Question

    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 (发光二极管)．

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 (无线方式) 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题判断正误 (“T”表示正确，“F”表示错误)；77题完成句子；78题简略回答问题；79题找出并写下文章的主题句；80题将文中画线句子译为汉语。

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.F

2.GPS unit

3.Only one pair.

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

5.目前，这双名为“舒适之家”的鞋子正在伦敦展出。

【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，威尔科克斯和另一个艺术家及一个鞋匠设计了“舒适之家”这双鞋，而不是他独自设计的。

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，“舒适之家”鞋子的左脚鞋跟处有一个全球定位系统装置，故填GPS unit。

3.由第四段第二句“There's only one pair...”可知，目前只有一双“舒适之家”鞋子被制造出来。

4.第一段主要阐述了这双鞋的功能，故第一句是主题句。

5.短语at present意为“目前”；on show意为“展出”。“No Place Like Home”理解为“舒适之家”，意思接近均为正确答案。

The British artist Dominic Wilcox has created a pair of shoes. They can guide you home no matter where you are in the world. 英国艺术家多米尼克·威尔科克斯发明了一双鞋，不管你在世界上的哪个角落，这双鞋都可以指引你回家。本句中的no matter where 引导让步状语从句，表示“不管在哪里”，相当于wherever。但区别在于，wherever除了可以引导状语从句，还可以引导主语从句、宾语从句和表语从句。如：I'll live in wherever there is sunshine, fresh air, and green trees. 哪里有阳光、新鲜空气和绿树，我就住在哪里。(宾语从句，不可用no matter where 代替)此种用法也适用于no matter who (whoever)，no matter when (whenever)和no matter what (whatever)。