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2-Sosyal Bilimler Yokdil Deneme Aralik 2020 Akin Dil-136258
2-Sosyal Bilimler Yokdil Deneme Aralik 2020 Akin Dil-136258
ARALIK 2020
DENEME SINAVI
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9. Agricultural lands may go through changes ---- long 14. Today we have nearly 20 different types of oranges;
or short periods and while some happen as a result ----, not more than 3 species work best for the soft
of human acts others take place due to the forces -- drinks market in the world.
--nature.
A) as a result B) moreover
A) up / above B) for / to
C) on the contrary D) therefore
C) in / of D) on / at
E) however
E) along / towards
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E) which
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21.
E) with regard to
22.
A) disturbed B) despised
C) With D) Above
E) Off
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26. 29.
C) to be employed E) only if
D) being employed
E) to have employed
27. 30.
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31. - 41. sorularda, verilen cümleyi uygun şekilde 33. Even though non-profit aid organizations have been
tamamlayan ifadeyi bulunuz. on the stage for over two centuries, ----.
31. ----, whereas university hospitals get huge financial A) most academicians see them as great institutions of
support from the general budget of the state. a more peaceful world
A) Hospitals are incredibly stressful working B) social awareness for these institutions has always
environments, where the disturbance levels of been at a very minor level
workers increase during epidemics C) many war-torn areas have become accessible by
B) The accounting systems of all types of hospitals medical volunteers thanks to them
usually follow a similar discipline worldwide D) they have been accepting donations from all kinds
C) The main aim of public health services mainly differs of resources
from those of profit-driven private health centres E) aid organizations are generally seen as elements of
D) Private hospitals rely solely on patient payments as the international community
their main income resource
D) new regulations authenticating the e-trade have 35. Just as the invention of the printing press led
been released following the new law information to be disseminated to masses, ----.
E) today the consumers between 20 and 65 are doing A) it was no doubt with a lot of drawbacks at the very
online shopping more frequently beginning
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40. Although Albert Camus is considered as one of the 42. - 47. sorularda, verilen İngilizce cümleye
most influential existentialists of the 20th century, anlamca en yakın Türkçe cümleyi bulunuz.
----.
A) otherwise, narratives about future events would not C) Geleneksel hikâye anlatımı, tüm kültürler tarafından
have unfolded kullanılmasına rağmen, öğrencilerin daha motive
olması ve öğrenmenin teşvik edilebilmesi için
B) for example, the movie “Back to the Future” is one
öğretmenler tarafından kullanılan yeni yöntem, dijital
of the famous ones produced at the time
hikâye anlatımıdır.
C) in contrast, drama deals with the human as a
D) Tüm kültürler geleneksel olarak hikâye anlatıcılığını
distinct individual
kullanıyor olsa bile, dijital hikâye anlatımı,
D) therefore, Jules Verne is still deemed the father of öğretmenlerin öğrencileri motive etmek ve
the genre öğrenmeyi teşvik etmek amacıyla kullanabileceği
yeni bir yöntem haline gelmiştir.
E) besides, it is a good source for prose, cinema and
even poetry E) Geleneksel olarak hikâye anlatımı hemen hemen
tüm kültürlerde kullanılsa da, dijital hikâye anlatımı
sadece öğretmenin öğrencileri motive etmek ve
öğrenmeyi teşvik etmek için kullanabileceği yeni bir
yöntem olarak görülür.
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43. Of the 4,000 proposals each year for new television 45. Astrology, which is the study of the movements and
series, how many will be filmed as pilots is always a relative positions of celestial bodies, shows us the
question to be answered. influence of them on human affairs and the natural
world.
