Qiang Shuping was so busy making cloth shoes ____ she didn't even rest during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. The woman from Baipu County, Jiangsu Province, ____ (make) shoes since she was 19 years old, and this year marks her 3lst year making cloth shoes.

    She spends the entire day in her tiny studio, which ____(measure) less than 10 square meters altogether, filled with cloth shoes in ____(variety) stages of completion.

    Nowadays, many stores make cloth shoes ____(use) machines, but Qiang sticks to the technique of making shoes entirely ____ hand. She say the shoes ____(produce) by machine are not of the same quality as handmade ones. The handmade cloth shoes are more durable（耐用的）and comfortable, ____ (soft), and absorb sweat better.

    Some people buy cloth shoes out of nostalgia（怀旧）, while others trust ____(they) quality. Making shoes isn't a profitable job, but Qiang still insists as she wants to preserve the craft and pass it down to the younger generation.

    Handmade cloth shoes are also called qiancengdi (shoes with a thousand layers), ____ can date back to the ancient Zhou Dynasty. In 2009, the making technique of qiancengdi was listed as the national intangible cultural heritage（非物质文化遗产）