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MODEL TEST - GENERAL TRAINING IELTS
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Section 1
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You will hear a man – Martin Hill phoning an Estate Agent in order to find some an accommodation. Cindy: Hello, Brindall's Estate Agents here. How may I help you? Martin: Oh, good morning, I’m ringing to see what flats you have for rent at the moment. Cindy: Right. Can I start by just taking your name Mr em … Martin: Hill, Martin Hill. Cindy: Right, and are you looking for a flat for yourself or ... em ... a family perhaps? Martin: Well it's for three of us: myself and two friends-we're going to share together Cindy: I see ... erm, what about employment - are you all students? Martin: Oh no, we've all got full time jobs - two of us work in the Central Bank, that's Chris and me, and Phil that’s the other one is working for Hallam cars, you know, at the factory about two miles out of town? Cindy: I'll put you down as young professionals, then - and I suppose you'll be looking for somewhere with three bedrooms? Martin: Yeah - at least three. But actually, we'd rather have a fourth room as well if we can afford it - for friends staying over and stuff. Cindy: Is that with a living room to share? Plus kitchen and bathroom? Martin: Yeah, that sounds good. But we must have a bathroom with a shower. We don't mind about having a bath, but the shower's crucial. Cindy: OK, I'll just key that in ... And, are you interested in any particular area? Martin: Well the city centre would be good for me and Chris, so that's our first preference ... but we'd consider anything in the west suburbs as well really - actually for Phil that'd be better, but he knows he's outnumbered! But we aren't interested in the north or the east of the city. Cindy: OK, I'm just getting up all the flats on our books. Choose the correct answer.
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Cindy: Just looking at this list here, I'm afraid there are only two that might interest you ... do you want the details? Martin: OK, let me just grab a pen and some paper ... fire away! Cindy: This first one I'm looking at is in Bridge Street - and very close to the bus station. It's not often that flats in that area come up for rent. This one’s got three bedrooms, a bathroom and kitchen, of course ... and a very big living room. That sounds a good size for you. Martin: Mmmm... So, what about the rent? How much is it a month? Cindy: The good news is that it’s only four hundred and fifty pounds a month. Rents in that area usually reach up to six fifty a month, but the landlord obviously wants to get a tenant quickly. Martin: Yeah, it sounds like a bit of a bargain. What about transport for Phil? Cindy: Well, there'll be plenty of buses so no problem for him to use public transport ... or... but unfortunately there isn't a shower in the flat, and that location is likely to be noisy, of course... Martin: OK - what about the other place? Cindy: Let's see ... oh yes, well this one is in a really nice location - on Hills Avenue. I'm sure you know it. This looks like something a bit special. It's got four big bedrooms and erm, there's a big living room and ... oh, this will be good for you a dining room. It sounds enormous, doesn't it? Martin: Yeah, it sounds great! Cindy: That whole area’s being developed, and the flat’s very modern, which I'm sure you’ll like. It’s got good facilities, including your shower. And of course it’s going to be quiet, especially compared with the other place. Martin: Better and better but I’ll bet it’s expensive, especially if it’s in that trendy area beside the park. Cindy: Hmm, I'm afraid so. They're asking £800 a month for it. Martin: Wow! It sounds a lot more than we can afford. Cindy: Well maybe you could get somebody else to move in too? I'll tell you what, give me your address and I can send you all the details and photos and you can see whether these two are worth a visit. Martin: Thanks, that would be really helpful … my address is... Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. Details of flats available | Location | Features | Good (ü) and bad (×) points | Bridge Street, near the (1)………… | - 3 bedrooms - very big living room | ü £ (2)………… a month ü transport links × no shower × could be (3)………… | (4)………… | - 4 bedrooms - living room - (5)………… | ü (6)……… and well equipped ü shower ü will be (7)……… × £800 a month |
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Section 2