A) Her zaman cevaplanması gereken asıl soru, her yıl
yeni televizyon dizileri için yapılan 4.000 tekliften A) Gök cisimleri, onları hareketleri ve göreceli
kaçının pilot olarak filme alınacağıdır. konumlarının incelenmesi olarak tanımlanan ve
bizlere bunların ilişkilerimiz ve doğal dünyamız
B) Her yıl yeni televizyon dizileri için yapılan 4.000
üzerindeki sonuçlarını gösteren inceleme alanı
teklifin kaçının pilot olarak filme alınacağı her zaman
astrolojidir.
cevaplanması gereken bir sorudur.
B) Astroloji, bir yandan gök cisimlerinin hareketlerini ve
C) Her yıl televizyon dizileri için yapılan 4.000 yeni
göreceli konumlarını incelerken, bir yandan da bize
teklifin kaçının pilot olarak filme alınması gerektiği
bunların insan ilişkileri ve doğal dünya üzerindeki
sorusu cevaplanmak zorundadır.
etkisini de kanıtlar.
D) 4.000 yeni teklif içinde her yıl televizyon dizileri için
C) Gök cisimlerinin hareketlerinin ve göreceli
yapılanlardan kaçının pilot olarak filme alınması
konumlarının incelenmesi olarak tanımlanabilen
gerektiği sorusu her zaman cevaplanmalıdır.
astroloji, bize insan ilişkileri ve doğal dünyayı nasıl
E) Her yıl yapılan 4.000 yeni televizyon dizisi teklifi etkileyeceğini de göstermektedir.
arasından seçilenler için kaç tane pilot bölüm
D) Gök cisimlerinin hareketlerinin ve göreceli
çekileceği her zaman cevaplanması gereken bir
konumlarının incelenmesi olan astroloji, bize
sorudur.
bunların insan ilişkileri ve doğal dünya üzerindeki
etkisini gösterir.
44. Even though the first contact between Native E) Astroloji, gök cisimlerinin hareketlerinin ve
Americans and Europeans was in the 16th century, konumlarının inceleyen ve bizlere onların insan
in reality, there were many contacts between these ilişkileri ve doğal dünya üzerindeki etkilerini de
indigenous groups before, as well. gösteren bir araştırmadır.
A) Yerli Amerikalılar ile Avrupalılar arasındaki ilk temas
16. yüzyılda oldu fakat daha öncesinde de bu yerli
grupların arasında bilinmeyen birçok ilk temas vardı.
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46. The European Convention on Human Rights is a 47. The term stranger anxiety describes the situations
treaty in which the member states of the Council of where infants demonstrate a wariness of people
Europe promise to secure civil rights and most they do not know.
importantly the right to life.
A) Yabancı anksiyetesinin tanısı bebekler tanımadıkları
A) Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi ile, Avrupa insanlara karşı ihtiyatlı davranışlar gösterdiklerinde
Konseyi üye devletleri, medeni hakları ve en konur.
önemlisi yaşam hakkını güvence altına almayı
B) Yabancı anksiyetesi terimi, bazı durumlarda
taahhüt ederler.
bebeklerin tanımadıkları insanlara karşı neden
B) Avrupa Konseyi üye devletlerinin medeni hakları ve ihtiyatlı davrandıklarını açıklar.
en önemlisi yaşam hakkını güvence altına almayı
C) Yabancı anksiyetesi terimi ile bebeklerin
taahhüt ettikleri antlaşma Avrupa İnsan Hakları
tanımadıkları insanlara karşı ihtiyatlı davrandıkları
Sözleşmesidir.
durumlar tanımlanır.
C) Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi, Avrupa Konseyi
D) Yabancı anksiyetesi terimi ile anlatılmak istenen
üye devletlerinin medeni hakları ve en önemlisi
şey, bebeklerin tanımadıkları insanlara karşı ihtiyatlı
yaşam hakkını güvence altına almayı taahhüt
davrandıklarıdır.
ettikleri bir antlaşmadır.
E) Yabancı anksiyetesi terimi, bebeklerin tanımadıkları
D) Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi, Avrupa Konseyi
insanlara karşı ihtiyatlı davrandıkları durumları
üye devletlerinin en önemli medeni haklarını ve
tanımlar.
yaşam hakkını güvence altına aldıkları bir
antlaşmadır.
