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问题 "Tintin in the Congo" is a______. [br]  
A British chain of bookstores, "Borders", said Wednesday it had yanked copies of a "Tintin" book from its children’s sections after a race watchdog complained it was racist-but would continue to sell it on adults’ shelves.
     The Commission for Racial Equality said it "beggared belief" that Borders should sell "Tintin in the Con- go", claiming it contained potentially highly offensive material.
     "This book contains imagery and words of hideous racial prejudice, where the ’savage natives’ look like monkeys and talk like imbeciles," a spokeswoman said. In response, a spokesman for the US-owned store said: "Naturally, some of the thousands of books and music selections we carry could be considered controversial or objectionable depending on individual political views, tastes and interests.

选项 A、hideous
B、offensive
C、savage
D、controverial

答案 B

解析 此题是细节判断题,根据“..,claiming it contained potentially highly offensive material.”可知答案是B.
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