1、2016 职称英语新增文章五篇补全短文删除文章（共五篇） 补全短文新增文章（共五篇）第二篇 The Words Longest Bridge 第二篇 Baby Talk第三篇 Reinventing theTable 第三篇 Common Questions About Dreams第六篇 Dung to Death 第六篇 The Apgar Test第七篇 Time in the Animal World 第七篇 Ice Cream Taster Has Sweet Job第十四篇 Robotic Highway Cones 第十四篇 Primeron Smell1.Primer on S
2、mellIn addition to bringing out1 the flavor of food, what does the sense of smell do for us?Smell “gives us information about place, about where we are,” says Randall Reed, a Johns Hopkins University professor whose specialty is the sense of smell. _1_ “Whether we realize it or not, we collect a lot
3、 of information about who is around us based on smell,” says Reed.Even at a distance, odors can warn us of2 trouble spoiled food, leaking gas, or fire. “Its a great alert,” offers Donald Leopold, a doctor at Johns Hopkins. For example, if something in the oven is burning, everyone in the house knows
4、 it.With just a simple scent, smell can also evoke very intense emotion. Lets say, for example, that the smell is purple petunias. _2_ Now lets imagine that your mother died when you were three, and she used to have a flower garden. You wouldnt need to identify the smell or to have conscious memorie
5、s of your mother or her garden. You would feel sad as soon as you smelled that spicy odor.Compared with3 animals, how well do people detect smelts?That depends on what you mean by “how well”. We are low on receptor cells ： current estimates say that humans have roughly five million smell-receptor ce
6、lls, about as many as a mouse. _3_Reed says that, across species, there is a relatively good correlation between the number of receptor cells and how strong the sense of smell is. “You can hardly find the olfactory bulb in a human brain its a pea-sized object. In a mouse, its a little bigger. Its be
7、an-sized in a rat, about the size of your little finger in a rabbit, and the size of your thumb in a bloodhound.”Does that mean that our sense of smell is not very acute?Not exactly. While we may not have the olfactory range of other creatures, the receptors we do have are as sensitive as those of a
8、ny animal. _4_ A trained “nose”, such as that of a professional in the perfume business, can name and distinguish about 10,000 odors. Reed says that a perfume expert can sniff a modem scent that has a hundred different odorants in it, go into the lab, and list the ingredients. “In a modest amount of
9、 time, he comes back with what to you or me would smell like a perfect imitation of that perfume. Its amazing.”What happens to4 our sense of smell as we age?Many people continue to have good olfactory function as they get older. _5_ Leopold says that smell is generally highest in childhood, stays th
10、e same from the teens through the 50s, and drops starting at about 60 for women and 65 for men. “The average 80-year-old is only able to smell things half as well as the average 20-year-old,” says Leopold.词汇： scent /sent/ n. 气味，香味petunia /ptju:ni/ n. 喇叭花olfactory /lfkt()ri/ adj. 嗔觉的，味道的sniff /snif/
