2026届湖南九校联盟高三下学期3月模拟预测英语试题（含答案）

这是一份2026届湖南九校联盟高三下学期3月模拟预测英语试题（含答案），共13页。
2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。
1. What is the weather like nw?
A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Cludy.
2. When was Mike suppsed t send the package?
A. At 8:00 a.m. B. At 11:00 a.m. C. At 2:00 p.m.
3. What tpic is the wman interested in?
A. “Science Explratin”. B. “A Letter t Mm”. C. “Super Spanish”.
4. Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A. In a restaurant. B. At a hspital. C. On a plane.
5. What are the speakers mainly discussing?
A. A persn. B. A TV prgram. C. A trip.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. Why des the man make the phne call?
A. T bk a htel. B. T cnfirm a bking. C. T reprt a lst item.
7. What date is it tday?
A. Octber 8th. B. Octber 9th. C. Octber 10th.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What is Lily prbably?
A. A librarian. B. A student. C. A teacher.
9. What did Lily d befre she came t Eric’s?
A. She returned a bk.
B. She lent Prfessr Smith a bk.
C. She brrwed a bk fr Prfessr Smith.
10. What is Eric ging t d?
A. Prvide Lily with a drink.
B. G t the washrm.
C. Warm up the teapt.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What is the prbable relatinship between Gerge and Betty?
A. Father and daughter. B. Owner and pet. C. Brther and sister.
12. Why is Rebecca crying?
A. She is hungry.
B. She was yelled at by Gerge.
C. She gt int a fight with Betty.
13. What will the wman d next?
A. Eat sme pizza. B. G t the prt. C. Take a shwer.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. Hw is the Pax phne cnstructed?
A. By cnsumers themselves.
B. By prfessinal technicians.
C. By autmated machines in factries.
15. What d we knw abut Gabriel Rchet?
A. He admires technlgical advancements in smartphnes.
B. He criticizes the smartphne industry’s negative impact.
C. He believes the smartphne industry is envirnment-centric.
16. What is the public’s reactin t the Pax phne?
A. They are mstly indifferent.
B. They are curius.
C. They are terribly excited.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the speaker ding?
A. Bradcasting news. B. Ding prmtins. C. Sharing stries.
18. What is the first reprt mainly abut?
A. A fire at a cnstructin site.
B. A passenger train accident.
C. A delay in railway cnstructin.
19. Hw many states were affected by the cheese sales?
A. 32. B. 20. C. 15.
20. Which grcery item has seen the largest price increase ver the past year?
A. Cffee. B. Grund beef. C. Nn-alchlic drinks.
第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Travel is ften unpredictable. It’s s hard t prepare fr the unexpected in 2026 as yu plan a vacatin, s U. S. News cnsidered a variety f factrs and here are three tp travel insurance cmpanies fr yur reference.
Travelex Insurance Services prvides three different kinds f trip prtectin. The Essential, Advanced and Ultimate plans are the cmpany’s single-trip travel insurance chices. Travelex’s multiple ptinal upgrades include cancel fr any reasn cverage, rental car prtectin, adventure sprts cverage, pet care benefits and mre. The highest-tier (级) Ultimate plan can als include preexisting cnditins (既往症状) cverage if yu buy the plicy within 21 days f the first fee yu pay n the trip.
Wrld Nmads is knwn fr inclusive cverage acrss its plans fr mre than 250 adventure and sprts activities, which many ther prviders nly cver if yu purchase an add-n. The cmpany has three single-trip plans (Standard, Explrer and Epic). The single-trip plicies cver trip cancellatin and interruptin, trip delays, delayed r damaged luggage, emergency medical issues. The ptinal cancel fr any reasn upgrade is available with the Explrer and Epic plans; preexisting cnditins are als cvered with thse tw plans.
Allianz has been a reputable name in the insurance business since it was established in 1890. The cmpany ffers 10 travel insurance plans, including single-trip ptins, annual plans, and specialized car rental and emergency medical plans. The key plans fr an individual vacatin are OneTrip Basic, OneTrip Prime and OneTrip Premier. Basic is the mst affrdable. Prime is cnsidered as the cmpany’s “mst ppular”, and Premier is the ptin with the mst cmprehensive cverage.
