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(—)(2011舟山A)

Ifs10*00pm.Amanleavesarestaurant,getsintohiscaranddrivesaioay.200metres

furtherhe'sstoppedbyapoliceojficer.

Officer:Goodevening,sir.We'retestingdriversfordrunkdriving.Wouldyouplease

blow(吹)intothismachine?

Man:I'msorry,Ican'tdothat.IfIblowintothatmachine,Iwillgetoutofair.

Officer:Pleasecomealongtotheofficeandwecangiveyouabloodtest.

Man:Ican'tdothat.Ifyougivemeabloodtest,Iwillbleed(流血)todeath.

Officer:Thenyou'llhavetogetoutandwalkfivemetresalongthiswhiteline.

Man:Ican'tdothat,either.

Officer:Whynot?

Man:BecauseFmdeaddrunk!Ican'topenthedoor.

()1.Themanisstoppedmetresawayfromtherestaurant.

A.5B.10

C.xxxD.205

()2.Theconversationprobablyhappensina(an).

A.officeB.street

C.hospitalD.restaurant

()3.Themanwouldn'thavethetestfordrunkdrivingbecause.

A.heisbadlyillB.hewillgetoutofair

C.heisdeaddrunkD.hewillbleedtodeath

語篇解讀：這是一個(gè)醉駕者和一個(gè)警官之間的對(duì)話。

1.Co細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“200metresfurtherhe'sstoppedbyapoliceofficer.”一句可知答案。

2.Bo推理判斷題。由警官所說“walkfivemetresalongthiswhiteline”可知對(duì)話發(fā)生在街

上。

3.Co細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由司機(jī)自己所說"BecauseI'mdeaddrunk!”一句可知答案。

Animalsgrowupindifferentways.Theyhavelotsoflessonstolearn.

Someanimalsarebornhelplessbuttheirmothersprotectthem.Anewbornkangarooisthe

sizeofabee.Shestaysinhermother'ssafepouch.Shedoesn'topenhereyesforatleastfive

months.Anewbornmonkeycannotwalk.Heiscarriedbyhismother.

Otherbabyanimalscanwalksoonafterthey'reborn.Theylearntorunwiththeirmother

whendangerisnear.Ababyzebra(斑馬)canrunanhouraftersheisborn.

一套英語單詞記憶的革命性教程

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Somebabyanimalsareborninaplacethatissafe.Otherbabyanimalsarebornintheopen.

Babywolvesareborninlargeholes.Ababyelephantisbornonopen,grassyland.Other

elephantsmakeacircle(圈)toprotecther.

Animalsthatdrinktheirmothers?milkarecalledmammals.Amotherbear'smilkisfattyand

rich.Babybearsneedlotsoffattokeepwarminwinter.Theyhavemilkforsixmonths.Baby

zebrasdrinkmilkfbrsixmonthsormore!Asbabyanimalsgrowtheyneedsolid(固體的)food.

Babylionseatwhattheirmothercancatch.

()1.Whichbabyanimalsdon'topentheireyesforatleastfivemonths?

A.Lions.B.Zebras.

C.Kangaroos.D.Elephants.

()2.Whatcan'tababyzebradoanhouraftersheisborn?

A.Drinkmilk.

B.Walkbyherself.

C.Runwithhermother.

D.Makeacircletoprotectherself.

()3.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.Babywolvesarebornintheopen.

B.Newbornlionsonlyeatsolidfood.

C.Newbornmonkeyscanwalkbutcan'tjump.

D.Babybearsneedlotsoffattokeepwarminwinter.

語篇解讀：本篇短文主要講述了不同的新出生的動(dòng)物是如何得到照顧的，以及他們不同

的生活方式。

1.Co細(xì)節(jié)理解題。原文“Shedoesn'topenhereyesforatleastfivemonths.”是談?wù)揵aby

kangarooso

2.Do細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第四段最后一句可知。

3.Do細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“Babywolvesarebominlargeholes.”可以判斷A所述錯(cuò)誤；B是

錯(cuò)誤的，由“Babylionseatwhattheirmothercancatch.”可以判斷B所述錯(cuò)誤；由“Anewborn

monkeycannotwalk.Heiscarriedbyhismother.”可以判斷C所述錯(cuò)誤；由“Babybearsneedlots

offattokeepwarminwinter.”可以判斷D所述正確。

(H)(2011麗水B)

Thecrowdstoppedtheirtalksastherunnerscametothestartingline.Atthismoment,all

eyeswereontwopeople,Mark,thefavouriteforthegoldmedal,andJim,anewfacetoall.