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Announcer: Welcome to this week's edition of Country Wide. And today we're taking a look at a number of different breeds of working dogs. And here to report on the dogs with jobs is Kevin Thornhill. Kevin: Thanks, Joanne. Well yes, dogs with jobs is the subject of today's programme. Dogs have earned themselves a reputation over the centuries for being extremely loyal. And here's a little story which illustrates just how loyal they are. Just outside the country town of Gundagai, is a statue built to commemorate a dog - a dog which sat waiting for his owner to return to the spot where he'd left him. Well ... the story, which was immortalised in a song, has it that the poor dog died waiting for his master ‘five miles from Gundegai!’, which is where they built the statue. Now that's what I call loyalty! Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
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Kevin: Well, because of their loyalty and also their ability to learn practical skills dogs can be trained to do a number of very valuable jobs. Perhaps the most well known of working dogs is the border collie sheep dog. Sheep dogs which work in unison with their masters need to be smart and obedient with a natural ability to herd sheep. Some farmers say that their dogs are so smart that they not only herd sheep, they can count them, too! Another much-loved working dog is the guide dog, trained to work with the blind. Guide dogs, usually Labradors, need to be confident enough to lead their owner through traffic and crowds but they must also be of a gentle nature. It costs a great deal of money to train a dog for this very valuable work but the Guide Dog Associations in the UK, America and Australia receive no government assistance so all the money comes from donations. Another common breed of work dog is the German shepherd. German shepherds make excellent guard dogs and are also very appropriate as search and rescue dogs working in disaster zones after earthquakes and avalanches. These dogs must be tough and courageous to cope with the arduous conditions of their work. And so that they can be sent anywhere in the world to assist in disaster relief operations, effective dogs and their trainers are now listed on an international database. When you arrive at an airport here in Australia, you may be greeted in the baggage hall by a detector dog, wearing a little red coat bearing the words 'Quarantine'. These dogs are trained to sniff out fresh fruit as well as meat and even live animals hidden in people's bags. In order to be effective, a good detector dog must have an enormous food drive - in other words they must really love their food. At Sydney airport where there are ten detector dogs working full time, they stop about 80 people a month trying to bring illegal goods into the country. And according to their trainers, they very rarely get it wrong! Another famous working dog is the husky. Huskies, which originally came from Siberia, have been used for decades as a means of transport on snow, particularly in Antarctica where they have played an important role. Huskies are well adapted to harsh conditions and they enjoy working in a team. But the huskies have all left Antarctica now because the International Treaty prohibits their use in the territory as they are not native animals. Many people were sad to see the dogs leave Antarctica as they had been vital to the early expeditions and earned their place in history along with the explorers. Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. TYPE OF WORKING DOG | ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR THE JOB | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | Sheep dogs | Smart, obedient | Herd sheep and (1)……… them | Guide dogs | Confident and (2)……… | Training paid for by (3)……… | Guard dogs and (4)……… and dogs | Tough and courageous | Dogs and trainers available through (5)……… | Detector dogs | Need to really (6)……… | In Sydney they catch (7)……… a month | Transport dogs | Happy working (8)……… | International treaty bans huskies from Antarctica |
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Section 3
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You will hear a conversation between a student – Dave and his tutor about the project that Dave’s joined about Work Placement. Dr Green: Good afternoon, Dave, come on in and take a seat. Dave: Hi, Dr Green … thanks. Dr Green: Hang on a minute. I'll just find the first draft of your project paper and we can have a look at it together. Now yours is the one on Work Placement, isn't it? Dave: Yeah, that's right. Dr Green: So what made you choose that for your project? Dave: Well, I suppose it was because sending students off to various companies for work experience seems to be such a typical part of educational courses these days - I mean, even school kids get to do it. But, I felt everyone just kind of assumes it's a good thing and I guess wanted to find out if that's the case. Dr Green: But you don't look at schools or colleges, right? You’ve stuck to university placement schemes. Dave: Yeah, well, I quickly found that I had to limit my