1. What is Wrld Nmads knwn fr?
A. Cvering numerus adventure activities in its plans.
B. Having the lngest histry in the insurance business.
C. Offering the mst affrdable single-trip plans.
D. Prviding 250 kinds f different insurance plans.
2. Which ne is labeled as the mst cmprehensive cverage by its prvider?
A. Essential frm Travelex.B. Prime frm Allianz.
C. Premier frm Allianz.D. Standard frm Wrld Nmads.
3. Which f the statements is TRUE regarding cverage fr preexisting cnditins?
A. All three cmpanies ffer it.
B. Only Wrld Nmads includes it.
C. Allianz cvers it with its Basic plan.
D. Bth Travelex and Wrld Nmads ffer it.
B
Traditinal Chinese paper-cutting, nce limited t windw decratins during weddings and the Spring Festival, nw is turning up in prduct design and art exhibitins far frm hme. Amng the artists bringing this thusand-year-ld craft int cntemprary design is Gen Y creatr Chen Fenwan, wh has designed gift bxes fr J Malne and created smartwatch bands fr Huawei.
Chen calls herself “an artist made f paper”, believing paper shapes bth her creatins and her thinking. Traditinally, the cut-ut parts are abandned and the intact (完好的) pattern is what peple keep. Chen challenges this lgic. “Can the hllw (镂空) itself becme the main subject?” she asked. This reflectin shaped her exhibitin displayed n Paris’s Champs-Elysees during the 2024 Summer Olympics. Chen imagines a wrld where paper is nt just a craft material but the fundatin f an entire civilizatin, presenting everything in symmetrical (对称的) paper-cut frms t cnvey a sciety built n cntrl and balance.
“What matters t me is the lgic f subtractin (减法),” she explained. “The interactin f slid and vid (实与虚) in paper-cutting represents Eastern philsphies f cexistence.” Surprisingly, when she intrduced her wrk t Thmas Bach, president f the Internatinal Olympic Cmmittee, he immediately brught up “yin and yang”, making her realize it is a universal language f balance.
Anther signature f Chen’s wrk is her brave use f pink. Pink nce was ff-limits t her, fr it symblized the “gd girl” image. It was nt until 2016 that she reinterpreted pink as the natural clr f Asian skin, a clr f life itself and began t embrace it. Her pinks changed frm sft t bright and striking. The shifting shades f pink mirrr her grwing curage t break free frm ld ideas.
In her view, the mdern vitality f paper-cutting des nt lie in clr, frm, r technique, but in the cntemprary spirit and ideas it carries. “I want my wrks t draw attentin, but mre imprtantly, t make peple think abut the stries and realities they reflect.”
4. What is Chen Fenwan’s main cntributin t paper-cutting?
A. Integrating it int mdern prducts and art.B. Designing and exhibiting her creatins.
C. Using the intact patterns as the main subject.D. Cmbining Eastern and Western artistic styles.
5. What is the cre cncept f Chen Fenwan’s wrk?
A. The universal pursuit f abstract frms.
B. The visual harmny thrugh symmetrical frms.
C. The philsphy f balance riginating frm the East.
D. The cmbinatin f functin and beauty in prduct design.
6. What des Chen Fenwan’s changing use f pink reflect?
A. Her tendency t use bright pinks.B. Her bravery t think utside the bx.
C. Her rejectin f the traditinal pink image.D. Her strategy t attract attentin thrugh clr.
7. What is the best title fr the text?
A. The Evlutin f Paper-cuttingB. The Rise f Pink in Artistic Creatin
C. The Philsphy behind Paper-cuttingD. An Artist’s Mdernizatin f Paper-cutting
C
Even after eating a large meal, mst peple can still find rm fr sweets. Nw, research in mice shws that the nerve cells behind feeling full als cntribute t strng desire fr sugar. In ther wrds, there seems t be a neurlgical (神经学的) basis fr ur lve f dessert.
Previus studies identified that naturally ccurring piids (阿片类物质) in the brain play a crucial rle in sugar desire. The main prducers f these piids are nerve cells lcated in a brain regin that adjusts appetite, metablism and hrmnes. Knwn as pr-pimelancrtin (POMC，前阿片黑素细胞皮质激素) nerve cells, they als cntrl feelings f satiety after eating.
T explre whether the cells als drive thirst fr sugar, Henning Fenselau at the Max Planck Institute fr Metablism Research in Germany and his clleagues tracked the piid signals the POMC cells send in the brain. The researchers mnitred the activity f nerve cells in these regins as mice ate their usual fd. When the animals seemed t be full, the team gave them a dessert f sugary chw. The results shwed that, n average, the activity between the POMC nerve cells and the PVT (丘脑室旁核) rughly multiplied during dessert cnsumptin, and even rse sharply befre the mice started eating the sweets, prving this nerve pathway directly fuels sugar desire. When the team blcked signals frm POMC nerve cells t the PVT, the mice cnsumed 40 per cent less dessert.