11、v. 嗅，闻，用力吸注释：1. bring out：使显出，使变得明显2. warn of：发出关于的警告。warn sb. of sth.：警告某人某事3. compare with：与相比4. happen to：发生于，发生在练习：A These flowers have a rich spiciness that no other petunia has.B Odors, or smells, can warn us about trouble.C Thats not the rule, however.D And smell tells us about people.E We ca
12、n also think, and we make conscious (and successful) efforts to tell the difference between one smell and another.F A rat has some 10 million, a rabbit 20 million, and a bloodhound 100 million.答案与题解：1. D 根据后文提到的“我们能够根据气味收集到有关人的很多信息”可以推断此处答案是 D 选项。2. A 前文提到以紫喇叭花的香味举例，选项中只有 A 选项提到了喇叭花。3. F 前文提到人类和小鼠的嗅
13、觉受体细胞数量，可以推断此处应介绍其他物种的嗅觉受体细胞数量。4. E 后文都在介绍人类可以区分味道的不同，所以此处 E 选项最符合原文意思。5. C 后文介绍了不是每个人都随着年龄的增长嗅觉能力不发生变化，所以此处 C 选项最符合原文。参考译文：嗅觉入门嗅觉除了能让我们感受到食物的气味外，还能做什么？美国约翰霍普金斯大学研究嗅觉的专家 Randall Reed 教授指出，气味能提供给我们关于位置，关于我们在哪儿，以及有关人的信息。“无论我们是否意识到，我们能根据气味收集到许多关于谁在我们身边的信息，”Reed 讲道。即使还隔着一段距离，气味就能提醒我们注意很多麻烦：变质的食物，煤气泄漏，或是
14、火灾。“它是一个很好的警告，”约翰霍普金斯大学的医生 Donald Leopold 说道。比方说，烤箱中有东西烧焦了，屋内的每个人都会知道。仅仅是简单的气味，嗅觉就会引起强烈的情感。比如说那种气味就是紫喇叭花。它的气味中有一种其他喇叭花没有的香味。现在我们想象一下，你的母亲在你 3 岁时就去世了，她曾经拥有一座花园。你不必去辨认那种气味或者有意识地回忆起你的母亲或者她的花园，只要是你闻到那种紫喇叭花的香味，你就会感到伤感。与动物相比，人类感知气味的能力有多强？那要取决于你所谓的“多强”是什么意思。我们人类的受体细胞很少：目前估计人类有大概 500 万个嗅觉受体细胞，差不多和一只小鼠的一样多。一
15、只大鼠大约有 1 000 万个，一只兔子有 2 000 万个，一只寻血犬有 1 亿个。Reed 谈到，在不同的物种中，受体细胞的数量和嗅觉的强弱大体是正相关的。“人的大脑中是几乎找不到嗅球的，它像豌豆般大小。小鼠的脑中，嗅球大一点。大鼠的脑中，嗅球有蚕豆那么大，兔子脑中的有你的小手指那么大，而寻血犬脑中的有拇指那么大。”这是不是就意味着我们的嗅觉不够敏锐呢？不完全是。尽管我们的嗅觉范围可能没有其他生物的那么广，但是我们已有的受体细胞和其他动物的一样敏感。我们也可以认为，我们在有意（并且成功地努力区别不同的气味。受过培训的鼻子，比如研究香水的专家的鼻子就能够区分 1 万种气味并说出其名字。Ree
16、d 说，一个香水专家可以在闻完一种含有 100 种不同香料的现代香水后，走进实验室，列出这些成分。“一段时间过后，他调制出来的气味对于你我来说都是那种香水气味的完美复制，太不可思议了。”随着年龄的增长，我们的嗅觉会发生什么变化？许多人年龄增大时还会有很好的嗅觉能力。但并不都是这样。指出，一个人的嗅觉在儿童时最强，在青少年时期一直到 50 多岁都保持不变，女人通常从 60 岁、男人从 65 岁开始下降。“通常来说，80岁的人能闻到的东西是 20 岁的人能闻到的一半， ”Leopold 说道。2.Ice Cream Taster Has Sweet JobJohn Harrison has wha
17、t must be the most wanted job in the United States. Hes the official taster for Edys Grand Ice Cream, one of the nations best-selling brands. Harrisons taste buds are insured for $1 million. _1_ And when he isnt doing that, he travels, buying Edys in supermarkets all over the country so that he can
18、check for perfect appearance, texture, and flavor.After I interviewed Harrison, I realized that the life of an ice cream taster isnt all Cookies n Cream a flavor that* he invented, by the way. No, its extremely hard work, which requires discipline and selflessness.For one thing, he doesnt swallow on
19、 the job. Like a coffee taster, Harrison spits. Using a gold spoon to avoid “off” flavors, he takes a small bite and moves it around in his mouth to introduce it to all 9,000 or so taste buds. _2_ Then he breathes in gently to bring the aroma up through the back of his nose. Each step helps Harrison
20、 evaluate whether the ice cream has a good balance of dairy, sweetness, and added ingredients 一 the three-flavor components of ice cream. Then, even if the ice cream tastes heavenly, he puts it into a trash can. A full stomach makes it, impossible to judge the quality of the flavors.During the workw