Markhadwonalotofcompetitionsin3000metersandwasthoughttobethefinestrunnerin

thecountry.Untilafewmonthsbefore,Jimwasalmostunknownoutsidehishometown.Buthe

hadwononecompetitionafteranother,whichwasabigsurprise.ManypeoplethoughtJimwould

alsodoverywellthistime.Itwasgoingtobeanexcitingrace.

Bang!Theracestarted.Forthefirsthalf,JimranwithMarkintheleadinggroup.Al1700

meters,JimwasaboutonemeterbehindMark.Suddenly,thecrowdstoppedcheering.Markfell

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andlayonthegrass.Hetriedtogetup,buthehadbeeninjuredandwasoutoftherace.

ThecrowdbelievedthatJimhadtripped（絆倒）Markandtheybegantoshoutathim.Jim

lookedbackandsloweddown.Then.ButtheracewasoverforJim,too.Hewasfar

behindothersnow.Jimwasveryunhappybecauseofwhathadhappened.

Later,afterthejudges（裁判）hadstudiedthevideooftherace,theydecidedthatJimhad

donenothingwrong.JimwenttoseeMarkandsaid,"I'msorryfor...”“It'snotyourfault.Igot

injuredmyselfintheleg.Suchathingneverhappenstome.I'vegottoseethedoctor.^^

Thetwowentontobecomegoodfriendsandwereoftenseentrainingtogether.

（）1.Whywastheracegoingtobeexciting?

A.Becauseitwasa3000-meterrace.

B.Becausetherewereonlytworunnersinthecompetition.

C.BecausebothMarkandJimwereverygoodrunners.

D.Becausealargecrowdofpeoplecametowatchthecompetition.

（）2.Thecrowdstoppedcheeringsuddenlybecause.

A.itbegantorainheavily

B.Markfellandlayinthegrass

C.JimwasaboutonemeterbehindMark

D.JimranwithMarkintheleadinggroup

（）3.Whichofthefollowingcanbeputintheblank（空白處）inParagraph4?

A.hewentonwiththerace

B.thedoctorscametohelp

C.thejudgestoldhimtostop

D.hedidn'tknowwhathadhappened

語篇解讀：本文主要講述了一次比賽的意外結(jié)果讓Jim和Mark成為了好朋友，也讓人

們懂的了比賽的真正含義：友誼第一，比賽第二。

1.Co細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)"ManypeoplethoughtJimwouldalsodoverywellthistime.”可知

這兩個(gè)選手實(shí)力相當(dāng)，不分伯仲。

2.Bo細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“Markfellandlayonthegrass.“可知。

3.Ao推理判斷題。由“ButtheracewasoverforJim,too.Hewasfarbehindothersnow.“可

知，Jim在慢下來之后，準(zhǔn)備再跑時(shí)，已經(jīng)落在別人后面很遠(yuǎn)了。

（四）（2011衢州B）

Wetalkeveryday.Whenwehavegoodnews,weliketoshareitwithourgoodfriendsand

whensomethingterriblehappens,wemakeitknowntootherssoon.Butcanyouimaginethata

treecantalkandsharenewstoo?Ofcourse,notreemoveslipsandsayswordsjustaspeopledo.

Strangeasitmaysound,though,sometreesdomanagetocommunicatewitheachother.

Willow（柳樹）treesarethebest-knownofthesetrees.Wheninsects（昆蟲）beginnibbling（叮

咬）awillowtree,thetreesendsoutaspecialsmellatonce.Thissmelltellstheotherwillowsthat

harmfulinsectsarecomingnear.Allofthemquicklymakeachemical（化學(xué)物質(zhì)）intheirleaves.