research, otherwise the area was just too big. Do you think that was OK? Dr Green: I think it's very sensible, especially as the objectives might be very different. So how many schemes did you look at? Dave: Well, I sent out about I150 questionnaires altogether - you know, 50 of each to university authorities, students and companies, and I got responses from 15 educational institutions, and, er, 30 students in 11 individual companies. Dr Green: Great, that sounds like a good sample. And who did you send your company questionnaires to? Dave: Well, the idea was to have them done by the students’ Line Managers, out sometimes they were filled in by the Human Resources manager or even the owner of the company. Dr Green: Right. I didn’t find a full list anywhere, so I think it's very important to provide that, really. You can put it as an appendix at the back. Dave: Right. I've got a record of all the respondents so that'll be easy. I hope other things were OK. I mean, I’ve already put such a lot of work into this project, identifying the companies and so on. Dr Green: Oh, I can tell I think you've done a good job overall. Choose the correct answer about “Project on work placement”
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Dr Green: I thought your questionnaires were excellent, and you'd obviously done lots of background reading, but there were a few problems with the introduction. First of all, I think you need to make some slight changes to the organization of your information there, at present it's a bit confused. Dave: OK. What did you have in mind? Dr Green: Well, you write quite a bit about Work Placement in general, but you never explain what you mean by the term. Dave: So you think I should give a definition? Dr Green: Exactly. And the introduction is the place to do it. And then … look, you start talking about what's been written on the topic - but it's all a bit mixed up with your own project. Dave: So, do you think it would be better to have two sections there - like, a survey of the literature as the introduction, and then a separate section on the aims of my research? Dr Green: I do. You can include your methods for collecting data in the second section too. It would be much clearer for your reader ... you know, establish the background first, then how your work relates to it … it would flow quite nicely then. Dave: Yes. I see what you mean. Dr Green: Anyway, moving on … I like the way you've grouped your findings into three main topic areas. Dave: Well, it became very obvious from the questionnaires that the preparation stage was really important for the whole scheme to work. So I had to look at that first. And I found a huge variation between the different institutions, as you saw. Dr Green: I was wondering if you could give a summary at the end of this stage of what you consider to be the best practice you found. I think that would be very helpful ... Dave: Right. I'll just make a note of that. What did you think of my second set of findings - on Key Skills development? For me, this is the core of my whole project really ... Dr Green: And you've handled it very well. I wouldn't want you to make any changes you've already got a nice final focus on good practice there. Dave: Thanks. Dr Green: Right, now I think the last part, which deals with the reasons why students don't learn ... Dave: What? The constraints on learning chapter? Dr Green: Yes, that's the one - I think you need to refer to the evidence from your research a bit more closely here. You know, maybe you could illustrate it with quotations from the questionnaires, or even use any extracts from a student 'diary' if you can. And refer back to what you've written about good practice... Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer. NOTES ON PROJECT
Introduction - improve the (1)…………… of ideas - include a (2)…………… of 'Work Placement' - have separate sections for literature survey and research - (3)…………… and methods Findings Preparation stage - add summary (4)…………… development - good Constraints on learning - provide better links to the (5)………… from research
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Section 4