“The cell types, which are extremely well knwn fr making peple feel full, als release signals that cause the appetite fr sugar, and they d s particularly in the state f being full,” says Fenselau. “This wuld explain why animals — humans — ver-cnsume sugar when they’re actually full.”
8. What des the underlined wrd “satiety” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Desire.B. Fullness.C. Appetite.D. Delight.
9. Which f the fllwing is the finding f the mice experiment?
A. The mice had mre appetite fr sugar than usual fd.
B. The mice had less dessert cnsumptin in their daily diet.
C. The mice had mre respnses in POMC than in PVT areas.
D. The mice had less sugar desire as brain signals were interrupted.
10. What can be inferred frm Fenselau’s wrds?
A. The feeling f being full generates sugar desire.
B. Humans cnsume mre sugar than animals.
C. Sugar desire has nthing t d with appetite.
D. Nerve cells make it easy fr peple t feel full.
11. What can we learn frm the text?
A. Ptential risks f sugar ver-cnsumptin fr mice.
B. Differences f animal-human neurlgical respnses.
C. Explanatin f brain mechanism f sugar desire.
D. Different views n sugar desire after meals in mice.
D
Electric vehicles (EVs) are increasingly seen as a key t reducing urban air pllutin and reliance n fssil fuels. Gvernments such as the UK, have annunced plans t ban new petrl and diesel car sales frm 2030, signaling strng plicy supprt fr a cleaner transprt future. Yet, the path t a fully electric sciety is far frm straightfrward, with several challenges yet t be vercme.
Tw majr practical difficulties stand in the way. First EVs currently suffer frm limited battery ranges cmpared t cnventinal vehicles, which can travel lnger distances n a full tank f fuel. Secnd, charging infrastructure (基础设施) remains underdevelped, with charging pints still insufficient in mst regins. These factrs cntribute t “range anxiety” amng ptential buyers, slwing the shift t electric transprt.
On the technlgical frnt, slid-state batteries are viewed as a prmising breakthrugh. Thugh currently used mainly in cnsumer electrnics like smartphnes, they are expected t enter the car market in the cming years, ffering quicker charging times and an extended driving range. This culd significantly enhance the appeal f EVs t the general public.
Ecnmically, high initial csts cntinue t be a barrier. Hwever, sme cuntries have intrduced plicy supprts, such as tax reductins, purchase subsidies (补贴), and dedicated traffic lanes fr EVs, helping t bst adptin rates. Nrway serves as a leading example, with the highest number f electric cars per persn glbally.
Nevertheless, experts like Clin Herrn cautin that EVs alne d nt equal a zer-carbn future. Their envirnmental impact depends heavily n hw the electricity used t charge them is generated. If the pwer cmes mainly frm fssil fuels, the verall emissin reductin is limited. In additin, manufacturing EVs — especially their batteries — carries a substantial carbn ftprint. Therefre, a truly sustainable transprt system may require nt nly cleaner cars, but als greater use f public transprt and a scietal mve tward fewer and shrter private vehicle trips.
12. What challenges d EVs mainly face?
AHigh csts and lw ppularity.
B. Tech delays and unstable pwer.
C. Limited battery life and safety issues.
D. Limited ranges and insufficient charging pints.
13. Hw d sme gvernments prmte EV adptin?
A. By raising taxes n petrl cars sharply.
B. By ffering tax cuts, subsidies and special lanes.
C. By increasing the number f city parking spaces.
D. By enhancing the quality f public transprt services.
14. What des Clin Herrn’s warning imply?
A. EV benefits rely n clean electricity surces.
B. EVs cannt becme truly green in the future.
C. Deadlines fr banning fuel cars are nt wise.
D. Battery technlgy is the key t green transprt.
15. What is the main purpse f the text?
AT intrduce the latest EV mdels t readers.
B. T call fr investment in charging facilities.
C. T discuss bth the future and prblems f EVs.
D. T blame car makers fr high prductin csts.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
As scial media becmes mre cmmn, it’s nw rutine fr many peple t “shw ff” their daily lives nline. But have yu ever wrried abut accidentally leaking yur private infrmatin while ding s? Maybe we dn’t want thers t knw ur relatinship status, age r address, as these are all persnal details. ____16____.
On ur scial media accunts, we ften display things like ur pinins, cnnectins and hliday phts. Maybe we dn’t want a randm stranger knwing ur favurite type f cffee. And ckies — there was a time they were just smething nice t eat. Nw they seem t be ppping up n websites. S hw can yu stay mre private? Here are tips t help yu maintain yur privacy nline.