Thischemicalisbadtotheinsects.Theinsectsdonotlikeitandtheyflyawaysoon.Inthisway,

thewillowtreesprotectthemselvesfromtheinsects.

Thenexttimewhenyoutakeawalkinthewoods,maybethetreesare“talking“toeachother

quietly.Andwhensomeonesaysthattreescannot"talk”,pleasetellthemthateventreesgive

messagestoeachother,too.

（）1.Willowtreessendmessageswith.

A.wordsB.movements

C.smellsD.sounds

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（）2.Theunderlinedword"lips"inthefirstparagraphmeans.

A.樹干B.嘴唇

C.枝條D.手勢(shì)

（）3.Thepassagetellsusthatsomeofthetreescan.

A.speakjustaspeopledo

B.tellstoriestoothers

C.communicatewitheachother

D.killinsectsinthewoods

（）4.Accordingtothepassage,therightorderofthefollowingis.

a.Thewillowtreegivesoutasmell.

b.Thewillowtreesmakeachemicalintheirleaves.

c.Insectsflyawaybecauseofthechemical.

d.Insectsbeginnibblingawillowtree.

A.d-a—b—cB.d-b—a—c

C.a—b—c—dD.d—c—b—a

語篇解讀：本文是一篇科普文章，主要告訴我們樹木之間也可以進(jìn)行交流，如柳樹被昆

蟲叮咬時(shí)，能發(fā)出一種特殊的氣味告訴周圍的柳樹。

1.Co細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第二段的第二行”...thetreesendsoutaspecialsmellatonce.This

smelltellsotherwillowsthatharmfulinsectsarecomingnear”可得出答案。

2.Bo詞義猜測(cè)題。樹木不會(huì)像人一樣動(dòng)嘴唇說話。

3.Co整體理解題。通讀全文可知，本文就是介紹了樹木之間也可以交流。

4.Ao綜合理解題。第二段就是介紹柳樹交流的過程，仔細(xì)閱讀可得出答案。

（五）（2011金華B）

Inasurprisingresult,theNo.69MiddleSchoolgirls'footballteamyesterdaybeattheir

schoofsboys'team.Theboys,teamoftenhelpedthegirlswiththeirtraining（訓(xùn)練）.Theyhad

neverlosttothegirlsbefore,butthistimethegirlsbeatthem4—3.

Afterthegame,WuNai,headoftheboys'team,wasveryunhappy."Weallthoughtthis

wouldbeaneasygame,“hesaid."Weneverthoughtateamofgirlscouldbeatus.Thisisthe

saddestdayofmylife.”

ButMrHu,theboys'PEteacher,saidhethoughtthegirlsshouldwin,"Theboysweretoo

confident（自信），“hesaid.toldthembeforethematchthattheyneededtoplaywell.Theyall

thoughtthatgirls9footballwasajoke.Nowtheyknowbetter.Theydidn'tplaycarefully,andthey

lost.”

Thematchhadstartedwellfortheboys.After30minutes,theywerewinning2—0.Their

bestplayer,LuMing,scoredinthethirtiethminute.Earlier,themid-fieldplayer,MaZhengquan,

hadscoredthefirstgoalinonlythesecondminuteofthematch.

Afterthefirsthalfhour,theboysseemedtobecometooconfident.Atfirst,thegirlshadfelta

bitnervous（緊張），butthentheybecamemoreandmoreconfident.Justbeforehalftime,Li

Xiaolinmadethescore2-1.

Inthesecondhalf,theboyswerethefirsttoscore.ItwasfromLuMing.Afterthattheboys

becamelazy,butthegirlskeptonworkinghard.HaoMeilingscoredinthe68thminute,tomake

thescore3—2.ThenLiXiaolinscoredtwiceinthelastsixminutestomakethelastscore4—3.It

wasasurprisingfinish.

Thegirls'PEteacher,MissWang,wasverypleasedwiththeirwork."Theyweregreat1”

Shesaid."Itoldthemtheycouldwin.Itoldthemthatthemostimportantthingwasteamwork.

Theboys5teamhadsomegoodplayers,butmygirlswereabetterteam1”

（）1.Whoscoredthefirstgoalinthematch?

