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