[单选题]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 the rain, Its first use was as a shade against the sun!
ANobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient
Btimes . Probably the first to use it were the Chinese in the 11th century B C.
CWe know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt Babylon as a sunshade. there was a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol of honor. In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by those in high office.
DIn Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. the umbrella was in commonly used 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.
EDuring the Middle Ages, the use of the umbrella practically disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. again it was considered as a symbol of power. By 1680, the umbrella appeared in France later in England.
FBy the eighteenth century, the umbrella was used against rain throughout mostof Europe.
GUmbrellas have hot 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 colors.(10分)
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I21.1 According to this passage, the umbrella was probably first invented in ancient_______.(2分)
JChina
KEgypt
LGreece
MRome
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