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A.Develop a thicker gel.B.Produce the gel on a large scaleC.Raise money for further research.D.Teach people to make the gel at home.0For late 19th-century North Americans and Europeans,a display of tablewarecould reveal much about someone's social position,as the wealthy took great careto get different kinds of forks for everything.Before the 18th century,people of allclasses usually ate with a knife and a spoon.The fork's path to the table was hard-won and slow.In ancient Egypt,Greece,andRome,forks were used for slicing food into pieces or lifting meat from a pot or fire.Following a reduction in size,the fork appeared to have entered dining areas inthe courts of the Middle East and Byzantine Empire by the eighth and ninth centuries,and became common among wealthy families there by the tenth century.Early in the11th century,it appeared in various pieces of European art.In the late 11th century,St.Peter Damian from Ostia wrote about a Byzantine princess who used forks andregarded her dying of a disease as punishment for such"luxury".The fork's slow conquest of Europe was carried out from Italy.Motivated by thesame concerns for hygiene(),forks were bought by wealthy Britons,inspired byQueen Victoria,who regarded fork use as a sign of good manners.The fork's introduction to North America dates back to 1633,when John Winthrop,a founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony,was gifted a set of forks.The IndustrialRevolution strengthened the fork's presence on dining room tables as production offlatware became less expensive.Writing in 1896 inSocial Eriquere,Maud C.Cookedeclared the fork had finally conquered the knife in America and "any attempt to givethe knife importance at table is looked upon as an offense()against good taste."32.What can we learn about forks from paragraph1?A.They were used improperly in the 18th century.B.They had many different types in the 19th century.C.They were popular in Europe before the 18th century.D.They led to North American's rise in social position.33.What was a function of forks in ancient Egypt?A.To eat food.B.To decorate tablesC.To cut food.D.To create works of art.34.Who was against the use of forks?A.St.Peter Damian.B.Thomas Coryate.C.Queen VictoriaD.Maud C.Cooke.35.What marked the beginning of the fork's introduction to North America?A.The appearance of flatwareB.The start of the Industrial Revolution.C.John Winthrop receiving forks as presentsD.Maud C.Cooke writing Social Etiquette.高一“三校协作”月考（英语试卷）共10页第6页