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【单选题】B、 In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by anAustrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theatre inEdinburgh. The idea was to reuniteEurope after the Second World War. At the same time, the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge to the official festival.Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947,in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house disused for years.Soon, groups of students firstly fromEdinburgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford andCambridge,Durham andBirmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people ofEdinburgh.Today the “Fringe”, once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts.And years early as 1959,with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big.
A、paid administrator was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 duringAugust itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1,25 million tickets were sol
D、 Point was the purpose ofEdinburgh Festival at he beginning
A、To bringEurope together again.
B．To honor heroes of World War 11.

C、To introduce young theatre groups.

D、To attract great artists fromEurope.

网考网参考答案：A
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【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句可知，组织音乐节的目的是为了重新团结欧洲。故选A。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>