中国传媒大学2009考博英语真题及其经典解析-育明考博.pdfVIP

中国考博辅导首选学校 中国传媒大学2009考博英语真题及其经典解析 Section ⅠUs of English Directions: Readth followingtext.Choos th bestword(s)foreachnumbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1(10 points) Th human nos is an underrated tool. Humans ar often thought to b insensitiv smellers compared with animals, 1 this is largely because, 2 animals ,w stand upright. This means that our noses ar 3 to perceiving thos smells which float through th air, 4 th majority of smells which stick to surfaces. In fact 5 , w ar extremely sensitiv to smells, 6 w do not generally realiz it. Our noses ar capabl of 7 human smells even when thes ar 8 to far below on part in on million. Strangely,som peopl findthattheycansmellon typ offlower butnotanother,9othersar sensitiv toth smellsofboth flowers. This may b becaus som peopl do not hav th genes necessary to generat 10smellreceptors inth nose.Thes receptorsar th cells which sens smellsandsend11toth brain.However, ithasb nfound thatevenpeopl insensitiv toacertainsmell12cansuddenlybecom sensitiv to it when 13 to it often enough. Geng duo yuan xiao zhen ti ji qi ji xi qing lianxi quan guo mian fei zi xun dian hua: si ling ling liu liu ba liu jiu qi ba ,huo jia zi xun qq: qi qi er liu qi ba wu san qi . Th explanationfor insensitivitytosmells mstob thatbrain 中国考博辅导首选学校 finds it 14 to k p all smell receptors working all th tim but can 15 newreceptors ifnecessary.Thismay 16explainwhyw ar notusually sensitiv to our own smells w simply do not n d to be. W ar not 17 of th usual smell of our own hous but w 18 new smells when w visit someon elses.Th brain finds itbest tok p smellreceptors 19for unfamiliar and emergency signals 20 th smell of smoke,which might indicat th danger of fire. 1. [A]although [B]as [C]but [D]whil 2. [A]abov [B]unlik [C]excluding [D]besides 3. [A]limited [B]committed [