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中国考博辅导首选学校 中国地质大学考博英语阅读理解解析 Section I Use of English Directions Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumbered blank and mark [A], [B], [C] or [D] on ANSWER SHEET 1 (10points) The human nose is an underrated tool. Humans are often thought to be insensitive smellers compared with animals, __1__ this is largelybecause,__2__ animals,we standupright.Thismeans thatour noses are __3__ to perceiving those smells which float through the air, __4__ the majority of smells which stick to surfaces. In fact, __5__,weareextremelysensitivetosmells,__6__we donotgenerally realize it.Ournosesarecapableof__7__humansmellsevenwhenthese are __8__ to far below one part in one million. Strangely,somepeoplefindthattheycansmellonetypeofflower but not another, __9__ others are sensitive to the smells of both flowers. This may be because some people do not have the genes necessary to generate __10__ smell receptors in the nose. These receptorsarethecellswhich sensesmellsandsend__11__tothebrain. However, ithas been found that even people insensitiveto a certain smell __12__ can suddenly become sensitive to it when __13__ to it often enough. PS:The waytocontactyumingkaoboTEL:silingling-liuliuba-liujiu qiba QQ:772678537) （ The explanationfor insensitivitytosmellseemstobe thatbrain finds it__14__ to keep all smell receptors working all the time but can __15__ new receptors if necessary. This may __16__ explain why 中国考博辅导首选学校 we are not usually sensitive to our own smellswe simply do not need to be. We are not __17__ of the usual smell of our own house but we __18__ new smells when we visit someone else’s. The brain finds it best to keep smell receptors __19__ for unfamiliar and emergency signals __20__ the smell of smoke, which might indicate the danger of fire. 1. [A] although [B] as [C]but(C) [D]while