21、eek, Harrison told me that he has to make other sacrifices, too: no onions, garlic, or spicy food, and no caffeine. Caffeine will block the taste buds, he says, so his breakfast is a cup of herbal tea. _3_Harrisons family has been in the ice cream business in one way or another1 for four generations
22、, so Harrison has spent his entire life with it2. However, he has never lost his love for its cold, creamy sweetness. _4_ On these occasions3, he does swallow, and he eats about a quart (0.95 liters) each week. By comparison4, the average person in the United States eats 23.2 quarts (21. 96 liters)
23、of ice cream and other frozen dairy products each year.Edys ice cream is available in dozens of flavors. So what flavor does the best-trained ice-cream taster in the country prefer? Vanilla! In fact, vanilla is the best-selling variety in the United States. _5_ “Its a very complex flavor,” Harrison
24、says.词汇： taste bud 味蕾texture /tekst/a/ n. 质地aroma /rum/ n. 芳香vanilla /vml/ n. 香草注释1. in one way or another：以某种方式,用这样或那样的方式2. has spent his entire life with it：为此他已付出一生。spend.with sth.：花（时间等）在某事上3. on these occasions：在这种场合下4. by comparison：相比之下练习：A However, you should never call it plain vanilla.B He
25、 even orders ice cream in restaurants for dessert.C Next he smack-smack-smacks his lips to get some air into the sample.D This is a small price to pay for what he calls the worlds best job.E In his younger days, he would help out at the ice cream factory his uncle owned.F He gets to sample 60 ice cr
26、eams a day at Edys headquarters in Oakland, California.答案与题解：1. F 文中第一段讲了 Harrison 的工作情况。后文提到他休假时的情况，所以此处应为对他工作状态的介绍。2. C 第二段主要介绍了他工作时品尝冰淇淋的过程。前文介绍了刚入口中的情况，此处应该是后续介绍。3. D 第四段讲了他为此工作做出的牺牲。4. B 此处前文讲到他仍然爱吃冰淇淋，所以此处 B 选项最符合原文。5. A 根据后文讲“香草是一种复杂的口味”可以推断此处应为 A 选项。参考译文：冰淇淋品尝师一一一份甜蜜的职业约翰哈瑞森拥有一份可能是美国人最想要的工作。
27、他是一名职业的冰淇淋品尝师，供职于美国最畅销的冰淇淋品牌之一 Edys Grand Ice Cream。哈瑞森已经给味蕾投保了 100 万美元。他每天要在位于加州奥克兰的 Edys 总部尝试 60 种冰淇淋样品。休假时，他会去旅行，并且到全国各地的超市买来Edys 产品，以便检査外观，质地和口味是否完美。在采访完哈瑞森之后，我发现一个冰淇淋品尝师的生活并不像他发明的奶油曲奇味雪糕那样甜。这是一个需要克制和无私的艰难工作。首先，工作时他不能咽下冰淇淋，只能像咖啡品尝师那样吐出。为了避免其他味道的混入，他用金制的汤匙舀取冰淇淋，咬一小口在口中搅动，让大约 9 000 个味蕾全部都能感觉到味道，然后
28、他不断咂嘴唇好让空气进入口中。接着，他轻轻吸一口气，让冰淇淋的芳香窜入鼻中。每一个步骤都有助于哈瑞森判断出这款冰淇淋的牛奶、甜度和添加剂这三种成分是否已达到完美的平衡。即使这个冰淇淋尝起来极其美味，他接下来也会把它扔到垃圾桶里。饱腹感是不可能判断出口味的品质的。哈瑞森告诉我说，在工作周，他也不得不做出很多牺牲：不能吃洋葱、大蒜或辣的食物以及含咖啡因的食物。因为咖啡因会限制味蕾，所以他早饭时只喝一杯花草茶。这只是他为了自己口中世界上最好的工作所付出的一个小代价。哈瑞森的家族中已经有四代人以这样或那样的方式在冰淇淋行业工作，所以他已经为此付出了一生。但他并没有失去对这种凉爽油腻的甜品的爱。他甚至会
29、在餐厅中点冰淇淋作为甜品。在这些时候，他会咽下它们，他每周大概会吃掉一夸脱（0.95 升）的冰淇淋。而美国普通人平均每年要吃掉 23.2 夸脱（21. 96 升）的冰淇淋和其他冰冻奶制品。Edys 的冰淇淋有几十种口味。哪种口味才是这个国家最有经验的冰淇淋品尝师的最爱呢？香草味的！事实上，香草口味是全美最畅销的。但是，你不能称它是纯香草口味。“这是个很复杂的口味，”哈瑞森说道。3. The Apgar TestThe baby was born at 3:36 p. m. At 3:37, she scored 4 out of 10 on her first test. At 3:41, s
30、he scored 8 out of 10. The doctor was glad.Another baby, born at 8:24 p. m., scored 3 out of 10 on his first test. He scored 4 out of 10 on his second test. He took another test at 8:34 and scored 5. _1_ He called for help1.These newborn babies took a test called the Apgar test. This test helps doct
