2024年研究生入学考试英语试题及参考答案.pdfVIP

2024年研究生入学考试英语试题及参考答案

研究生入学考试英语试题及参考答案1

SectionⅠUseofEnglish

Directions:

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblank

andmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1(10points)

Thehumannoseisanunderratedtool.Humansareoftenthoughttobe

insensitivesmellerscomparedwithanimals,1thisislargelybecause,

2animals,westandupright.Thismeansthatournosesare3toperceiving

thosesmellswhichfloatthroughtheair,4themajorityofsmellswhich

sticktosurfaces.Infact

5,weareextremelysensitivetosmells,6wedonotgenerallyrealize

it.Ournosesarecapableof7humansmellsevenwhentheseare8tofar

belowonepartinonemillion.

Strangely,somepeoplefindthattheycansmellonetypeofflowerbut

notanother,9othersaresensitivetothesmellsofbothflowers.This

maybebecausesomepeopledonothavethegenesnecessarytogenerate

10smellreceptorsinthenose.Thesereceptorsarethecellswhichsense

smellsandsend11tothebrain.However,ithasbeenfoundthatevenpeople

insensitivetoacertainsmell12cansuddenlybecomesensitivetoitwhen

13toitoftenenough.

Theexplanationforinsensitivitytosmellseemstobethatbrainfinds

it

14tokeepallsmellreceptorsworkingallthetimebutcan15new

receptorsifnecessary.Thismay16explainwhywearenotusually

sensitivetoourownsmellswesimplydonotneedtobe.Wearenot17

oftheusualsmellofourownhousebutwe18newsmellswhenwevisit

someoneelse#39;s.Thebrainfindsitbesttokeepsmellreceptors19for

unfamiliarandemergencysignals20thesmellofsmoke,whichmight

indicatethedangeroffire.

1.［A］although［B］as［C］but［D］while

2.［A］above［B］unlike［C］excluding［D］besides

3.［A］limited［B］committed［C］dedicated［D］confined

4.［A］catching［B］ignoring［C］missing［D］tracking

5.［A］anyway［B］though［C］instead［D］therefore

6.［A］evenif［B］ifonly［C］onlyif［D］asif

7.［A］distinguishing［B］discover