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【題目】 The British artist Dominic Wilcox has created a pair of shoes. They can guide you home no matter where you are in the world. He thought about the fairy tale The Wizard of Oz and how Dorothy could click her shoes together to go home. So he decided to make a pair of shoes that can take you home with a click of the heels (鞋后跟). The shoes can point the way with GPS and clever LEDs (發(fā)光二極管)．

Wilcox worked with another artist and a shoemaker to produce what he calls the “No Place Like Home” shoes.

One of the “No Place Like Home” shoes has a GPS unit inside the heel of the left shoe. It communicates wirelessly (無線方式) with the right shoe and provides data to the LED lights. The LEDs on the left toe point the wearer in the right direction while those on the right toe show how much of the journey still remains.

It may be an art project. There's only one pair, but it's not hard to imagine a similar, more everyday pair of shoes for children, old people or those who always lose their ways in the future.

At__present,__the__“No__Place__Like__Home”__shoes__are__on__show__in__London.

76題判斷正誤 (“T”表示正確，“F”表示錯誤)；77題完成句子；78題簡略回答問題；79題找出并寫下文章的主題句；80題將文中畫線句子譯為漢語。

【1】Dominic Wilcox created the “No Place Like Home” shoes himself.（　　）

【2】Inside the heel of the left shoe, there is a ________________________________________________________________________.

【3】How many pairs of “No Place Like Home” shoes is created now?

________________________________________________________________________

【4】________________________________________________________________________

【5】________________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】GPS unit

【3】Only one pair.

【4】The British artist Dominic Wilcox has created a pair of shoes.

【5】目前，這雙名為“舒適之家”的鞋子正在倫敦展出。

【解析】

1.由第二段的“Wilcox worked with another artist and a shoemaker to produce what he calls the ‘No Place Like Home’ shoes. ”可知，威爾科克斯和另一個藝術家及一個鞋匠設計了“舒適之家”這雙鞋，而不是他獨自設計的。

2.由第三段第一句“One of the ‘No Place Like Home’ shoes has a GPS unit inside the heel of the left shoe. ”可知，“舒適之家”鞋子的左腳鞋跟處有一個全球定位系統(tǒng)裝置，故填GPS unit。

3.由第四段第二句“There's only one pair...”可知，目前只有一雙“舒適之家”鞋子被制造出來。

4.第一段主要闡述了這雙鞋的功能，故第一句是主題句。

5.短語at present意為“目前”；on show意為“展出”。“No Place Like Home”理解為“舒適之家”，意思接近均為正確答案。

The British artist Dominic Wilcox has created a pair of shoes. They can guide you home no matter where you are in the world. 英國藝術家多米尼克·威爾科克斯發(fā)明了一雙鞋，不管你在世界上的哪個角落，這雙鞋都可以指引你回家。本句中的no matter where 引導讓步狀語從句，表示“不管在哪里”，相當于wherever。但區(qū)別在于，wherever除了可以引導狀語從句，還可以引導主語從句、賓語從句和表語從句。如：I'll live in wherever there is sunshine, fresh air, and green trees. 哪里有陽光、新鮮空氣和綠樹，我就住在哪里。(賓語從句，不可用no matter where 代替)此種用法也適用于no matter who (whoever)，no matter when (whenever)和no matter what (whatever)。