The hare arrived at the tree exhausted，only ________ that the tortoise had already been there.

A. finding　 　　 B. find

C. to find　　 　　　 D. found

 

C

不定式在句中作結(jié)果狀語，“only to find”表示出乎意料的結(jié)果。

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