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IL WAUKEE,Feb 17 The Democratic presidential nomination（民主党总统提名）battle tmned into a two-man contest on Tuesday as Senator John Kerry narrowly defeated Senator John Edwards in the Wisconsin primary（初选）．Howard Dean suffered a sad third-place showing that Democrats said would effectively end his campaign（选举）． 　　The finish by Mr Edwards surprised Democrats here,as well as those in the Kerry and Edwards camps,who had been looking for Mr Kerry to post another decisive victory in Wisconsin,based on his performance so far this year． 　　And it set the stage for what Mr Edwards said he had long wanted after trying to break through what was once a crowded field:a clean two-way race with Mr Kerry,played out over a relatively long period,until the next big primary day,March 2． 　　“The people of Wisconsin spoke loudly and clearly tonight,”Mr Edwards said in a joyful speech to supporters．“They want a debate．They want this campaign to continue”． 　　Mr Kerry,who stepped out to give his victory speech as Mr Edwards was speaking,knocking him off live television,made no mention of the thin margin（差数）． 　　Dr Dean,the former governor of Vermont,said even before the polls closed that he would continue his campaign no matter what the outcome in Wiseonsin,a state he once said he had to win． 　　“We are not done,”he said in his speech on Tuesday． 　　But leading Democrats said that in light of his latest disappointing loss,they saw little hope for his continuing as a serious candidate（侯选人）．and while Mr Kerry and Mr Edwards turned their attention to March 2,when there will be 10 contests,Dr Dean prepared to head back to his home in Burlington to determine where to take his campaign from here． (1) The result of the Wisconsin primary also surprised Kerry's supporters because ________ [　　] A． he only so narrowly defeated the second B． they didn' t expect such a decisive victory C． they never thought the battle became such a two-man contest so quickly D． he didn't win in the Wisconsin primary,which was unexpected (2) The phrase“a clean two-way race”(in Para 3)here means ________ [　　] A． a motor race on two different ways but in the same direction B． a race of two cars running on clean ways in different directions C． a competition of two persons in the presidential nomination battle D． a two-person competition where the winner is easy to decide (3) When the Wisconsin primary ended,________ [　　] A． Howard Dean would end his campaign B． John Edwards felt greater progress was made C． John Kerry felt proud of another success D． Democrats would easily determine their candidate for the next president

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答案：1．A;2．C;3．B;
解析：

(1)	由第二段可知。
(2)	根据上下文可知
(3)	参考第四自然段