2. 考研
  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

admin2017-11-28  73
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 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 语义衔接题。横线所在句前后为时间顺接或条件关系。at first意为“开始，起初”，符合句意，故为答案。at all((用于否定句)丝毫(不)，一点也不)和at large(详尽地，充分地；一般来说)不符合此处语境，故均排除。at times(有时，偶尔)也表时间，为强干扰项，但“对……敏感／不敏感”是一种持续性的状态，而不是一种间歇性的动作，故排除。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.kaotiyun.com/show/tiua777K
本试题收录于： 翻译硕士（翻译硕士英语）题库专业硕士分类
0

翻译硕士（翻译硕士英语）

专业硕士

相关试题推荐
随机试题
最新回复(0)