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48. - 53. sorularda, verilen Türkçe cümleye anlamca 49. 1960’larda Almanya’ya gelen Türk işçiler arasında,
en yakın İngilizce cümleyi bulunuz. yeni bir hayat kurmayı umut eden Anadolulu
göçmenler olduğu gibi, birkaç yılda geri dönmek
isteyenler de vardı.
48. Derebeylik toprağı ve o toprak üzerinde yaşayan A) Of the Turkish workers who arrived in Germany in
köylüleri tek kişinin malı olduğu, toprak köleliğine the 1960s, most of the Anatolian immigrants who
dayanan Avrupa orta çağ siyasal düzenini wanted to return in a few years later decided to
tanımlamak için kullanılır. establish a new life there.
A) “Feudalism” describes the European medieval order B) Among the Turkish workers who arrived in Germany
generally, which considers the feudal land and the in the 1960s, there were those who wanted to return
peasants living on that land as the property of one
in a few years as well as Anatolian immigrants
person as it is based on land slavery. hoping to establish a new life.
B) “Feudalism” is based on European medieval order C) Turkish workers who came to Germany in the 1960s
and land slavery which refers to the land and the and mostly Anatolian immigrants either wanted to
peasants living on that land as the property of one return in a few years or hoped to establish a new life
person. there.
C) “Feudalism” is used to describe the European D) In the 1960s, among the Turkish workers who
medieval political order based on land slavery, arrived in Germany were not only those who wanted
where feudal land and its peasants were the to return in a few years but also the Anatolian
property of one person.
immigrants who were hoping to establish a new life.
D) "Feudalism", where both land and its peasants E) Turkish workers, who were mostly Anatolian
belong to one person, is used to describe the immigrants, went to Germany in the 1960s, but
system based on land slavery in the European although they wanted to return in a few years, they
medieval order. established a new life there instead.
E) "Feudalism" is used to describe the European
medieval order based on land slavery which
regarded the land and the peasants living on that
land as the property of one person.
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C) Many of our vital decisions and simple feelings like B) Throughout history, several objects like stones or
what we study or who to love instantaneously or animal bones have been used instead of weapons,
continuously are affected by music. but gunpowder has become dominant since the 9th
century, thanks to the Chinese.
D) Music may affect not just our simple feelings and
our vital decisions but what we study and whom we C) Not only stone but also animal bones have been
love, as well, instantaneously or continuously. used as weapons throughout history; however, it
was Chinese who made gunpowder become
E) Music is claimed to affect our simple feelings as well
dominant by the 9th century.
as many of our important decisions, from what we
study to whom we love, instantaneously or D) Throughout history, thanks to the inventions of the
continuously. Chinese, various objects from stone to animal
bones have been used as weapons, yet gunpowder
has become dominant since the 9th century.
51. 20. yüzyılın başında bir tür ilaç olarak keşfedilen
E) Throughout history, various objects from stone to
kola içeceği, bugün ticari olarak en çok üretilen
animal bones have been used as weapons, but
içecek haline gelmiştir.
thanks to the Chinese, gunpowder has become
A) The cola drink has become the most commercially dominant since the 9th century.
produced beverage today since it was discovered
as a type of medicine at the beginning of the 20th
century.
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53. Yaygın medya 2000’lerin başında internet 54. - 59. sorularda, boş bırakılan yere, parçada
gazeteciliğine nispeten uyum sağlasa da, bugün anlam bütünlüğünü sağlamak için getirilebilecek
Youtube üzerinden yapılan yeni tip gazeteciliğin çok cümleyi bulunuz.
gerisinde kaldığı kabul ediliyor.
E) Despite the mainstream media’s relative adaptation B) Revolution as a term can also mean great changes
to online journalism the early 2000s, today it is outside the political sphere.
believed to have lagged far behind the new type of
C) Revolutions may skyrocket social mobility by
journalism on YouTube.
affecting the interrelations in small groups.
