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. Thepassageismainlyabout___________.
A.the discovery of false teeth
B.the material of false teeth
C.the use of false teeth
D.the history of false teeth