Hunting perfume in Madagascar

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题目与答案

1. Questions 14-18

   The reading Passage has five paragraphs A-E

   Which paragraph contains the following details?

   Write the correct letter A-E in boxes 14-18 on your answer sheet.

   NB You may use any letter more than once.

   14 One currently preferred spot to pick up plants for novel finding
   • A
   • B
   • C
   • D
   • E

   答案：B

   原文定位：The island of Madagascar is an evolutionary hot spot; 85% of its plants are unique, making it an ideal source for novel fragrances. Last October, Quest International;sent an expedition to Madagascar in pursuit of some of nature’s most novel fragrances

2. 15 A new task seems to be promising yet producing limited finding in fragrance source
   • A
   • B
   • C
   • D
   • E

   答案：E

   原文定位：The group also set out from the island to capture the smell of coral reefs. Odors that conjure up sun kissed seas are highly sought after by the perfume industry. “From the ocean, the only thing we have is seaweed, and that has a dark and heavy aroma. We hope to find something unique among the corals,” says Dir;So what does coral smell like? “It’s a bit like lobster and crab,” says Clery

3. 16 The demanding conditions for fragrance to endure
   • A
   • B
   • C
   • D
   • E

   答案：A

   原文定位：And many of today’s fragrances have to survive tougher treatment than ever before, resisting the destructive power of bleach or a high temperature wash cycle

4. 17 A substitute for substance no longer available to the perfume manufacture
   • A
   • B
   • C
   • D
   • E

   答案：D

   原文定位：The sap of this Calophyllum smelt rich and aromatic, a little like church incense. But it also smelt of something like fragrance industry has learnt to live without, castoreum, a substance extracted from the musk glands of beavers and once a key ingredient in many perfumes. The company does not use animal products any longer, but it was wonderful to find a tree with an animal smell

5. 18 Description of an outdoor expedition on land chasing new fragrances.
   • A
   • B
   • C
   • D
   • E

   答案：B

   原文定位：Last October, Quest International;sent an expedition to Madagascar in pursuit of some of nature’s most novel fragrances;Each day the team set out from their “hotel”-a wooden hut lit by kerosene lamps, and trailed up and down paths and animal tracks, exploring the thick vegetation up to 10 meters on either side of the trail;After the luxuriance of the rainforest, the little-known island of Nosy Hara was a stark, dry place;One of the biggest prizes here was a sweet-smelling sap weeping from the gnarled branches of some ancient shrubby trees in the parched interior

6. Questions 19-23

   Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage?

   In boxes 19-23 on your answer sheet, write

   19 Manufacturers can choose to use synthetic odours for the perfume nowadays.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：Chemists can create new smells from synthetic molecules, and a growing number of the odours on the perfumer’s palette are artificial

7. 20 Madagascar is chosen to be a place for hunting plants which are rare in other parts of the world.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：The island of Madagascar is an evolutionary hot spot; 85% of its plants are unique, making it an ideal source for novel fragrances. Last October, Quest International;sent an expedition to Madagascar in pursuit of some of nature’s most novel fragrances

8. 21 Capturing the smell is one of the most important things for creating new aromas.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：NOT GIVEN

9. 22 The technique the hunters used to trap fragrance molecules is totally out of their ingenuity.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：With some simple technology, borrowed from the pollution monitoring industry, and a fair amount of ingenuity, the perfume hunters bagged 20 promising new aromas in the Madagascan rainforest;With most flowers or fruits, the hunters used a technique originally designed to trap and identify air pollutants

10. 23 Most customers prefer the perfume made of substance extracted from the musk glands of animals.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：NOT GIVEN

11. Questions 24-26

    Filling the blanks and answer the questions below with ONLY ONE WORD.

    A simple device used to trap molecules

    

    24 the gear holding the equipment together _____ of the flusk or a glass jar

    答案：headspace

    原文定位：A glass bell jar or flask is fitted over the flower. The fragrance molecules are trapped in this ‘headspace’ and can be extracted by pumping the air out over a series of filters which absorb different types of volatile molecules

12. 25 pumping out air through _____ collecting fragrance

    答案：filters

    原文定位：The fragrance molecules are trapped in this ‘headspace’ and can be extracted by pumping the air out over a series of filters which absorb different types of volatile molecules

13. 26_____ made of silicone rubber

    答案：needle

    原文定位：If it is impossible to attach the headspace gear, hunters fix an absorbent probe close to the source of the smell. The probe looks something like a hypodermic syringe, except that the ‘needle’ is made of silicone rubber which soaks up molecules from the air