The curtain came down on the 2008 Olympic Games yesterday but not before the day had thrown up some pleasant surprises．
A country that has produced some great long-distance runners had to wait for Beijing to win its first marathon gold．Samuel Wanjiru did that honor for Kenya, and in Olympic record time, too．
China was expected to top the gold medal list, taking 51 to end up with total medals equal to the wonderful round figure of 100．China's gold effort is the biggest after the former Soviet Union's 55 gold medals in Seoul 1988．
Though the US was the second on the gold list, the first time it slipped from the top since 1992, it beat its own record of total number of medals winning 110 medals．
The 17-day Beijing Games saw 43 world records and more than 120 Olympic records broken．
The International Olympic Committee(IOC)was pleased with the Games and the hosts, with IOC President Jacques Rogge saying at the closing ceremony：“Thank you to the people of China, to all the wonderful volunteers and to BOCOG(Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games)．
He said the world would remember the 17 glorious days of the Games forever．
China's central leadership congratulated the country's athletes for their “achievements”．The Communist Party of China's Central Committee and the State Council sent a joint(共同的)congratulatory message to them．
The celebration is not China's alone．Every country that took part in the Games had reasons to be excited, for many a country won its first Olympic medal in Beijing．Britain's athletes gave the country a lot to cheer about before hosting the 2012 Games．Britain's gold effort and its overall position on the medal's list were the best in a century．
(1)
The first paragraph tells us that ________．
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on the last day of the Beijing Games, the closing ceremony was held
B．
the curtain of the Games was closed
C．
many exciting competitions took place even on the last day
D．
it was less exciting the day before yesterday than the closing day
(2)
According to the passage, ________．
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Samuel Wanjiru won the first marathon gold for Kenya on the last day of the Games
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the US took the second place in medal list
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more than 163 Olympic records were broken during the 17-day Beijing Games
D．
Kenya has done its best to get the most medals in history
(3)
The following statements are true EXCEPT ________．
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the former Soviet Union took the first place in gold medal list in 1988
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China won 100 medal altogether at the Beijing Games
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Kenya is a country of great long-distance runners with many marathon gold medals
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Britain has got the best position on the medal's list in a century