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57. The Economy of Iran is a mixed and transition 58. Tennis players’ basic skills appear at the ages of 5
economy with a large public sector. It is the world's or 6 and so we do not expect a perfect performance
eighteenth largest by purchasing power parity. It is then. Those who reach 8 years-old generally
dominated by oil and gas production, ---- As the satisfactorily move their legs and arms for most
country could not make the same amount of profits training-related purposes. However, the character
from carbon resources, unemployment went above building is the most important challenge at that age
10% as of 2020 and projected to rise in 2021 and as they start to think about winning and losing. ----
2022. Inflation, meanwhile, reached 41.1% in 2019 For such a tutor, it is also vital to send the message
and is expected to continue in the coming years, to children that being a good tennis player is more
according to the World Bank. important than aiming for high scores.
A) Parallelly, the agricultural sector has always been A) From early, sports students improve basic physical
strong in the country. skills, get taller and heavier.
B) In addition, the country has many economic B) Students who lack concentration are usually not
relations with many countries in Asia and aware that their general state affects their school
Venezuela. life, as well.
C) Moreover, the public sector plays a major role in the C) Despite their physical formation, a teacher’s real
country’s cultural activities and education. emotions can sometimes misguide them in their
lives.
D) Nevertheless, the COVID-19 outbreak starting in
February 2020, US sanctions reimposed in mid- D) Failure in physical development can never be
2018 and other factors led to a fall in oil production. restored in the following years.
E) In contrast, higher education has improved vastly E) This is the time when a real instructor is needed to
thanks to strong internet infrastructure. teach not the score but how they play the game is
important.
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A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
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62. (I) Individualism is the moral attitude, political 65. (I) Following the World War II, many art dealers and
philosophy, ideology and social outlook that collectors raced to seize the works of art captured by
emphasizes the moral worth of the individual. (II) It the Nazis. (II) In one of these attempts, American
holds that a person taking part in society attempts to officers seized two valuable pieces thought to belong to
learn and discover what his or her own interests are Van Gogh in a basement in Berlin. (III) Van Gogh,
without feeling any attachment to a certain ideology. (III) indeed, had produced around 2,100 paintings and
An individual is a person or any specific object in a drawings, including 860 oil paintings, most of which
collection. (IV) For this reason, the individualist does not were created in the last two years of his life. (IV)
follow one particular philosophy. (V) Instead, he or she Unfortunately, there was a bit of a blow when they
creates a mixture and combination of many elements realized that the paintings were not original Van Goghs
based on personal interests. but just high-quality replicas. (V) Despite the error, the
effort to save the rare works of the art world continued
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
unabated and many of those returned to the museums
where they belonged.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
63. (I) Bulimia is an illness which is more common among
those who have a close relative with the same
condition. (II) The percentage risk that is estimated to
be due to genetics is between 30% and 80%. (III)
Bulimia, experienced mostly among women, is not
literally a health problem. (IV) Other risk factors for the
disease include psychological stress, cultural pressure
to attain a certain body type, poor self-esteem and
obesity. (IV) Living in a culture that promotes dieting
and having parents that worry about weight can also be
cited as risks.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
64. (I) Rock music in the 1960s got most of its inspiration
from the blues music which was sung by the Afro-
American citizens of the United States. (II) Although the
blues culture somehow faded at one point and evolved
into classic jazz, rock always relied on its roots, that is
the blues. (III) For example, many rock musicians in the
90s got deeply impressed by the expression of pain in
1930’s blues songs and created a more urban and
white version of blues, called “Grunge” (IV) Although
this new genre turned into a pop craze in a couple of
years, the spirit never changed. (V) On the other hand,
Elvis Presley, the so-called King, would turn the Blues
