15.Nisha Pradhan is worried.The recent college graduate just turns 21 and plans to live on her own.But she's afraid she won't be able to stay safe.That's because she isn't able to smell.
Back home,her family do her smelling for her.She's moved in with them for now,but she's looking for a place of her own."Now that I'm searching for ways or place to live as an independent person,I find that the sense of smell is important to how we live our lives,"Pradhan says.
She says when she was a child she liked to eat and ate a lot.But there came a point where she lost interest in food.
"One of the first things that people notice whenever they have a smell problem is that food doesn't taste right any-more,"says Beverly Cowart,a researcher.That's because eating and smell go hand in hand.How food tastes often relies on what we smell."When you lose your sense of smell,your whole sense of food flavor s changed and reduced,"Cowart says,"You can still taste the basic tastes.What you're missing are the small distinctions."
"When I go out to eat I have often found that that food is very tasteless to me.I never feel full,"she says."I think a lot of us today like to pretend to be food lovers and we all like to talk about‘Oh,I think this could use a little bit more flavor,'or‘I think this has a hint of meat,'I can't really participate in those conversations,"she says.
Pradam thinks her smell loss also may have affected her memory.Pradhan may be on to something,according to biologist Paul Moore."When smell signals come in,you feel about them first.And then you think about it and then the memory is laid down.So without the feel part,the thinking about its part doesn't come.And that means no new smell memory gets created."

12.What problem does Pradhan meet with at present?A
A.That she has no sense of smell.
B.That she doesn't have her own house.
C.That she lacks life skills to live alone.
D.That she is too nervous to live alone.
13.What can we infer from what Beverly Cowart said?B
A.People with a smell problem have no food tastes.
B.Lack of smell sense makes eating a dull experience.
C.Different food tastes the same for people of smell loss.
D.People feel hungry easily for lack of smell sense.
14.When eating out,PradhanD.
A.has a sense of being full quickly
B.often has a good appetite
C.pretends to have good smell sense
D.feels left out sometimes
15.What does the underlined sentence mean?C
A.Pradhan may be crazy.
B.Pradhan may be foolish.
C.Pradhan may be right.
D.Pradhan may be forgettable.

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了Pradhan沒有嗅覺為她的生活帶來許多問題,可知任何感官都十分重要.

解答 12.A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段But she's afraid she won't be able to stay safe.That's because she isn't able to smell可知她擔(dān)心的問題是他沒有嗅覺;故選A
13.B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第五段When I go out to eat I have often found that that food is very tasteless to me.I never feel full,"she says可知缺乏嗅覺會使人感到枯燥乏味;故選B.
14.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第五段Oh,I think this could use a little bit more flavor,'or‘I think this has a hint of meat,'I can't really participate in those conversations,"she says可知外出就餐時,Pradhan感覺不合群,沒有共同語言;故選D
15.C.句意理解題.根據(jù)最后一段When smell signals come in,you feel about them first.And then you think about it and then the memory is laid down.So without the feel part,the thinking about its part doesn't come.And that means no new smell memory gets created可知根據(jù)專家的說法,Pradhan的想法也許是對的;故選C.

點(diǎn)評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.

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