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The human nose is an underrated tool. Humans are often thought to be insensitive smellers compared with animals,__1__ this is largely because,__2__ animals,we stand upright. This means that our noses are __3__ to perceiving those smells which float through the air,__4__ the majority of smells which stick to surfaces. In fact,__5__,we are extremely sensitive to smells,__6__ we do not generally realize it. Our noses are capable of __7__ human smells even when these are __8__ to far below one part in one million. Strangely,some people find that they can smell one type of flower but not another,__9__ others are sensitive to the smells of both flowers. This may be because some people do not have the genes necessary to generate __10__ smell receptors in the nose. These receptors are the cells which sense smells and send __11__ to the brain. However,it has been found that even people insensitive to a certain smell __12__ can suddenly become sensitive to it when __13__ to it often enough. The explanation for insensitivity to smell seems to be that brain finds it __14__ to keep all smell receptors working all the time but can __15__ new receptors if necessary. This may __16__ explain why we are not usually sensitive to our own smells we simply do not need to be. We are not __17__ of the usual smell of our own house but we __18__ new smells when we visit someone else’s. The brain finds it best to keep smell receptors __19__ for unfamiliar and emergency signals __20__ the smell of smoke,which might indicate the danger of fire.

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

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

6.[A] even if [B] if only [C] only if [D] as if

7.[A] distinguishing [B] discovering [C] determining [D] detecting

8.[A] diluted [B] dissolved [C] determining [D] diffused

9.[A] when [B] since [C] for [D] whereas

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11.[A] signs [B] stimuli [C] messages [D] impulses

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18.[A] tolerate [B] repel [C] neglect [D] notice

19.[A] available [B] reliable [C] identifiable [D] suitable

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