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　Though the horses got off to a good start, it was not long before over half of them went out of race．As was expected, College Boy and Sweet Seventeen had got well in front with the remaining horses grouped together some way behind．On a sharp corner, three of the horses leading the group fell, throwing the riders behind．As the race went on, the track became full of horses without riders．Towards the end, there were only three horses left: College Boy and Sweet Seventeen were still leading with an unknown horse．Tom Thumb, a very long way behind．The crowd was very disappointed when on the last jump in the race, the riders of both horses which were expected to win failed to keep in the saddle．Everyone shouted with delight when College Boy continued by himself and “win” the race --- without the rider! Tom Thumb now took his time and the crowd cheered as he crossed the finishing line without a rival in sight．　

(1) Half of the horse went out of the race ______．　　　

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A．as soon as the race began

B．on their leaving the starting point

C．when three horses got off to a good start

D．before College Boy and Sweet Seventeen went ahead

(2) On a dangerous bend ______．　　　

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A．all of the horses going ahead fell

B．few riders were thrown behind

C．most of the horses fell out of the race

D．the remaining houses were grouped together and then fell

(3) People had expected ______ to win the race．　　　

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A．Tom Thumb

B．College Boy and Sweet Seventeen

C．Tom Thumb, College Boy and Sweet Seventeen

D．None of the above

(4) Towards the end of the race ______．　　　

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A．Tom Thumb went in front of College Boy and Sweet Seventeen

B．College Boy and Tom Thumb were a very long way behind

C．the riders of Sweet Seventeen and College Boy fell too

D．there was not any horse left

(5) The real winner was ______．　　　

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A．College Boy

B．Sweet Seventeen

C．Tom Thumb

D．None of the above．

Answer 1

答案：D;C;B;C;C