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I still remember some of the experiments we did in school. One day, we wore a blind fold to pretend to be blind. Then, on another day, we wore head phones to experience being deaf.
However, I don't remember talking about not having a sense of smell. In fact, I didn't know that some people couldn't smell until I met Max Christian. Christian was born without a sense of smell. This condition is called anosmia. In the United States alone, more than two million people suffer from it.
So what is life like for these people? Well, having no sense of smell means a loss of taste. To taste foods, we need not only our tongues but also our noses—to smell the foods. “Water, apple juice, coffee... I can never tell the difference between them!” Christian says.
Life also gets a lot more dangerous without a sense of smell. Think of the times you've left something on the oven for too long. The first sign of danger that an anosmic person is able to notice is the smoke. Like Christian, many anosmic people are born with the condition. Since they can never smell, they never miss smells. However, some people develop anosmia later in life. Most of these people become depressed about losing their sense of smell. Alice Cox
became anosmic after a head injury years ago. “I miss the smell of my son’s hair and the smell of roses,” she says. “ I’ve lost an important part of my life that everyone else takes for granted.”
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A. She closed her eyes.
B. She wore a blind fold.
C. She wore headphones.
D. She turned off all the lights.
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A. She met Max Christian.
B. She talked to Alice Cox.
C. She graduated from school.
D. She experienced being anosmic.
(
A. They get burned easily.
B. They can hardly take care of themselves.
C. They can taste the difference between different foods.
D. They have trouble in noticing they have burned the food they are cooking.
(
A. It means very sad.
B. It means very tired.
C. It means very angry.
D. It means very surprised.
(
A. She has a daughter.
B. She was born with anosmia.
C. She never complains about being anosmic.
D. A head injury caused her to become anosmic.
I still remember some of the experiments we did in school. One day, we wore a blind fold to pretend to be blind. Then, on another day, we wore head phones to experience being deaf.
However, I don't remember talking about not having a sense of smell. In fact, I didn't know that some people couldn't smell until I met Max Christian. Christian was born without a sense of smell. This condition is called anosmia. In the United States alone, more than two million people suffer from it.
So what is life like for these people? Well, having no sense of smell means a loss of taste. To taste foods, we need not only our tongues but also our noses—to smell the foods. “Water, apple juice, coffee... I can never tell the difference between them!” Christian says.
Life also gets a lot more dangerous without a sense of smell. Think of the times you've left something on the oven for too long. The first sign of danger that an anosmic person is able to notice is the smoke. Like Christian, many anosmic people are born with the condition. Since they can never smell, they never miss smells. However, some people develop anosmia later in life. Most of these people become depressed about losing their sense of smell. Alice Cox
became anosmic after a head injury years ago. “I miss the smell of my son’s hair and the smell of roses,” she says. “ I’ve lost an important part of my life that everyone else takes for granted.”
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B
)1. What did the writer do to experience being blind in one school experiment?A. She closed her eyes.
B. She wore a blind fold.
C. She wore headphones.
D. She turned off all the lights.
(
A
)2. When did the writer start to know about anosmia?A. She met Max Christian.
B. She talked to Alice Cox.
C. She graduated from school.
D. She experienced being anosmic.
(
D
)3. What do we know about anosmic people according to the third paragraph?A. They get burned easily.
B. They can hardly take care of themselves.
C. They can taste the difference between different foods.
D. They have trouble in noticing they have burned the food they are cooking.
(
A
)4. Which phrase is closest in meaning to the underlined word “depressed” in Paragraph 4?A. It means very sad.
B. It means very tired.
C. It means very angry.
D. It means very surprised.
(
D
)5. Which of the following statements about Alice Cox is true?A. She has a daughter.
B. She was born with anosmia.
C. She never complains about being anosmic.
D. A head injury caused her to become anosmic.
答案
1.B 2.A 3.D 4.A 5.D