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You will hear a tutor giving some Business students instructions about a finance project. Tutor: OK, can you quieten down please? Now, today, I’m going to talk to you about your assignment. We’ve been studying the effects of the exchange rate so I’m going to give you a project to do on this. Right, can you make some notes while I’m talking. The first thing that I’d like you to do in order to prepare this is to select where you’re interested in. I mean, which country, and therefore which currency you’re going to be operating in. OK, now the purpose of the project is to make money and I’m hoping some of you will make a significant amount! So I want you to suppose that you have £100 that you will have to invest purely in the rises and falls of the exchange system. In other words, you’ll be trying to predict rates. This is a project that you’ll be doing together but, before you work together, you’ll have to go off and research what you need to know about the economy of that country and how well it’s doing or is expected to do in the near future. You could all make up a little information sheet with your notes on, clearly legible, because then I want you to get together - we can do that next week - and to go round and read about each other’s countries. When you see how well or badly each country is doing, I want you to decide what your exchange rate is going to be against all the other currencies. After that is all sorted, what you’re going to do is to go round the other students and attempt to sell your money to the others - remember this will depend on the success of your country’s economy and the rate you’ve fixed for your currency. Now, you’re not allowed to just swap currencies with each other but you may wish to buy from the other countries - but you must do a proper transaction. All the way through this you must keep your accounts properly for each transaction. I’ll give you one week to do this and then we will set a time for the deals to finish - a bit like the stock exchange - and, at that point, I will ask you to calculate how much you have made. Is that clear? Complete the flow chart below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
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OK, now before you begin that, there are a few things I want you to read up on to prepare. You need to look at the economies of the UK’s main trading partners. I don’t mean all of them because that would be over 80, but just the 29 principal ones. There are summaries in the last three books on the booklist I’ve given you. And so that you can practise applying the criteria on assessment I gave you, I’d then like you to focus just on one sector across all the countries. The most common one across every country is farming but, as much agricultural produce is for domestic consumption, I’d like you to look at manufacturing. Then, I would like you to do a detailed investigation of one particular aspect. I was going to give you a choice but I think, as we’ve just started the course, it’s better if we all look at the same thing and then we can discuss it in the seminars. So the thing I’d like you all to look at is fluctuations in import prices. Now you need to do all that before you start the project as it will help you assess the economies of the countries you’ll be representing in the project. Don’t worry - you’ve got plenty of time. Exam week is December 8th, then it’s the holidays until January 6th so I don’t need the project in till February 5th. Is that OK? Now, any questions ... (fade) ... Answer the questions below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
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Passage 1
Techno Institute of Training Information for Students Welcome to the Techno Institute of Training. Please read the following informationcarefully. All texts and manuals required in our classes are available for sale in the MainOffice, Room 105. Please see the receptionist to purchase your reading materials.You must have all materials when you arrive at your first class meeting, so please plan to get them ahead of time.
If for any reason you need to withdraw from a class that you are enrolled in,please note the following policies. Tuition will be fully refunded if you withdraw from the class before the second class meeting. Withdrawals made after the second class meeting but before the third will receive a refund of 50 percent of thetuition. Refunds cannot be made after the third class meeting. To withdraw from a class, please visit the Registrar’s Office in Room 103. Tickets to our Friday night lecture series are available to all students free of charge. If you are interested in attending a lecture, please get your ticket from the Student Activities Office, Room 107. Each student is allowed only one free ticket per lecture. Also, visit the Student Activities Office to see a schedule of local field trips, student social hours, and other upcoming events. The Counseling Office, Room 109 is open Monday through Thursday from3:00 to 9:00 P.M. Assistance is available for choosing classes, making future educational plans, and searching for employment. Changes in your class schedule may be made during the first week of the semester only. Class change forms are available in the Counseling Office. You must obtain the instructor’s signature to change classes. The passage mentions several different offices at the school. Which office would you visit in the following circumstances? You may use any office more than once.
