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Grigore Lup, from the Transylvanian city of Cluj in Romania, has been making leather shoes for 39 years. When the coronavirus pandemic（新冠疫情） hit, the shoemaker, whose shop “relies heavily on custom orders from theatres and opera houses across the country, as well as traditional folk dance ensembles,” saw his business begin to go down.

However, according to Lup, as people were allowed to move across Europe, he realized that people weren’t taking social distancing seriously, so he came up with the very long shoes as a way for them to keep their distance. "You can see on the street people are not respecting social distancing rules,” Lup said. “I went to the market to buy plants for my garden. There weren’t many people there but they kept getting closer and closer. If two people wearing these shoes were facing each other, there would be almost one-and-a-half metres between them.”

The shoes in question, adapted from a previous model Lup made for actors, are a European size 75 and require almost one square metre of leather, which makes the cost rise up. Lup has since received five orders for the $115 shoes, which take him two days to make.

On social media, the special shoes have been met with amusement, with many comparing them to flippers. "This is cute and absurd,” one person tweeted, while another said the shoes “seem like scuba fins.”

1.Grigore Lup’s shoe orders usually have nothing to do with _______.

A theatres

B opera houses

C online stores

D traditional folk dances

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据文章第一段...whose shop “relies heavily on custom orders from theatres and opera houses across the country, as well as traditional folk dance ensembles”可知，卢普的鞋店主要依赖于全国各地的戏院和歌剧院，还有传统民间舞蹈团的定制，并未提到网店，故选C。

2.Lup made a new type of shoes to _____.

A keep people’s distance

B protect customers’ safety

C make feet more comfortable

D show his good shoe making skills

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据文章第二段...he realized that people weren’t taking social distancing seriously, so he came up with the very long shoes as a way for them to keep their distance. 可知，卢普意识到人们没有严肃对待社交隔离的规定，因此他想出了用长鞋子来让人们保持距离的办法，故选A。

3.What can we know about the long shoes?

A They are popular among customers.

B They cost more for making.

C The idea of their design was born in the market.

D They are more easily made in a new way than before.

解析：选B。推理判断题。根据文章第三段第一句The shoes in question, adapted from a previous model Lup made for actors, are a European size 75 and require almost one square metre of leather, which makes the cost rise up. 可知，这款鞋子尺寸为欧码75码，需要近一平方米的皮料，这使得成本上升，由此推测这款鞋子需要更多的成本来制造，故选B。

4.What’s the opinion about the shoes on social media?

A They are useful.

B They are exciting.

C They are funny.

D They are amazing.

解析：选C。推理判断题。根据文章最后一段可知，在社交媒体上，这款独特的鞋子受到了人们的调侃，许多人将其比作潜水用的橡胶蹼。一个人发推说：“这款鞋巧妙而荒诞。”另一个人表示，这款鞋“看起来像潜水脚蹼”。由此看出人们认为这款鞋子非常滑稽，故选C。