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According to this Passage, the umbrella was probably first invented
According to this Passage, the umbrella was probably first invented
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2016-03-05
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According to this Passage, the umbrella was probably first invented
To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain. Its first use was as a shade against the sun!
Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese, as early as the eleventh century B.C.
In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.
During the Middle Ages, the use of the umbrella practically disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. And again it was considered a symbol of power and authority. By 1680, the umbrella appeared in France, and later on in England.
By the eighteenth century, the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe. Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasn’t until the twentieth century that women’s umbrellas began to be made, in a whole variety of colours.
选项
A、No one exactly knows who the inventor of the umbrella was.
B、The umbrella was fist invented to protect against the sun.
C、The umbrella changed much in style in the eighteenth century.
D、In Europe the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella.
答案
C
解析
细节题。文章提到,到18世纪时,大部分欧洲人已经开始使用伞来遮雨了,不过在那时候伞的样式还没有多大改变,C项与原意不符,为正确答案。
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