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Department of Motor Vehicles Applying for a Driver’s License The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is located on the fourth floor ofCity Hall. Business hours are Monday through Thursday 9:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.and Friday 12 noon to 8:30 P.M. Closed on holidays. New Drivers The fee for a first-time driver’s license is $100, payable by check or credit card. You must take both a written test and a road test. Study manuals for the written test are available at the General Information desk in Room 400. Call theGeneral Information desk at 473-555-7839 to make an appointment to take your tests. When you arrive for your appointment, you will take the written test first and then the road test. If you fail the written test, a thirty-day wait is required before taking the test again. You will not be permitted to take the road test until you have passed the written test. If you fail the road test, you must show a certificate of completion of a driver’s education course given by an accredited institution before retaking the test. Driving courses are offeredby the DMV. Ask for a course schedule at the General Information desk. First-time applicants are required to present a valid form of identification with a photograph such as a passport, student identification card, work identification card, or military registration card when applying for a license. Citizens of other countries are asked to present a current visa in addition to one of the above-mentioned forms of identification. License Renewals You must renew a license no more than six months after the expiration date to avoid having to retake the written and road tests. You can renew your current driver’s license in person or online. Bring your license and $65 cash or a checkmade out to the Department of Motor Vehicles to Room 405 during businesshours. Credit cards are also accepted. License renewals can be made online at the DMV website. A credit card is required for online payment. Complete each sentence with the correct ending.
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How to Give an Effective Presentation When planning an effective presentation, there are a number of things to keep in mind. A First ask yourself, “Why am I giving this presentation?” The point of your presentation may be to outline a project plan, report on work that has been done, solve a problem, provide training, or generate support for an idea. Once you are clear on the reason for your presentation, it will be easier to organize1 your information. (1) British: organise B If you are not used to giving presentations, you may feel nervous. There are a few things you can do to counteract this. The most important thing is to rehearse your presentation several times until you feel comfortable with it. Before you begin speaking, take a few deep breaths. This will help you relax. Stand up straight and look your audience in the eye. Most of all, don’t try to be perfect. This is an impossible goal. C Even though you may be using a microphone, you still need to pay attention to your voice. Talk slowly and clearly. Pause often to give your audience time to absorb the information. Do not garble your words or talk so quickly that no one can follow you. D There is no better way to lose your audience than to stand at the front of the room and talk on and on but give them nothing to look at. Plan to use presentation software to show charts and graphs, photographs, maps, or other graphics that will make your ideas clearer. This is particularly important for numbers, but it is also useful for other kinds of information. E Before you begin your presentation, remember to check the microphone, computer, and any other special tools you may be using. Make sure everything is in working order before you start talking so that there will be no interruptions due to breakdowns. F Something that is often overlooked but that is very important for an effective presentation is the location setup. Make sure that the seating is placed so that it allows everyone to see your slides and hear your voice. The chairs should be comfortable, too. Choose the correct heading for sections A -F from the list of headings below.
The Marcy Corporation Information for New Employees All new employees at the Marcy Corporation are required to attend an orientation session during their first month of employment. The next orientation session will be held on March 21 in the company conference room. Employee benefits, payment policies, employee responsibilities, and other personnel matters will be discussed. Employees are requested to read the employee manual and submit the signed statement prior to attending the orientation. The Marcy Corporation Employee Manual has been provided to inform our employees about the company’s procedures and policies. We ask each employee to take the time to read the manual carefully. After a thorough review of the manual, the statement below should be signed and returned to the employee’s supervisor by the date noted below. Every effort has been made to present the information in the manual in a clear and concise manner. If there are any questions regarding the content of the manual, they should be submitted in writing to Human Resources. ------------------------------------------------------------ Statement I,____________ , have read a copy of the Marcy Corporation Employee Manual and am familiar with its contents. By signing below, I certify that I understand and accept the information contained in the Marcy Corporation Employee Manual and agree to abide by the Marcy Corporation’s policies. _______________ (Employee signature) Please submit by: March 15 Complete the sentences below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text for each answer.
