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。Most people nowadays wear sneakers (跑鞋), leather shoes or boots. But in ancient China, many people made{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (they) own cloth shoes.
Tangchang,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}town in Sichuan province with 700 years of shoe-making history, is known{#blank#}3{#/blank#} its cloth shoes. Tangchang cloth shoes are comfortable and they don't get wet{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (easy).
Tangchang cloth shoes{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) popular in China in 1980s. According to China Daily, there were five Tangchang cloth shoe factories in Chengdu alone. In 2018, Tangchang cloth shoes were added to Sichuan's intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) list. Cloth shoes always look nice,{#blank#}6{#/blank#} making cloth shoes is not easy. Growing up in Tangchang, Lai Shufang, 66, is a master of making cloth shoes and has been making them for over forty{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (year). The job is much{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (difficult) than before, and sneakers become more popular. Many factories producing Tangchang cloth shoes were shut down. The last one, where Lai worked, shut down in 1998.
{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (making) a living and help the cultural heritage survive, Lai and her co-workers continued to make cloth shoes and sold them in her store. Then, Shu embroidery (蜀绣){#blank#}10{#/blank#} (add) to the shoes by Lai's son, Ai Peng. They now sell out about 10,000 pairs of shoes each year.