31、ors diagnose problems. _2_ Most babies take two tests. The first is at 1 minute after birth, and the second is at 5 minutes after birth. If a babys score at 5 minutes is less than 6, the baby takes another test at 10 minutes after birth.The Apgar test is not an intelligence test. Its a test that sho
32、ws a babys health right after it is born. The Apgar test measures things such as a babys color, heart rate, and breathing. The test has five parts, and the score for each part can be 0, 1, or 2. _3_A doctor named Virginia Apgar developed the test. Apgar went to medical school at Columbia University
33、in New York City in 1929. She faced many challenges because she was the first woman in the program. However, she was one of the best students in her class. After medical school, she started treating patients2.Apgar also became a researcher in anesthesiology, a new topic in medicine at the time3. Dur
34、ing her studies, she learned how to give patients anesthesia. _4_In the 1940s, many women started to have anesthesia when they gave birth. Apgar had a question: How does anesthesia affect newborn babies? In 1949, when Apgar was a professor at Columbias medical school, she created her simple test. Sh
35、e wrote a paper about her methods in 1953. Soon after, people started using the Apgar test around the world.In her work, Apgar saw that many newborns had problems. She wanted to help these babies survive. She stopped practicing medicine in 1959, and she went back to school to get a masters degree in
36、 public health. _5_Today, the Apgar test is still used all over the world. Newborn babies dont know it, but Virginia Apgar is a very important person in the first few minutes of their lives.词汇： diagnose /daignuz/ vt. & vi. 诊断（疾病）anesthesiology /,nis,izildi/ n. 麻醉学anesthesia /,nisizi/ n. 麻醉注释：1. call
37、ed for help：需要帮助，求救。call for：需要，要求，提倡；来找（某人），来取（某物）。2. she started treating patients：她开始治疗病人。treat sb.有三种意思，分别是“ 对待某人”“治疗某人”和“款待某人 ”。treat 作“治疗”讲，是普通用语的治疗，意义广泛，cure 多用于疾病方面，heal 多用于创伤或外伤方面。3. at the time：当时，在那时。同义短语有 at that point, at that time, on the occasion。练习：A Doctors add the scores together f
38、or the total Apgar score.B She spent the rest of her life doing research and raising money to help newborn babies.C A score of 10 is uncommon.D The doctor was worried.E They decide if a baby is normal or needs special care.F Anesthesia is a procedure that makes patients lose consciousness, so they d
39、o not feel any pain during surgery.答案与题解：1. D 由第二段的前半部分可知这个婴儿三次健康测试的分数都不理想，而且最后一句提到他需要救助，说明他的情况不容乐观，所以医生应该担心。因此，答案为 D。2. E 第三段中第二句话提到这项测试帮助医生诊断新生儿的问题，即医生可以根据测试结果判断新生儿的健康状况。因此，答案为 E。3. A 顺承本段倒数第二句的句意可知选项 A 和选项 C 都可以，但选项 C 说 10 分的成绩不常见，这一点由全文其他地方推断不出来。因此，答案为 A。4. F 本段第二句话最后提到阿普加学习给病人实施麻醉，而选项 F 讲的是麻醉是什
