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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

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

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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 are【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.
【C12】
选项 A、at first
B、at all
C、at large
D、at times
答案A
解析 考查逻辑关系。空格所在句讲的是“但是研究发现，即使是______对某种气味不敏感的人，如果经常______这种气味，也会突然变得对它敏感起来”。由此可知，本句是讲人对气味的敏感度不是一成不变的，而是随接触频率越来越高。因此可推知，“之前”，人对这种气味是不敏感的。A．at first“起初，起先”符合逻辑与文意。
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