C. If you really stop and think about it, C is the most definite answer.
<span>The pronoun that takes the place of the noun 'soccer' is it. </span>
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Well, since I had a look on the first words in the first sentence it become clear for me that the author included these sentence in order to provide a contrast to his group’s nonviolent efforts. Just because of the grammar structure of the lines, when it starts from ''The other'' we can predict that the speaker compares something with the excerpt represented above. I bet there was a previous introductory sentence that is connected with particular movement and further we can see ''the other" that reflects contrast.<span>
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The correct answer is B: Rich Londoners are quick to bet huge sums of money to settle trivial arguments. This is because they were betting whether or not he would starve in a month. This is of course, not an actual concern and just an exaggeration, since rich people don't starve.
The horse is the direct object