40、么，正好与本段第二句话句意吻合。因此,答案为 F。5. B 本段主要讲的是阿普加帮助新生儿的愿望以及她为此所做的努力，纵观六个选项符合段意的只有选项 B。因此，答案为 B。参考译文：阿普加测试下午 3:36，一个婴儿出生了。3:37 时，她的第一次健康测试成绩是 4 分（总分 10 分）。3:41 时，她的成绩是 8 分，医生感到非常高兴。另一天晚上 8:24，另外一个婴儿出生了。他的第一次测试成绩是 3 分，第二次成绩是 4 分。8:34 时又进行了一次测试，成绩是 5 分。医生非常担心，这个婴儿需要救助。这些新生儿进行的是一项叫作阿普加的测试。这项测试帮助医生诊断新生儿的问题，他们根据测试
41、成绩判断新生儿是正常的还是需要特殊护理。大多数的婴儿会接受两次测试。第一次是在出生后 1 分钟，第二次是在出生后 5 分钟。如果婴儿在第二次测试中的成绩少于 6 分，那他们需要在出生 10 分钟后再进行一次测试。阿普加测试不是一项智力测试。它是一项在婴儿出生后表明其健康状况的测试。这项测试会测量诸如婴儿的皮肤颜色、心率、呼吸一类的项目，总共包括五部分，每一部分的成绩可以是 0 分、1 分或 2分。医生把每一部分的成绩加起来就是这项测试的总分。一位名叫弗吉尼亚阿普加的医生设计了这项测试。 1929 年，阿普加去纽约的哥伦比亚大学医学院就读。由于是这个学科里的第一位女性，使她面临了许多挑战。然而，
42、她却是班上最好的学生之一。完成医学院的学业后，她开始给患者治疗。阿普加还是麻醉学方面的研究者，当时麻醉学是一项新的医学课题。在求学过程中，她学会了如何给患者实施麻醉。麻醉会使病人失去意识，因而他们在手术过程中不会感到任何疼痛。20 世纪 40 年代，许多妇女在分娩时开始使用麻醉。但阿普加有个疑问：麻醉是如何影响新生儿的呢？1949 年，当阿普加在哥伦比亚医学院担任教授时，她创造了这项简单测试。1953 年，她写了一篇关于该测试方法的论文。不久之后，人们开始在世界范围内使用阿普加测试。在工作中，阿普加发现许多新生儿都有健康问题。她想帮助这些新生儿活下来。1959 年，她中止了行医，回到学校攻读公
43、共卫生硕士学位。她把自己的余生都奉献给了医学研究以及筹集资金帮助新生儿。今天，阿普加测试仍然在全世界范围内被广泛运用。虽然新生儿们并不知道，但弗吉尼亚阿普加却是他们生命的前几分钟里非常重要的一个人。4. Baby TalkBabies normally start to talk when they are 13 to 15 months old. Ryan Jones is only eight months old, but he is already “talking” with his parents. When lie is hungry, he opens and closes h
44、is hand. This means milk. He also knows the signs for his favorite toy and the word more.Ryan is not deaf, and his parents are not deaf, but his mother and father are teaching him to sign. They say a word and make a sign at the same time. They repeat this again and again. When _1_ Ryans parents thin
45、k that he will be a happier baby because he can communicate with them.Ryan s parents are teaching Ryan to sign because of a man named Joseph Garcia. Although Garcia was not from a deaf family, he decided to learn American Sign Language (ASL). First, he took courses in ASL. Then he got a job helping
46、deaf people communicate with hearing people. In his work, he saw many deaf parents sign to their infants. He noticed that these babies were able to communicate much earlier than hearing children. _2_ When they were one year old, they could use as many as 50 signs.Garcia decided to try something new.
47、 He taught ASL to parents who were not deaf. The families started to teach signs to their infants when they were six or seven months old. _3_ More and more parents took Garcias ASL classes. Like Ryans family, they were excited about signing with their babies. They wanted to give their babies a way t
48、o communicate before they could use spoken words.Some people worry about signing to babies. They are afraid that these babies wont feel a need to talk. Maybe they will develop spoken language later than other babies. _4_ In fact, one study found just the opposite. Signing babies actually learned to
49、speak earlier than other children. As they grow older, these children are more interested in books. They also score higher on intelligence tests1.There is still a big question for parents: Which are the best signs to teach their babies? Some parents make their own signs. Other parents want to teach ASL. _5_ Theres no clear answer, but we do know this: All signing babies and their fa
