Every time I smell jasmine (茉莉) I can see myself again in the garden of that large house in Cornwall. The year is 1971, the month is March and the sun is shining. And when I smell a certain type of suntan oil (防晒油), I am back again in the Greek islands. Or it"s the smell of lavender which reminds me of my grandmother.
Smell is one of the most evocative (唤起……的) of all the senses, but it"s the most difficult to recall. This is because only a small area of the brain is used in smell. Most people, however, can recognize at least 4,000 different smells, and women usually have a better sense of smell than men.
It seems that our ideas of what smells are pleasant or unpleasant is something that we learn at about the age of three or four. It is not something we are born with. How do we learn what smells good and what doesn"t? And how do we know that some smells, like a smell of burning, mean danger?
Flowers such as jasmine and lavender are one thing, but what about the smell of people? Each human being has a unique odor (气味). A one-month old baby can recognize its mother by smell. In many parts of the world people greet each other by sniffing (闻) the face or the hands. The kiss began as a sniff and New Zealand Maoris, and Eskimos still sniff when they meet one another. In modern times we use soap and perfume (香水) to replace our natural odor.
单选题
Lavender is probably a kind of ______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 短文第4段第1句话说，像茉莉花和熏衣草这样的花都是同一类属(Flowers suchas jasmine and lavender are one thing…．)，所以，lavender是一种花，答案应该是B)。
单选题
The author mentions "the Greek islands" in order to ______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 短文第1段中四个句子都说明，气味会使作者回忆起某物、某地或某人。第3句话中的短语be back again in the Greek islands隐含的意思是回忆起希腊的岛屿，与第1和第4句一样，作者提到Greek islands的目的是表明气味可以使人们回忆起过去。
单选题
Which is true about our sense of smell according to the passage?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第22题的答案，A)是事实，是正确答案，而B)的意思正好相反，因此是错误的。短文第2段最后1句话提到女人对气味的感觉通常都比男人灵敏(…and womenusually have a better sense of smell than men．)，因此，C)是错误的。第3段第1句话说，大约在三四岁的时候学会分辨气味的好坏(…are pleasant or unpleasant is something that welearn at about the age of three or four．)，因此，D)也是错误的。
单选题
What can you infer from the passage?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 第4段最后1句话说，我们现在用香皂和香水来取代我们天生的气味(In moderntimes we use soap and perfume to replace our natural odor．)，其言下之意就是，一些人并不喜欢人体所散发出的固有的气味。因此，答案是D)。
单选题
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 短文第4段第3行提到，世界上有的地方互相问候的方式是闻脸和手(…greeteach other by sniffing the face or the hands．)。下面还提到，吻是以闻开始的(The kiss beganas a sniff…)，而不是先互相闻，然后再吻，因此，C是错误的。