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新东方《考研英语历年真题详解及复习指南》 2005 年考研英语完形填空 Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word （s ）for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. （10 points） ①The human nose is an underrated tool. ②Humans are often thought to be insensitive smellers compared with animals, 1 this is largely because, 2 animals, we stand upright. ③This means that our noses are 3 to perceiving those smells which float through the air, 4 the majority of smells which stick to surfaces. ④In fact, 5 , we are extremely sensitive to smells, 6 we do not generally realize it. ⑤Our noses are capable of 7 human smells even when these are 8 to far below one part in one million. ①Strangely, some people find that they can smell one type of flower but not another, 9 others are sensitive to the smells of both flowers. ②This may be because some people do not have the genes necessary to generate 10 smell receptors in the nose. ③These receptors are the cells which sense smells and send 11 to the brain. ④However, it has been found that even people insensitive to a certain smell 12 can suddenly become sensitive to it when 13 to it often enough. ①The explanation for insensitivity to smell seems to be that the brain finds it 14 to keep all smell receptors working all the time but can 15 new receptors if necessary. ② This may 16 explain why we are not usually sensitive to our own smells—we simply do not need to be. ③We are not 17 of the usual smell of our own hou