of the black people into a style which everybody would
like to listen.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
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The ethnicity pay gap in England and Wales stands at just A) is constantly rising today despite the obvious
2.3%, the narrowest since the ONS began collecting data improvements
in 2012. In the 16 to 29-year-old category, ethnic minority B) leads to a balance between different groups of
workers are even out-earning their white British peers. The origin
broad gains in the last 20 years have led some in the
British media to herald “the end of the ethnicity pay gap”, C) is what causes people to become less professional
mocking the data and concluding that young employees D) stands at a record low as of 2012 according to the
from minority groups now earn more than white British statistics
workers. Today a third of British Indians are classified as
E) made it impossible for ethnic groups to find jobs
“professional”, and almost 60% have a degree, exceeding
before 2012
their white British peers. Nevertheless, this narrative is still
dangerous and misleading. Whether it is intentional or not,
it ignores systemic disadvantages between and within
communities. The surprising fact remains that when we
compare workers with the same qualifications or
experience – say a general office worker of Bangladeshi
heritage and a white British peer – the person of colour is
still likely to earn significantly less. To conclude, rather
than using the ONS data to divide people, workers must
stand together to address such discrepancies. Whether
white British, black or minority ethnic, they are all
beholden to the same person – their employer – and their
mantra must always be, “Equal pay for equal work”.
68. It can be inferred from the passage that prior to the
date when ONS started to collect data on ethnicity
pay gap, ----.
66. What is especially interesting about the A) the media was very satisfied with the situation of
ethnicity pay gap is that ----. inequality
A) psychological adjustment at the end of the first year B) there were no huge problems existing between
was directly related to culture shock different communities
B) coloured workers with equal skills or experience are C) the problem of equality had lesser importance for
likely to have remarkably lower wages than white media
British peers D) workers of different origin were able to get better
C) the British media is still doubtful about the positions in work-life
improvements seen in the last two decades E) the balance of payments was disadvantageous for
D) ONS data divides people to an extent that they do the coloured citizens
not stand together against the systematic
challenges
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Many people who spend a lot of time playing video games 70. According to the passage, teaching through games
insist that they have helped them in areas like confidence- is possible because ----.
building, presentation skills and debating. Yet this way of A) most innovations introduced by the gaming industry
thinking about video games can be found almost nowhere aim to teach something to gamers
within the mainstream media, which still treats games as an
odd mix of a menace. This lack of awareness has become B) we learn to deal with difficulties taking risks while
increasingly inappropriate, as video games and the culture playing games
that surrounds them have become excessively big C) humanity has always understood the world through
business indeed. Adam Martin, a lead programmer for an games
online game developer, says: “Computer games teach, and
D) we never forget what we have learnt while playing
people don’t even notice they’re being taught.” He is not
games with strangers
alone in his thoughts, as they are supported by many
psychologists and pedagogists, as well. Actually, a large E) communicating with other people helps us improve
part of the addictiveness of games does come from the fact our cognitive skills
that as you play, you are mastering a set of challenges.
Humanity’s larger understanding of the world comes
primarily through communication and experimentation and
through answering the question “What if?’. Games excel at
teaching this by taking risks when necessary and facing
challenges. We will soon live in a world in which no one
living experienced growing up without computers. It is for
this reason that we must try to examine what some of us
stand to lose and experience it before it is too late.
69. It is pointed out in the passage skills related to 71. The attitude of the author towards the role of video
confidence, presentation or debating ----. games in human development is ----.
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It is not surprising that so many of us shop with Amazon. 73. It is pointed out in the passage that ----.
