If we put three reads in COBOL in the same para one after the other, to read a P

If we put three reads in COBOL in the same para one after the other, to read a PS file,will it read the same record thrice or it will read three records sequentially?

For example :
Input File
01
02
03

Para 900
Read infile
Display Infile rec
Read infile
Display infile rec
Read infile
Display infile rec.

What will be the output?

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It will read three consecutive records.

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It will read the same record three times.

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