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雅思阅读冲刺模拟试题雅思阅读班雅思网权威发布雅思阅读冲刺模拟试题，更多雅思阅读冲刺模拟试题相关信息请访问雅思索试(IELTS)网。上一次的雅思索试已经结束，下一次的雅思索试还会远吗?为了帮助大家在雅思索试中取得好成果，下面就是大范文网为大家收集整理的雅思阅读冲刺模拟试题，供大家参考。更多雅思报名官网的最新消息，最专业的雅思备考资料，请关注大范文网。Rogue theory of smell gets a boost1. A controversial theory of how we smell， which claims that our fine sense of odour depends on quantum mechanics， has been given the thumbs up by a team of physicists.2. Calculations by researchers at University College London (UCL) show that the idea that we smell odour molecules by sensing their molecular vibrations makes sense in terms of the physics involved.3. Thats still some way from proving that the theory， proposed in the mid-1990s by biophysicist Luca Turin， is correct. But it should make other scientists take the idea more seriously.4. “This is a big step forward，” says Turin， who has now set up his own perfume company Flexitral in Virginia. He says that since he published his theory， “it has been ignored rather than criticized.”5. Most scientists have assumed that our sense of smell depends on receptors in the nose detecting the shape of incoming molecules， which triggers a signal to the brain. This molecular lock and key process is thought to lie behind a wide range of the bodys detection systems： it is how some parts of the immune system recognise invaders， for example， and how the tongue recognizes some tastes.6. But Turin argued that smell doesnt seem to fit this picture very well. Molecules that look almost identical can smell very different such as alcohols， which smell like spirits， and thiols， which smell like rotten eggs. And molecules with very different structures can smell similar. Most strikingly， some molecules can smell different to animals， if not necessarily to humans simply because they contain different isotopes (atoms that are chemically identical but have a different mass)。7. Turins explanation for these smelly facts invokes the idea that the smell signal in olfactory receptor proteins is triggered not by an odour molecules shape， but by its vibrations， which can enourage an electron to jump between two parts of the receptor in a quantum-mechanical process called tunnelling. This electron movement could initiate the smell signal being sent to the brain.8. This would explain why isotopes can smell different： their vibration frequencies are changed if the atoms are heavier. Turins mechanism， says Marshall Stoneham of the UCL team， is more like swipe-card identification than a key fitting a lock.9. Vibration-assisted electron tunnelling can undoubtedly occur it is used in an experimental technique for measuring molecular vibrations. “The question is whether this is possible in the nose，” says Stonehams colleague， Andrew Horsfield.10. Stoneham says that when he first heard about Turins idea， while Turin was himself based at UCL， “I didnt believe it”。 But， he adds， “because it was an interesting idea， I thought I should prove it couldnt work. I did some simple calculations， and only then began to feel Luca could be right.” Now Stoneham and his co-workers have done the job more thoroughly， in a paper soon to be published in Physical Review Letters.11. The UCL team calculated the rates of electron hopping in a nose receptor that has an odorant molecule bound to it. This rate depends on various properties of the biomolecular system that are not known， but the researchers could estimate these parameters based on typical values for molecules of this sort.12. The key issue is whether the hopping rate with the odorant in place is significantly greater than that without it. The calculations show that it is which means that odour identification in this way seems theoretically possible.13. But Horsfield stresses that thats different from a proof of Turins idea. “So far things look plausible， but we need proper experimental verification. Were beginning to think about what experiments could be performed.”14. Meanwhile， Turin is pressing ahead with his hypothesis. “At Flexitral we have been designing odorants exclusively on the basis of their computed vibrations，” he says. “Our success rate at odorant discovery is two orders of magnitude better than the competition.” At the very least， he is putting his money where his nose is.(668 words Nature)Questions 1-4Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage? Please writeTRUE if the statement agrees with the writerFALSE if the statement does not agree with the writerNOT GIVEN if there is no information about this in the passage1. The result of the study at UCL agrees with Turins theory.2. The study at UCL could conclusively prove what Luca Turin has hypothesized.3. Turin left his post at UCL and started his own business because his theory was ignored.4. The molecules of alcohols and those of thiols look alike.Questions 5-9Complete the sentences below with words from the passage. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.5. The hypothesis that we smell by sensing the molecular vibration was made by _.6. Turins company is based in _.7. Most scientists believed that our nose works in the same way as our _.8. Different isotopes can smell different when _ weigh differently.9. According to Audrew Horsfield， it is still to be proved that _ could really occur in human nose.Question 10-12Answer the questions below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.10. Whats the name of the researcher who collaborated with Stoneham?11. What is the next step of the UCL teams study?12. What is the theoretical basis in designing odorants in Turins company?