【Itisprobablythestrangestsportanyonehaseverinvented．Andatfirstsight，itlooksliketheeasiest．Competitorshavetodotwothings．Thefirstistostandstill．Thesecondistoplacetheirhandsanywhereonthebodyofacar，andke】
Itisprobablythestrangestsportanyonehaseverinvented．Andatfirstsight，itlooksliketheeasiest．Competitorshavetodotwothings．Thefirstistostandstill．Thesecondistoplacetheirhandsanywhereonthebodyofacar，andkeepitthere．
Thisiswherethingsstartgettingdifficult．Lotsofpeoplearedoingthesamething．Andthewinnerofthe"handathon"contestisthepersonwhocancarryondoingitforthelongesttime．Thatpersongetstoownthecar．
Itstillseemstobeaneasythingtodo．Atthebeginningitis．Anyonecanstandstill．Butwhenthecontesthasbeengoingforfourorfivedays，standingstillseemslikethemostdifficultjobintheworld．Andkeepingthehandinplaceoverthistimebecomesanactofseriousattention．Afterafewdays，thehandseemstobelongtosomeoneelse-someonewhowantstogohomeandgetsomesleep．
Competitorsareallowedtotakeafive-minutebreakeveryhourtoeat，drinkordowhateverelseisnecessary．Nooneisallowedtoleanonthecarforsupport．Winnersneedtobeabletoshowgreatpowersofattention．Theyalsoneedtobeabletodevelopspecialskills．
Maybethepopularityofthehandathonisduetothefactthatitisnotnecessarytobeatrainedathletetoenter．EntrantsintheLongviewhandathoncertainlydon'tseemtodomuchpreparation．Mostsaytheywillprepareby"gettinglotsofsleep"．Otherssaytheywill"eathealthyfood"or"prayforsuccess"．Thewholeeventgivesordinarypeoplethechancetodosomethinginterestingandwinsomethingintheend．
Handathonsarecompetitions，butthereislittlerivalry（敌对）betweencompetitors．Theyhelpeachotheroutandkeepeachother'sspiritsup．Peoplewhodropoutearlyreturnwithfood，drinkandencouragement．
25．Thereasonwhythesportiscalled"handathon"isthatcompetitors___．
A．coveralongdistance
B．keeponehandinplaceforlong
C．wavehandsaslongaspossible
D．dothesamethingasinamarathon
26．Whatabilityislikelytobeneededmostinahandathon？___
A．Standingwithoutanysupport．
B．Notleaningonthecar．
C．Eatinganddrinkinginfiveminutes．
D．Havingstrongpowersofattention．