Embroidery(刺绣) has a long history and 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, beads, quills, and sequins. Embroidery is most often used on caps, hats, coats, blankets, dress shirts, denim, stockings, and golf shirts. Embroidery is available with a wide variety of thread or yarn color.

Embroidery has many unique characteristics(特点). One of the interesting characteristics of embroidery is the basic techniques or stitches(针法), such as the chain stitch, the buttonhole 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 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 modern society, we can produce many different embroideries. Machine embroidery is one of them. It appears in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution.

【小题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

【小题2】Which of the following materials can not be used in embroidery according the passage?

A．Metal strips.

B．Pearls.

C．Quills.

D．Wood.

【小题3】From the passage, how many things can embroidery be used on?

A．Seven.

B．Six.

C．Eight.

D．Five.

【小题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.

【小题5】What is the best title for the passage?

A．The Introduction of Embroidery	B．The Advantages of Embroidery
C．The Disadvantages of Embroidery	D．The Meaning of Embroidery