阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Delicate, shining, and soft to the touch. The fabric called silk {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (find) its way into the heart of Chinese people in the past thousands of years. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} origin of it is not clear, but the ancient Chinese people {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (credit) their own wisdom to Leizu, wife of the Yellow Emperor, as the inventor of sericulture (养蚕业).
The style and texture (质地) of silk are {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(variety). Hangluo satin from Hangzhou,Zhejiang province, is famous for its airy and thin texture, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Yunjin brocade from Nanjing, Jiangsu province, a luxurious fabric often {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (use) for royal clothes, represents China's silk weaving (纺织) technique at its best time. Yunjin brocade is best made {#blank#}7{#/blank#} hand, in a complex procedure that comprises more than a hundred steps. Even the most skilled artisans can only weave a few centimeters a day.
In the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC—AD 24), with Zhang Qian{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (open) up the routes to the western regions, silk graced countries in Central Asia, and later other parts of Eurasia and beyond. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (appropriate), its name marked China's major international trade {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (route), the ancient Silk Road and Maritime Silk Road.
As one of the wonders of ancient China, silk is not merely a type of fabric but a cultural symbol and a representative of elegance.