The prices seem low and purchases arrive promptly. But
an examination of this gift horse’s mouth also raises A) Amazon is creating various opportunities for small
serious concerns. Even before the pandemic, Amazon’s retailers in the country
aggressive pricing strategies made it difficult for smaller B) Health services in Amazon facilities are highly
companies to compete. What is more, the company does effective
not pay enough back to the state. In 2018, it paid £14.3m
C) Though the working conditions are difficult, Amazon
in corporation tax on £13.7bn in UK revenues. Without
provides huge support to workers
shops on the high street, it pays less in business rates
than more traditional competitors. Amazon has been one D) Only a few companies including Amazon recruited
of the rare companies to take on new workers during the new personnel during the pandemic
pandemic, but its employment practices need scrutiny. 10-
E) Amazon products we buy do not actually have low
hour working days, with 300 items picked and packed
prices as far as their quality is concerned
each hour, and workers penalised or even sacked for not
keeping up. It describes a culture of fear, and it should be
noted that ambulances have been called to Amazon
warehouses in Britain 600 times in three years. Amazon’s
dominance means it already has too much sway in many
marketplaces. This is a matter of political choice. People
have to make different choices. Otherwise, the bigger
Amazon becomes, the more it will be able to manipulate
the tax, data, employment and consumer regulatory
frameworks to its advantage.
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Imagine a world where everybody told the complete truth A) there are both good and bad lies in one’s life
and be honest all the time. This would be humorous
B) there are various reasons as to why we opt for
because it is so contrary to the world we live in. Can you lying
assume telling someone you were breaking up with him
C) the credibility of the false story that we create
because of his bad look? Or admitting to your boss that
must depend on facts
you have read his private e-mails? We don't do that in the
usual society. Instead, we create a different story that fits D) people resort to lying when they are punished
into our interests, either minor or major. We lie because it by their fellow workers
works and because it has benefits. We avoid punishment E) the range of lying differs among certain age
by creating the best possible version of ourselves, and we groups
lie so that we won’t have to face the consequences of
reality. We are very experienced liars in that our story of
doing so begins as we start speaking. Apart from that,
scholars point out that lying is also tied in the level of self-
confidence. Once people feel that their self-confidence is
threatened, they immediately begin to lie at higher levels.
To some extent, we can be proud of our lies. Lying is
considered a sign of intelligence and cognitive skill
because it takes some ability to recognize the way things
are, and then create an alternative to that reality. Thus, the
next time you lie, don’t get embarrassed now that it is just
a part of human nature.
77. As it is clearly stated in the passage, the
severity of the lie depends on ----.
75. The best title for this passage could be ----. B) the age of the person we are trying to mislead
B) Lying and Its Effects on Our Society D) our self-confidence and what the truth will bring
about on us
C) Why Do We Lie?
E) how much we are mocked by our colleagues
D) Avoiding and Detecting a Lie
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In 1799, French engineers doing demolition work in Egypt 79. Which of the following is true about the Rosetta
made a remarkable find. While tearing down a wall, they Stone?
unearthed a large black granite stone, known as the
Rosetta Stone, with inscriptions in two languages, Greek A) French and English researchers collaborated to
and Egyptian. The stone, which fell into British hands in decipher the hieroglyphics on it.
1801, and now residing in the British Museum, was crucial B) It still remains unknown whether the stone is
to the decipherment of hieroglyphics in the 19th century. genuine or not.
Today, it is regarded as one of the world’s best-known
archaeological artefacts. The text on the stone deals with a C) Its discovery contributed largely to the translation of
piece of administrative business. In fact, it is a copy of a ancient Egyptian inscriptions.
law, passed in 196 BC by Egyptian priests celebrating the
D) The stone had been owned by many countries
anniversary of the coronation of Ptolemy V as king of
before it ended up in the British Museum.
Egypt. The text catalogues some of the king’s noble deeds,
such as the giving of gifts to the temple, the granting of a E) French engineers who uncovered the stone
variety of tax reductions, and the restoration of peace to immediately recognized its linguistic value.
Egypt after a rebellion. In return for these services to Egypt,
the priests aimed to pay tribute to him by constructing his
new statues, decorating his shrines, and organizing
festivals for his birthday. The law also states that it should
be inscribed in stone in Greek and hieroglyphics and
placed in temples, that’s why there are now many copies of
the stone in these sacred places across Egypt.
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