A.LuMing.B.MaZhengquan.

C.LiXiaolin.D.HaoMeiling.

()2.HowmanygoalsdidLiXiaolinscore?

A.One.B.Two.

C.Three.D.Four.

()3.Whycouldthegirls,teambeattheboys,inthefootballmatch?

A.Becausetheboys'teamhelpedthegirlswiththeirtraining.

B.Becausetheboyshadneverlosttothegirlsbefore.

C.Becausetheboys,teamwonthefirsthalf.

D.Becausethegirlsplayedtogetherbetterandworkedharder.

()4.Whichofthefollowingisright?

A.Thegirlsmadeonlyonegoalinthefirsthalf.

B.Thegirlsevenmade3moregoalsthantheboysinthesecondhalf.

C.Manypeoplethoughtthegirlscouldbeattheboysbeforethematch.

D.Thegirls*teamhadsomebetterplayersthantheboys'.

()5.Choosetherightorderaccordingtothepassage.

a.Thegirls'PEteachertoldthemthattheycouldwin.

b.WuNai,headoftheboys9teamwasveryunhappy.

c.Thematchstartedwellfortheboys.

d.Thegirlskickedthesecondgoalinthematch.

A.a—b—c—dB.b—c—d—a

C.d-c—a—bD.a-c-d—b

語篇解讀：第69中學(xué)的男子足球隊(duì)總嬴女子足球隊(duì)。但這次比賽女子隊(duì)則以4：3贏了

男子隊(duì)。因?yàn)樗齻兒献鳌?jiān)強(qiáng)。

1.Bo細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段的最后一句話“Earlier,themid-fieldplayer,MaZhengquan,

hadscoredthefirstgoalinonlythesecondminuteofthematch”可判斷選B。

2.Co細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段的第三句話"Justbeforehalftime,LiXiaolinmadethe

score2—1.”和第六段的第五句話“ThenLiXiaolinscoredtwiceinthelastsixminutesto

makethelastscore4—3.可判斷進(jìn)了三個(gè)球，故選D。

3.Do細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Itoldthemthatthemostimportantthingwas

teamwork.Theboys'teamhadsomegoodplayers,butmygirlswereabetterteam!”可以才隹斷選

項(xiàng)Do

4.Ao概括歸納題。根據(jù)第五段的第三句話“Justbeforehalftime,LiXiaolinmadethe

score2-1.”可判斷選項(xiàng)A是正確的。由最后結(jié)果4—3可知在第二個(gè)半場(chǎng)女子隊(duì)進(jìn)了3個(gè)

球，而不是“3more”超過3個(gè)，因此B項(xiàng)不正確。根據(jù)第一段及第三段第一句中的“hethought

thegirlsshouldwin.”可知C項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)誤的。根據(jù)最后一段的最后一句話"Theboys'teamhad

somegoodplayers,butmygirlswereabetterteam!”可知D項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)誤的。

5.Do概括歸納題。根據(jù)整篇文章的大意可推斷正確順序?yàn)镈項(xiàng)。

(六)(2011嘉興、舟山C)

WhenIwasten,mymotherworkedalldaysoIhadtotakecareofmyyoungerbrother.At

thattimemylittlebrotherwasaboutfouryearsoldandhemissedmumallthetime.

Oneday,afterIhadgivenhimhisdinner,hestartedcryingformum.Hewassoyoungand

reallyneededmum.SoIdressedhim,putonhisshoes,carriedhimonmybackandwalkedout.

Soonhefellasleep.Abouthalfanhourlater,Ifoundthathehadlostashoewhilesleeping.Itook

himoffmybackandputhimdown.Iknewweneededtofindthatshoe,forourmothercouldn't

affordnewshoes.Wehadtogobacktofindit,soItoldmybrothertowaitrightthere.Aman

hearditandstoppedmejustbeforeIwalkedoff.Heaskedme,“Youareleavingyourbrother

heretofindtheshoe?Whatwouldyoudoifheisnotherewhenyoureturn?”Ididnotknow

howtoanswerthatquestion.Hecontinued,“It'sOKifyoucan'tfiodtheshoe,butitisnot

OKtoloseyourbrother."Thenhesentustomum'sworkplacebytaxi.

