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精品文档 精品文档 PAGE PAGE4 精品文档 PAGE 2005年考研英语完形填空真题解析 Thehumannoseisanunderratedtool.Humansareoftenthoughttobeinsensitivesmellerscomparedwithanimals,1thisislargelybecause,2animals,westandupright.Thismeansthatournosesare3toperceivingthosesmellswhichfloatthroughtheair,4themajorityofsmellswhichsticktosurfaces.Infact,5,weareextremelysensitivetosmells,6wedonotgenerallyrealizeit.Ournosesarecapableof7humansmellsevenwhentheseare8tofarbelowonepartinonemillion. Strangely,somepeoplefindthattheycansmellonetypeofflowerbutnotanother,9othersaresensitivetothesmellsofbothflowers.Thismaybebecausesomepeopledonothavethegenesnecessarytogenerate10smellreceptorsinthenose.Thesereceptorsarethecellswhichsensesmellsandsend11tothebrain.However,ithasbeenfoundthatevenpeopleinsensitivetoacertainsmell12cansuddenlybecomesensitivetoitwhen13toitoftenenough. Theexplanationforinsensitivitytosmellseemstobethatthebrainfindsit14tokeepallsmellreceptorsworkingallthetimebutcan15newreceptorsifnecessary.Thismay16explainwhywearenotusuallysensitivetoourownsmells-wesimplydonotneedtobe.Wearenot17oftheusualsmellofourownhouse,butwe18newsmellswhenwevisitsomeoneelses.Thebrainfindsitbesttokeepsmellreceptors19forunfamiliarandemergencysignals20thesmellofsmoke,whichmightindicatethedangeroffire. [A]although[B]as[C]but[D]while [A]above[B]unlike[C]excluding[D]besides [A]limited[B]committed[C]dedicated[D]confined [A]catching[B]ignoring[C]missing[D]tracking [A]anyway[B]though[C]instead[D]therefore [A]evenif[B]ifonly[C]onlyif[D]asif [A]distinguishing[B]discovering[C]determining[D]detecting [A]diluted[B]dissolved[C]dispersed[D]diffused [A]when[B]since[C]for[D]whereas [A]unusual[B]particular[C]unique[D]typical [A]signs[B]stimuli[C]messages[D]impulses [A]atfirst[B]atall[C]atlarge[D]attimes [A]subjected[B]left[C]drawn[D]exposed [A]ineffective[B]incompetent[C]inefficient[D]insufficient [A]introduce[B]summon[C]trigger[D]create [A]still[B]also[C]otherwise[D]nevertheless [A]sure[B]stick[C]aware[D]tired [A]tolerate[B]repel[C]neglect[D]notice