English test choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence

23. We know that ancient civilizations prized the rose because _____.

A) the Persians wrote about it.

B) poets have praised it.
C) the Egyptians buried them.
D) nor-them writers mention it.
E) it is referred to in the earliest forms of literature.

24. The best TITLE for this passage is _____.

A) A Rose by Any Name

B) Roses and Man’s History
C) The Universal Flower
D) The Ancients and the Rose

Read the text. Then choose the correct answer for each question below, according to the text (25-27).

When Queen Victoria died in 1901, the world was entering a new and exciting period of change. For instance, in that year, for the first time, wireless signals had crossed the Atlantic and, in the following

year, an airship flew from Europe to America. Already the motor car had come into use and was making life much easier. Telephones, also, were becoming fairly common. Politically and economically, people looked forward to a time of peace, wealth and progress. In fact, nothing seemed to stand in the way of such a future.