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(A) Coal is expected to continue to account for almost 27 per cent of the world’s energy needs. However, with growing international awareness of pressures on the environment and the need to achieve sustainable development of energy resources, the way in which the resource is extracted, transported and used is critical. A wide range of pollution control devices and practices is in place at most modern mines and significant resources are spent on rehabilitating mined land. In addition, major research and development programmes are being devoted to lifting efficiencies and reducing emissions of greenhouse gases during coal consumption. Such measures are helping coal to maintain its status as a major supplier of the world’s energy needs. (B) The coal industry has been targeted by its critics as a significant contributor to the greenhouse effect. However, the greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon involving the increase in global surface temperature due to the presence of greenhouse gases - water vapour, carbon dioxide, tropospheric ozone, methane and nitrous oxide - in the atmosphere. Without the greenhouse effect, the earth’s average surface temperature would be 33-35 degrees C lower, or -15 degrees C. Life on earth, as we know it today, would not be possible. There is concern that this natural phenomenon is being altered by a greater build-up of gases from human activity, perhaps giving rise to additional warming and changes in the earth’s climate. This additional build-up and its forecast outcome has been called the enhanced greenhouse effect. Considerable uncertainty exists, however, about the enhanced greenhouse effect, particularly in relation to the extent and timing of any future increases in global temperature. Greenhouse gases arise from a wide range of sources and their increasing concentration is largely related to the compound effects of increased population, improved living standards and changes in lifestyle. From a current base of 5 billion, the United Nations predicts that the global population may stabilise in the twenty-first century between 8 and 14 billion, with more than 90 per cent of the projected increase taking place in the world’s developing nations. The associated activities to support that growth, particularly to produce the required energy and food, will cause further increases in greenhouse gas emissions. The challenge, therefore, is to attain a sustainable balance between population, economic growth and the environment. The major greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are the only major contributor to the greenhouse effect that does not occur naturally, coming from such sources as refrigeration, plastics and manufacture. Coal’s total contribution to greenhouse gas emissions is thought to be about 18 per cent, with about half of this coming from electricity generation. (C) The world-wide coal industry allocates extensive resources to researching and developing new technologies and ways of capturing greenhouse gases. Efficiencies are likely to be improved dramatically, and hence CO2 emissions reduced, through combustion and gasification techniques which are now at pilot and demonstration stages. Clean coal is another avenue for improving fuel conversion efficiency. Investigations are under way into superclean coal (3-5 per cent ash) and ultraclean coal (less than 1 per cent ash). Superclean coal has the potential to enhance the combustion efficiency of conventional pulverised fuel power plants. Ultraclean coal will enable coal to be used in advanced power systems such as coal-fired gas turbines which, when operated in combined cycle, have the potential to achieve much greater efficiencies. (D) Defendants of mining point out that, environmentally, coal mining has two important factors in its favour. It makes only temporary use of the land and produces no toxic chemical wastes. By carefully pre-planning projects, implementing pollution control measures, monitoring the effects of mining and rehabilitating mined areas, the coal industry minimises the impact on the neighbouring community, the immediate environment and long-term land capability. Dust levels are controlled by spraying roads and stockpiles, and water pollution is controlled by carefully separating clean water runoff from runoff which contains sediments or salt from mine workings. The latter is treated and re-used for dust suppression. Noise is controlled by modifying equipment and by using insulation and sound enclosures around machinery. Since mining activities represent only a temporary use of the land, extensive rehabilitation measures are adopted to ensure that land capability after mining meets agreed and appropriate standards which, in some cases, are superior to the land’s pre-mining condition. Where the mining is underground, the surface area can be simultaneously used for forests, cattle grazing and crop raising, or even reservoirs and urban development, with little or no disruption to the existing land use. In all cases, mining is subject to stringent controls and approvals processes. In open-cut operations, however, the land is used exclusively for mining but land rehabilitation measures generally progress with the mine’s development. As core samples are extracted to assess the quality and quantity of coal at a site, they are also analysed to assess the ability of the soil or subsoil material to support vegetation. Topsoils are stripped and stockpiled prior to mining for subsequent dispersal over rehabilitated areas. As mining ceases in one section of the open-cut, the disturbed area is reshaped. Drainage within and off the site is carefully designed to make the new land surface as stable as the local environment allows: often dams are built to protect the area from soil erosion and to serve as permanent sources of water. Based on the soil requirements, the land is suitably fertilised and revegetated.
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