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  3. The human nose is an underrated tool. Humans are often thought to be insensitive smellers compared with animals,【C1】______this i

The human nose is an underrated tool. Humans are often thought to be insensitive smellers compared with animals,【C1】______this i

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问题     The human nose is an underrated tool. Humans are often thought to be insensitive smellers compared with animals,【C1】______this is largely because,【C2】______animals, we stand upright. This means that our noses are 【C3】______to perceiving those smells which float through the air,【C4】______the majority of smells which stick to surfaces. In fact,【C5】______, we are extremely sensitive to smells, 【C6】______we do not generally realize it. Our noses are capable of【C7】______human smells even when these ar【C8】______to far below one part in one million.
    Strangely, some people find that they can smell one type of flower but not another,【C9】______others are sensitive to the smells of both flowers. This may be because some people do not have the genes necessary to generate【C10】______smell receptors in the nose. These receptors are the cells which sense smells and send【C11】______to the brain. However, it has been found that even people insensitive to a certain smell【C12】______can suddenly become sensitive to it when【C13】______to it often enough.
    The explanation for insensitivity to smell seems to be that the brain finds it【C14】______to keep all smell receptors working all the time but can【C15】______new receptors if necessary. This may【C16】______explain why we are not usually sensitive to our own smells—we simply do not need to be. We are not【C17】______of the usual smell of our own house, but we【C18】______new smells when we visit someone else’s. The brain finds it best to keep smell receptors【C19】______for unfamiliar and emergency signals【C20】______the smell of smoke, which might indicate the danger of fire.
【C4】
选项 A、catching
B、ignoring
C、missing
D、tracking
答案C
解析 考查动词辨析。空格所在部分讲的是“______留在地表的大部分气味”。由上文得知，和动物不同，人类是直立的，所以人的鼻子只能感知到那些浮在空气中的气味。由此，人类不能感知留在地表的大部分气味。因此，C．missing“错过，未察觉”，符合文意。catch“捕捉”；track“追踪”，显然都不符合文意。ignore“忽视”，文中意思不是人们故意地不去注意一些气味，因此不符合文意。
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