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（一）阅读下面语段，完成8～11题。（8分）世有伯乐，然后有千里马。千里马常有，而伯乐不常有。故虽有名马，辱于奴隶之手，骈死于槽枥之间，不以千里称也。马之千里者，一食或尽粟一石。食马者，不知其能千里而食也。是马也，虽有千里之能，食不饱，力不足，才美不外见，且欲与常马等不可得，安求其能千里也。策之不以其道，食之不能尽其材，鸣之而不能通其意，执策而临之，曰：“天下无马。”呜呼！其真无马耶？其真不知马也！【The number of people present at the sports meeting ____ than we had expected . A. is much more  B. are much more  C. is much larger D. are much larger