things we love to do. One day we look back, we will that we don’t really need that much, then we cannot turn back time for what we have .
Life is not about making money. Life is of course not about work! Work is only to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.
| 小题2: | | A．Sure | B．Bad | C．Strange | D．Good |
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| 小题3: | | A．ran | B．struggled | C．rushed | D．rode |
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| 小题4: | | A．asked for | B．kept on | C．gave up | D．succeeded in |
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| 小题5: | | A．full | B．excited | C．hungry | D．sad |
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| 小题7: | | A．dying | B．tiring | C．smiling | D．sleeping |
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| 小题8: | | A．make | B．prove | C．pull | D．push |
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| 小题9: | | A．need | B．have | C．find | D．show |
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| 小题10: | | A．live | B．bury | C．support | D．sleep |
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| 小题11: | | A．useful | B．similar | C．special | D．certain |
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| 小题12: | | A．history | B．past | C．life | D．future |
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| 小题13: | | A．friends | B．progress | C．discoveries | D．money |
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| 小题14: | | A．career | B．honor | C．health | D．freedom |
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| 小题15: | | A．beauty | B．things | C．people | D．condition |
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| 小题16: | | A．before | B．when | C．unless | D．since |
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| 小题17: | | A．realize | B．regret | C．apologize | D．explain |
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| 小题19: | | A．won | B．saved | C．reduced | D．missed |
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| 小题20: | | A．possible | B．probable | C．necessary | D．suitable |
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阅读下面短文，从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
The story is told about what happened on a flight between a passenger and an air hostess. The passenger rang and told the air hostess (乘务员) that he needed a cup of ____to take his medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would___him the water in ten minutes.
Thirty minutes later, when the passenger’s ring for___sounded, the air hostess was in a hurry. She was kept so___that she forgot to deliver (送) him the water. As a result, the passenger was___to take his medicine.She___over to him with a cup of water, but he___it.
In the following hours on the___, each time the air hostess passed by the ___ she would ask him with a smile___he needed help or not. But the passenger___paid attention to her.
When the passenger was going to get____the plane, he asked the air hostess to___him the passengers’ booklet (意见薄). She was very____. She knew he would write down__words, which might result in the loss of her job. ___with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she__the booklet, and cracked a smile, __the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me whether I need help or not for twelve times__. How can I refuse your twelve sincere（真诚的） smiles?”
That’s____! Who can refuse twelve sincere smiles from a person?
| 小题1: | | A．coffee | B．tea | C．water | D．cola |
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| 小题2: | | A．take | B．bring | C．carry | D．hold |
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| 小题3: | | A．food | B．drink | C．service | D．medicine |
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| 小题4: | | A．tired | B．silent | C．calm | D．busy |
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| 小题5: | | A．delaying | B．delayed | C．delays | D．delay |
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| 小题6: | | A．hurried | B．went | C．came | D．got |
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| 小题7: | | A．refused | B．accepted | C．liked | D．hated |
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| 小题8: | | A．seat | B．air | C．floor | D．flight |
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| 小题9: | | A．customer | B．passenger | C．guest | D．visitor |
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| 小题10: | | A．whether | B．when | C．what | D．that |
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| 小题11: | | A．never | B．often | C．always | D．seldom |
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| 小题13: | | A．hand | B．take | C．throw | D．lend |
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| 小题14: | | A．glad | B．angry | C．curious | D．sad |
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| 小题15: | | A．good | B．sharp | C．polite | D．nice |
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| 小题17: | | A．hid | B．tore | C．opened | D．closed |
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| 小题19: | | A．in all | B．above all | C．or else | D．or so |
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| 小题20: | | A．wrong | B．wonderful | C．impossible | D．right |
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A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present．On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office，a street urchin (顽童)was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car，Paul？”he asked．
Paul answered，“Yes，my brother gave it to me for Christmas．”The boy was surprised．“You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing？Boy，I wish…”He hesitated(犹豫)．
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for．He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
“I wish，”the boy went on，“that I could be a brother like that．”Paul looked at the boy in surprise， then he said again， "Would you like to take a ride in my car？”
“Oh yes，I’d love that．”
After a short ride，the boy turned and with his eyes shining，said，“Paul，would you mind driving in front of my house？”
Paul smiled a little．He thought he knew what the boy wanted．He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. "Will you stop where those two steps are？ the boy asked．
He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back， but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled (残疾的)brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.
“There she is，Buddy，just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it…then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas windows that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
小题1:The street urchin was very surprised when ________． | A．Paul received an expensive car | | B．Paul told him about the car | | C．he saw the shining car | | D．he was walking around the car |
小题2:From the story we can see the urchin ________． | A．wished to give his brother a car | | B．wanted Paul’s brother to give him a car | | C．wished he could have a brother like Paul’s | | D．wished Paul could be a brother like that |
小题3:The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ________． | A．to show his neighbors the big car | | B．to show he had a rich friend | | C．to let his brother ride in the car | | D．to tell his brother about his wish |
小题4:We can infer（推断）from the story that ________． | A．Paul couldn’t understand the urchin | | B．the urchin had a deep love for his brother | | C．the urchin wished to have a rich brother | | D．the urchin’s wish came true in the end |
小题5:The best name of the name story is _________． | A．A Christmas Present | | B．A Street Urchin | | C．A Brother Like That | | D．An Unforgettable Holiday Ride |
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