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The human nose is an underrated tool. Humans are often thought to be insensitive smellers compared with animals, but this is lar
The human nose is an underrated tool. Humans are often thought to be insensitive smellers compared with animals, but this is lar
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2016-04-01
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The human nose is an underrated tool. Humans are often thought to be insensitive smellers compared with animals, but this is largely because, unlike animals, we stand upright This means that our noses are【C1】______to perceiving those smells which float through the air, missing the majority of smells which stick to surfaces. In fact, though, we are【C2】______sensitive to smells, even if we do not generally realize it. Our noses are capable of【C3】______human smells even when these are diluted to far below one part in one million.
Strangely, some people find that they can smell one type of flower but not another, whereas others are sensitive to the smells of both flowers. This may be because some people do not have the genes necessary to generate【C4】______smell receptors in the nose. These receptors are the cells which sense smells and send【C5】______to the brain. However, it has been found that even people insensitive to a certain smell at first can suddenly become sensitive to it when【C6】______to it often enough.
The explanation for insensitivity to smell seems to be that the brain finds it【C7】______to keep all smell receptors working all the time but can create new receptors if necessary. This may also explain why we are not usually sensitive to our own smells—we【C8】______do not need to be. We are not【C9】______of the usual smell of our own house, but we notice new smells when we visit someone else’s. The brain finds it best to keep smell receptors available for unfamiliar and【C10】______signals such as the smell of smoke, which might indicate the danger of fire.
A)simply B)emergency C)aware D)detecting
E)permanently F)limited G)sure H)inefficient
I)dedicated J)exposed K)impulses L)messages
M)distinguishing N)particular O)extremely
【C1】
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答案
F
解析
根据空格前的系动词are,可知这里应填入名词、形容词或分词。上文提到人类嗅觉不灵敏是由于人类直立行走,本句进一步解释说明这种现象导致的结果,即人直立行走,所以人的鼻子只能感知通过空气流通而散发的气味。词库中limited、dedicated和exposed在语法上都可行,但只有limited在意思上符合句意,表明人类鼻子的“局限性”。
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