第二节 请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的六个选项中选出五个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Do you like wearing bright and colourful clothes? Today, we can get all kinds of colourful clothes easily in stores. But how about people in ancient times? 41.
E
One old method that was very popular in China was tie-dye(扎染). Tie-dye is a traditional Chinese method of dyeing clothes. 42.
A
During the Tang and Song periods, people presented tie-dyed clothes to the emperors as valuable gifts. People in those days made dye(染料) by hand, and blue dyes usually came from special plants.
43.
D
First, you need to use ropes to tie your cloth together. Then you put the cloth into the dye. As the cloth is folded and dyed, some parts of the cloth will become dark colours, while other parts will be lighter in colour. When you open the cloth, you'll see beautiful shapes and colours.
In 2006, the tie-dye skill became China's National Intangible Cultural Heritage (国家非物质文化遗产). Anning City in Yunnan Province is well-known for its tie-dye skills.
Yang Cheng learned this traditional skill from his mother in the 1980s. Since then, he has been working hard to improve it. 44.
F
On the other hand, he studied new skills from other countries.
Nowadays he still dyes clothes and teaches his daughter this skill. His love for the art and hard work make him a great teacher. 45.
C
More than 60,000 people have learned from him. His love and efforts have kept this old art form alive and popular in modern times.

A. It has a history of more than 1,000 years.
B. He is one of the most successful artists.
C. Yang now teaches the tie-dye skill in many places.
D. The process of tie-dyeing is quite simple but very creative.
E. How did they get their clothes to have such beautiful colours?
F. On the one hand, Yang carried on the old ways of tie-dyeing.
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