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根据以下材料,回答题Itseemssonaturaltoputupanumbrellatokeepthewateroffwhenitrains.Butactuallytheumbrellawasnotinventedasprotectionagainstrain.ltsfirstusewasasashadeagainstthesun!
Nobodyknowswhofirstinventedit,buttheumbrellawasusedinveryancienttimes.ProbablythefirsttouseitweretheChinese,asearlyastheeleventhcenturyB.C.
WeknowthattheumbrellawasusedinancientEgyptandBabylonasasunshade.Andtherewasastrangethingconnectedwithitsuse:itbecameasymbolofhonourandauthority.IntheFarEastinancienttimestheumbrellawasallowedtobeusedonlybyroyaltyorbythoseinhighoffice.
InEurope,theGreekswerethefirsttousetheumbrellaasasunshade.AndtheumbrellawasincommonuseinancientGreece.ButitisbehevedthatthefirstpersonsinEuropetousethe
umbrellaasprotectionagainsttherainweretheancientRomans.
DuringtheMiddleAges,theuseoftheumbrellapracticallydisappeared.Thenitappeared
againinItalyinthelatesixteenthcentury.Andagainitwasconsideredasymbolofpowerand
authority.By1680,theumbrellaappearedinFrance,andlateroninEngland.
Bytheeighteenthcentury,theumbrellawasusedagainstrainthroughoutmostofEurope.Umbrellashavenotchangedmuchinstyleduringallthistime,thoughtheyhavebecomemuchlighterinweight.ltwasn'tuntilthetwentiethcenturythatwomen'sumbrellasbegantobemade,inawholevarietyofcolours.
WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueabouttheumbrella? A.Nooneexactlyknowswhowastheinventoroftheumbrella.
B.Theumbrellawasfirstinventedtobeusedasprotectionagainstthesun.
C.Theumbrellachangedmuchinstyleintheeighteenthcentury.
D.InEuropetheGreekswerethefirsttousetheumbrellaasasunshade.
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