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.