根据下面材料，回答题Clothing was not in any way a practical necessity in ancient-考呗网

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单选题根据下面材料，回答题Clothing was not in any way a practical necessity in ancient Egypt. Egypt ( and most of the rest of North Africa) was not the mainly desert country it is today, subject to the temperature extremes that a dry climate generates. Then it was a lush, food-producing country, subject to annual flooding, and a warm, humid climate．Clothing was therefore a luxury item of no great practical value．Slaves and the poor in surviving ancient Egyptian art are therefore usually depicted in little more than loincloths. As people went up the social scale more clothing and jewelry was worn, but even then the fabric of the clothing is light and designed more to accentuate the shape of the body than conceal it. ①The most elaborate Egyptian clothing was worn by the Pharaohs and their queens as symbols of power.
It is thought by some that royal Egyptians practiced body modification by wrapping the skulls of infants and altering the head shape to be more egg-like than rounded in adulthood, others ascribe this to a natural genetic fluke in the royal family. Aristocratic Egyptians also often shaved their heads (and other body hair) and wore wigs instead of natural hair to formal occasions. Kohl eye makeup was worn by both sexes, as were perfumes and body oils. During banquets, guests wore small mounds of beeswax impregnated with perfumed oil on top of their wigs；these mounds would melt into the wigs with the heat of the room, releasing scent, during the course of the party. Jewelry was the dominant costume focus, worn by both sexes; numerous examples of ancient Egyptian jewelry survive in museums. Clothing has been less fortunate in survival, but linen textile scraps remain to indicate that the mostly white pleated materials that are shown in ancient drawings were probably fine linens．These pleated linen garments are usually depicted as straight pieces of cloth, pleated to give a body-hugging stretch that are wrapped in a variety of ways and tied or tucked in front.
As described in the passage, both sexes of ancient Egypt did the following things EXCEPT __________．

A． using perfumes
B． wearing jewelry
C． wearing eye makeup
D． wearing skirts

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文章大意
本文介绍了古埃及人的服饰。古埃及人的服饰不是为了遮身蔽体，而是一种象征财富与地位的奢侈品。在古埃及王室与贵族还广泛使用化妆品、首饰、香水以及假发等，至今仍有部分首饰以及衣物保留在博物馆里。
长难句注释
1．As people went up the socialscale more clothing and jewelry was worn，but even thenthe fabric of the clothing is light and designed more to accentuate the shapeof the body than conceal it．
【分析】本句为并列句。两个分句由but连接。前一分句中As people went up the social scale为伴随状语从句；主句主干为more clothing and jewelry was worn。后一分句主语为thefabric of the clothing，谓语为系动词is，表语部分是由and连接的并列结构；more…than…连接了to accentuate the shape of the body和concealit两部分进行比较。
【译文】随着社会地位的提高，人们会穿更多的服饰，即便如此，衣服的布料也都是很轻薄的，是为了能够凸显体形，而不是为了遮蔽身体。
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