MywholelifeIhavedependedonthekindnessofmanystrangers,IfeelregretfulthatI

cannotfindthemandsaythankyou.Idonotevenrememberwhattheman'sfacelookedlike,but

hetaughtmealesson—peoplearemoreimportantthanthings.

()1.Whydidtheyoungerbrothercryforhismother?

A.Becausehewashungry.

B.Becausehemissedhismother.

C.Becausehewantedtosleep.

D.Becausehewantedtoplayoutside.

()2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“regretful"inthelastparagraphmean?

A.Sorry.B.Happy.

C.Excited.D.Angry.

()3.Whatdidthemanmeanbysaying"It'sOKifyoucan'tfindtheshoe,butitisnotOK

toloseyourbrother.”？

A.Peoplearemoreimportantthanthings.

B.Thingsaremoreimportantthanpeople.

C.Boththeshoeandyourbrotherareimportant.

D.Theshoeismoreimportantthanyourbrother.

()4.Accordingtothepassage,whichwordcanbestdescribetheman?

A.Rude.B.Funny.

C.Silly.D.Kind.

語篇解讀：本文主要講述了作者年幼的時(shí)候照看弟弟的故事。有次他帶著弟弟去找媽媽，

把弟弟的一只鞋丟了，準(zhǔn)備放下弟弟去找鞋子的時(shí)候，一個(gè)陌生人幫助了他，告訴他人比鞋

更重要。

1.Bo細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)句子“Hewassoyoungandreallyneededmum.”可知因?yàn)榈艿芟?/p>

媽媽，所以，他哭著找媽媽。故選B。

2.Ao詞義猜測(cè)題。由regretful之后的句子“Icannotfindthemandsaythankyou.“"我不

能找到他們，對(duì)他們表示謝意”可推出regretful和sorry同義，意為“遺憾的；抱歉的“。

故選A。

3.Ao推理判斷題。男人的話的意思是“丟了鞋子可以，但是丟了弟弟就不行了?！把?/p>

外之意就是人比東西更重要。故選A。

4.D。概括歸納題。rude意為“粗魯?shù)?，funny意為“有趣的“，silly意為“蠢笨的”，

kind意為“友善的”。這個(gè)男子熱心幫助作者，所以是善良的。故選D。

(七)(2011湖州C)

MyclasswillputonashortplayinEnglishattheendoftheyear.YesterdayourEnglish

teachergaveuscopiesoftheplay.

“Chooseacharacterintheplaywhomyou'dliketobe,"shetoldus.叮hisafternoonlearna

fewlinesofthispartforhomework.Thentomorrowyoucansaythoselinesinfrontoftheclass,

rildecidewhoplayeachpart.”

Iwantedtohaveoneofthebiggerpartsintheplay,soIchoosethepartoftheking.Hehasa

lotoflinestosay.Ilearnedthembyheart.

ThismorninginourEnglishlessonwehadtosayourlines.Iactedthepartoftheking.When

Isaidmylines,Iputalotofexpressionintomyacting.IthoughtIactedreallywell.

Everyoneintheclassreadapartandthentheteacherwhowouldplayeachpart.

Manyofthestudentsinmyclasscouldn'tactatall.Theycouldn'tevenreadwithoutmaking

lotsofmistakes.IwassurethatIwouldgetabigpartintheplay.

However,theteachergavemethepartofasoldier.Hehasonlyoneline.Itis,“Yes,sir!”

Iwasverydisappointed.AttheendofthelessonIwentuptoherandaskedherwhyIhad

suchasmallpart.

“Youputtoomuchexpressioninyouracting,“shesaid.4<Goodactingisnotbigacting.It

isactingtheaudiencecanbelievein.”

IthinkIknowwhatshemeans.

()1.Whatdidtheboywanttodointheplay?

A.Togetasmallactingpart.

B.Toorganizetheplay.

C.Togetalargeactingpart.

D.Toworkthelig“whenyougetChristmasorbirthdaypresents.