Check yur scial media privacy settings
Many scial media platfrms allw everything t be visible autmatically, which can easily expse yur daily tracks, cntact details and even persnal preference t strangers. ____17____. Dn’t let verexpsure f yur persnal life becme a risk t yur nline privacy.
____18____
Limiting the amunt yu share isn’t nly restricted t scial media. There are many sites ut there that help yu t share dcuments — s a practical tip is nt t put anything t private like passwrds n these platfrms. One wrng click may send yur private data t the wrng persn by accident.
Deal with website tracking files
Ckies are designed t imprve yur surfing experience by tracking and saving infrmatin abut yur visits t a site, helping t persnalize yur sessins. Hwever, these ckies als pse privacy risks such as expsing yur lcatin, and even persnal preferences. ____19____. Additinally, certain apps can blck them if yu feel uncmfrtable with being tracked.
S, if yu want t maintain yur privacy nline, maybe nly share things yu’d be happy with a stranger seeing — and if yu dn’t feel cmfrtable with ckies, ____20____. If that’s nt enugh, just dn’t accept them and visit anther site — and why nt have a yummy ckie t eat instead?
A. check if they are believable
B. Prtect privacy beynd scial media
C. Deleting yur surfing histry may help
D. S it is yur respnsibility t set yur bundaries
E. yu might decide t invest in sme tech t blck them
F. Stp talking t strangers wh make yu feel uncmfrtable
G. Hwever, everywhere we g nline, we seem t leave a digital ftprint
第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A grup f senir high schl graduates visited their ld prfessr, eager t share pstgraduatin twists. As they chatted ____21____ in the czy living rm, swapping ambitin and frustratin stries, the prfessr ____22____ himself and went t the kitchen. Sn, he returned with a steaming pt f cffee and a tray f varius cups.
The cups were f all ____23____ — prcelain, glass, clay; sme plain and dull, sme ____24____ and exquisitely carved; a few inlaid with sparkling crystals. “Help yurselves t the cffee,” the prfessr said, eyes twinkling with purpse.
The students ____25____ and picked up the tray, eager t seize the finest cups, each striving fr ne that ____26____ the rest. Plain, simple nes were left ____27____ n the tray edge, unwrthy f ntice. With cups filling with cffee in hand, the prfessr leaned back and spke.
“I’ve bserved smething telling,” he said, glancing at their chsen cups. “Yu all picked ut the eye-catching cups, ____28____ the rdinary nes. But the cup itself adds n ____29____ t the cffee. Yu were s fixed n the cntainer that yu barely nticed the cffee’s rich fragrance.”
The students fell silent, ____30____ by his wrds. The prfessr cntinued, “Life is cffee; jbs, wealth and status are ____31____. They are tls t ____32____ life, but cannt alter its ____33____. Fixing gaze n ‘cups’ makes yu ____34____ missing life’s genuine jy — the quiet fulfillment that____35____ ur suls.”
He paused, and then added sftly, “The happiest dn’t have the best f everything. They simply make the best f what they have.” The students ndded, grasping the lessn hidden in a cup f cffee.
21. A. enthusiasticallyB. cldlyC. cautiuslyD. awfully
22. A. adjustedB. relaxedC. behavedD. excused
23. A. srtsB. depthsC. heightsD. widths
24. A. awkwardB. fancyC. fragileD. faded
25. A. bent dwnB. gave up nC. crwded arundD. turned away frm
26. A. utweighedB. matchedC. supprtedD. utshne
27. A. plishedB. publishedC. untuchedD. damaged
28. A. cherishingB. dismissingC. advcatingD. evaluating
29. A. distinctinB. appealC. significanceD. quality
30. A. struckB. cnfusedC. amusedD. annyed
31. A. rewardsB. cupsC. galsD. dreams
32. A. bearB. wasteC. replaceD. verlk
33. A. trendB. tasteC. essenceD. cnditin
34. A. cme acrssB. hld n tC. end upD. put ff
35. A. wrriesB. disturbsC. emptiesD. anchrs
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The 2025 “Xiangcha” (Hunan Ftball League) was far mre than a sprts event; it was ____36____ scial phenmenn that breathed new life int the prvince. Initially starting as lcal games, these events quickly crssed the bundaries f the sprts field and brught tgether peple frm all walks f life, all ____37____ (unite) by their lve fr the game.
The real magic happened beynd the pitch. Stadium squares were transfrmed int lively night markets, ____38____ the air was filled with the inviting scent f lcal delicacies. This “event+cnsumptin” mdel ____39____ (prve) t be a pwerful engine fr the lcal ecnmy. Mre imprtantly, it ffered a unique platfrm t shwcase rural specialties, frm huse-made chili sauce t lcal rice ndles, helping these prducts reach ____40____ (wide) audiences and bsting farmers’ incmes.
