单项选择题

PassageTwo Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. FalseteethhavebeenfoundinItalyinhumanheadsthatareover2,500yearsold.Theyweremadeofboneandsetingold.However,forhundredsofyearsafterwards,theapparentdentalskillofthoseearlypeoplewaslost.Withoutfalseteethpeoplelookedoldbeforetheirtime,sincesomanylosttheirteethatanearlyage. Towardtheendofthe17thcentury,richpeoplecouldbuyfalseteethmadefromivory.Theteethweretiedtogetherwithsilkthread,butitwasdifficulttokeeptheminthemouth.Thatwaswhyrichpeoplewouldratherbuyteethfromthepoorwhowouldoftenselltheirteethtobuyfoodandclothing. Earlyinthe18thcenturyaFrenchdoctorusedsteelspringstoholdteethinplace.However,itwasdifficulttocloseone‘smouth!Lateinthesamecenturyporcelain(瓷)teethsetingoldwereoftenusedtomakefalseteeth. Althoughtheuseofartificialteethincreased,humanteethcontinuedtobeusedalso.Inthe19thcentury,teethfromsoldierskilledinbattleweremadeintoartificialteeth.Forexample,teethfromthedeadintheAmericanCivilWarweresenttoEngland. Bythemiddleofthe19thcentury,anAmericandoctor,ClaudiusAsh,inventedabetterkindofporcelaintoothmadeofaspecialkindofhardrubber. Whofirstusedsteelspringstotiefalseteethtogetheraccordingtothepassage?

A.An Italian doctor.
B.A French doctor.
C.An American doctor.
D.An English doctor.