Youmaywanttobringabottleofwine(葡萄酒)orflowerstoadinnerparty,butyou're

neveraskedto.Nobodywillmindifyoubringwine,butyourfriendmaynotuseitthatevening.

AtChristmasweoftengivepresentstoourfamilyandsometimesourfriends.Wealsogive

presentstopeoplewhohavebeenhelpfulduringtheyear-doormen,babysitters,housecleaners,

newspapersenders—anyonewhohasoftenhelpedus.

()1.Whatdoes“closefriends“meaninthepassage?

A.Thefriendswhoareverykind.

B.Thefriendswholiveclosetoeachother.

C.Thefriendswhowereonceclassmates.

D.Thefriendswhoyoulikemost.

()2.Whatkindofpresentsdon'tAmericansusuallyopeninfrontofthegivers?

A.Thesmallpresents.

B.Christmasorbirthdaypresents.

C.Theexpensivepresents.

D.Thepresentsfordinnerparty.

()3.WhydoAmericansalsogivepresentstohousecleanersatChristmas?

A.Topaythem.

B.Tohelpthem.

C.Tothankthem.

D.Tomakethemworkharder.

()4.Whichofthefollowingdoyouthinkisright?

A.Americanbusinesspeopledon'twantpresentsbecausetheyarerichenough.

B.ThewriterofthispassagemustbeanAmerican.

C.Everyonemustgivepresentstoone'sfamilyandfriendsatChristmas.

D.Governmentemployeescangetlittlepresentsfromaforeigner.

()5.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?

A.Present-givingintheUnitedStates.

B.Customs(習(xí)俗)intheUnitedStates.

C.Americanpeopleandpresent-giving.

D.Whenandhowtogivepresents.

語篇解讀：本文介紹了美國(guó)人送禮物的文化風(fēng)俗。美國(guó)人不會(huì)經(jīng)?；ニ投Y物的，因?yàn)樗?/p>

們認(rèn)為是在賄賂，尤其是政府官員。但他們?cè)谑フQ節(jié)會(huì)給某些人送禮物，來感謝他們。

1.Do細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的第一句話“Evenfriendsmayneverexchangepresents.”

可判斷選D。

2.Bo細(xì)節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)第三段的第一句話“Youusuallyopenapresentatonceandinfront

ofthepersonwhogivesitexceptChristmasandbirthdaypresents.”可知選B項(xiàng)。

3.Co細(xì)節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)短文最后一段內(nèi)容的最后一句話uWealsogivepresentstopeople

whohavebeenhelpfulduringtheyear~~doomen,babysitters,housecleaners,newspaper

senders—anyonewhohasoftenhelpedus.”可知是為了感謝他們，故選C。

4.Bo概括歸納題。根據(jù)第一段的第一句話可判斷A是錯(cuò)誤的。根據(jù)第一段第一句話和

第二段可推斷B項(xiàng)是正確的。根據(jù)最后一段可知在圣誕節(jié)不是給每個(gè)人禮物的，可知C項(xiàng)

是不正確的。根據(jù)第一段和第二段最后一句話可推斷D項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)誤的。故選B。

5.Ao概括歸納題。根據(jù)整篇文章大意的理解可得出答案A。

(九)(2011杭州A)

WhenIwasakidinMinnesota,watermelonwasexpensive.Oneofmyfather'sfriends,

Bernie,wasarichbusinessman,whoownedalargestoreinSt.Paul.

Everysummer,whenthefirstwatermelonsarrived,Berniewouldcall.DadandIwouldgoto

Bernie'splace.We'dsitontheedgeofthedock(4馬頭)，feetdangling(搖晃)，andgotreadyfora

bigmeal.

Berniewouldtakehisknife,cutourfirstwatermelon,handusbothabigpieceandsitdown

nexttous.Thenwe'dburyourfacesinwatermelon,eatingonlytheheart—thereddest,juiciest,

firmest,sweetest,mostseed-freepart—andthrowawaytherest.

Berniewasmyfather'sideaofarichman.Ialwaysthoughtitwasbecausehewassucha

successfulbusinessman.Yearslater,