Hwever, the mst prfund impact was n cmmunity spirit and yuth develpment. Inspired by the players, many yungsters ____41____ (draw) frm screens t sprts fields. In sme villages, retired players and cllege students even started rganizing free caching and tutring sessins beside the new curts, ____42____ (cmbine) physical training with academic supprt. This spirit f self-reliance and jint effrt is exactly ____43____ drives sustainable rural revitalizatin.
Thus, a simple ftball has kicked ____44____ wide-ranging develpments — pwering the ecnmy, cnnecting cmmunities, and building a brighter future. It shws hw sprts can g beynd ____45____ (cmpete) t becme a frce fr scial gd.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假定你是校学生会成员李华。学生会近期针对“高中生频繁购买校外摊点快餐”的现象开展了问卷调查，发现超60%的受访学生每周至少购买3次。请你以“Rethinking Fast Fd frm Street Stalls”为题，给校英文报撰写一篇短文，内容包括：1.分析原因；2.提出建议。
注意：
1.写作词数应为80个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Rethinking Fast Fd frm Street Stalls
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第二节（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Lily stared at the wrinkled rejectin letter frm the natinal art cmpetitin, her waterclr phenix (凤凰) lying untuched beside her. As a senir three student struggling with cllege applicatin stress and endless exams, she’ d pured every unce f frustratin and hidden hpe int the artwrk — its blazing flames a metaphr fr her desire t rise abve verwhelming academic pressure. Yet the letter’s cld judgment crushed her: “Lks seemingly flawless (完美的), yet lacks artistic expressin, depth and meaning.” In that mment, her cnfidence fell apart, the phenix’s fire fading as sharply as her wn spirit.
Fr weeks, Lily lcked her paintbrushes away, cnvinced her lifelng passin fr art was a meaningless distractin frm her cllege dreams. The studi she nce frequented became a place f shame; she wuld quicken her pace whenever she passed, unable t face the reminder f her failure.
One afternn after self-study Lily entered the classrm t find a bk n her desk, left by her art teacher Ms. Hale. Put inside was a shrt nte: “Grwth isn’t abut never falling — it’s abut learning t rise, just like yur phenix.” Curisity vercame her despair as she leafed thrugh the pages, discvering an article titled Reflectins n Reflecting. Its wrds struck a chrd: “Self-awareness grws when we face ur dubts, nt flee frm them.”
As Lily re-read the nte and article, she realized the judges’ wrds weren’t disapprval f her talent, but a challenge t dig deeper. In her pursuit f a “flawless” victry symbl, she had plished away the raw edges f her wn struggle, leaving the phenix technically impressive but emtinally distant. With renewed purpse, slwly, she tk ut her paintbrushes frm the drawer. Instead f starting a new piece immediately, she felt a strng urge t revisit the phenix — the very symbl f her failure, ready t fill it with the raw, authentic emtin she’d hidden befre — rising, like her phenix, frm the ashes f self-dubt.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
That evening, Lily spread the phenix painting n the desk.
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Weeks later, Lily submitted the revised painting t a lcal yuth exhibitin withut much expectatin.
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【答案】1. A 2. C 3. D4. A 5. C 6. B 7. D8. B 9. D 10. A 11. C
12. D 13. B 14. A 15. C16. G 17. D 18. B 19. C 20. E
21. A 22. D 23. A 24. B 25. C 26. D 27. C 28. B 29. D 30. A 31. B 32. A 33. C 34. C 35. D
36. a 37. united 38. where 39. prved 40. wider 41. were drawn
42. cmbining 43. what 44. ff 45. cmpetitin
【答案】
Rethinking Fast Fd frm Street Stalls
Recently, a survey shws ver 60% f us buy fast fd frm street stalls at least three times a week. The main reasns are its lw price and cnvenient service, which save us much time.
Hwever, such fd is ften unhealthy and des harm t ur bdies. T slve the prblem, we shuld imprve ur awareness f health. Besides, the schl can prvide mre tasty and healthy fd in the dining hall. Only in this way can we keep away frm street fd and stay healthy.
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That evening, Lily spread the phenix painting n the desk. As she picked up the brush, she remembered what the judges had said, which made her determined t shw the real emtin in the painting. She carefully added strkes that represented her struggles with cllege applicatins and exams. The phenix, which she had nce thught was a failure, nw seemed t cme alive with the emtins she had integrated int it. She wrked late int the night, lsing track f time as she pured her heart int the artwrk.
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