Question

Embroidery has a long history ad can date back to the Warring States Period in China Embroidery is very popular in many countries such as China, India, and Japan Embroidery is the handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needles and thread or yarn Embroidery may also use other materials such as metal strips, pearls, quills, and sequins Embroidery is most often used on caps, hats, coats, blankets, stocking, and golf shirts Embroidery is available with a wide variety of threat or yarn colour

Embroidery has many unique characteristics(特點(diǎn)) One of the interesting characteristics of embroidery is the basic techniques or stitches(針法), such as the chain stitch, the button hole or the blanket stitch, the running stitch, the satin stitch and the cross stitch They are still the fundamental techniques of hand embroidery today

Embroidery can be classified according to the whether the design is stitched on top of or through the foundation fabric; and by the relationship of stitch placement to the fabric Different embroidery has its own advantages and disadvantages In the modern society, we can produce many different embroideries Machine embroidery is one of them It appears in the early stages of the industrial Revolution

1.From the passage, we can know embroidery can date back to ______

A. the Warring States Period B. the Spring and Autumn Period

C. the modern times D. the Ming Dynasty

2.Which of the following materials cannot be used in embroidery according to the passage?

A. Metal strips B. Pearls C. Quills D. Wood

3.From the passage, how many things can embroidery be used on?

A. Seven B. Six C. Five D. Eight

4.Which of the following characteristics belongs to embroidery?

A. the flying stitch B. the satin stitch

C. the flat stitch D. the button stitch

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A. The introduction of embroidery B. The advantages of embroidery

C. The disadvantage of embroidery D. The meaning of embroidery

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