2005-015历年考研英语一完形填空真题.docx

Thehumannoseisanunderratedtool.Humansareoftenthoughttobeinsensitivesmellerscomparedwithanimals,1 thisislargelybecause,2animals,westandupright.This meansthatournosesare3toperceivingthosesmellswhichfloat throughtheair,4themajorityofsmellswhichsticktosurfaces.Infact5,weareextremelysensitivetosmells,6wedonotgenerallyrealizeit.Ournosesarecapable of7humansmellseven whentheseare8tofarbelowonepartinonemillion.Strangely,somepeople findthatthey cansmell onetypeofflower butnotanother,9others aresensitivetothesmells of bothflowers.Thismaybebecausesomepeopledonothavethegenesnecessary togenerate10smellreceptorsinthe nose.Thesereceptorsarethecellswhichsensesmellsandsend11tothebrain.However,ithasbeenfoundthatevenpeople insensitivetoa certainsmell12cansuddenlybecomesensitivetoitwhen13toitoftenenough.Theexplanation forinsensitivity tosmellseemstobethatbrainfindsit14tokeepallsmellreceptorsworkingallthe timebutcan15newreceptorsifnecessary.This may16explainwhywearenotusuallysensitivetoourownsmellswe simplydonotneedtobe.We arenot17oftheusualsmellofourownhousebutwe18newsmellswhenwevisitsomeone elses.The brainfindsitbesttokeepsmellreceptors19forunfamiliarandemergency signals20thesmellofsmoke,which mightindicatethedangeroffire.1.[A]although [B]as [C]but [D]while2.[A]above [B]unlike [C]excluding [D]besides3.[A]limited [B]committed [C]dedicated [D]confined4.[A]catching [B]ignoring [C]missing [D]tracking5.[A]anyway [B]though [C]instead [D]therefore6.[A]evenif [B]ifonly [C]onlyif [D]asif7.[A]distinguishing [B]discovering [C]determining [D]detecting8.[A]diluted [B]dissolved [C]determining [D]diffused9.[A]when [B]since [C]for [D]whereas10.[A]unusual [B]particular [C]unique [D]typical11.[A]signs [B]stimuli [C]messages [D]impulses12.[A]atfirst [B]atall [C]atlarge [D]attimes13.[A]subjected [B]left [C]drawn [D]exposed14.[A]ineffective [B]incompetent [C]inefficient [D]insuffici