tailieunhanh - IELTS Academic Reading Sample 111 - The meaning and power of smell

Hãy tham khảo IELTS Academic Reading Sample 111 - The meaning and power of smell để giúp các bạn biết thêm cấu trúc đề thi IELTS như thế nào, rèn luyện kỹ năng giải bài tập và có thêm tư liệu tham khảo chuẩn bị cho kì thi học kì sắp tới đạt điểm tốt hơn. | You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40 which are based on Reading Passage 111 below. Questions 27-32 Reading Passage 111 has six paragraphs A F. Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below. Write the correct number i viii in boxes 27-32 on your answer sheet. List of Headings i The difficulties of talking about smells ii The role of smell in personal relationships iii Future studies into smell iv The relationship between the brain and the nose v The interpretation of smells as a factor in defining groups vi Why our sense of smell is not appreciated vii Smell is our superior sense viii The relationship between smell and feelings 27 Paragraph A 28 Paragraph B 29 Paragraph C 30 Paragraph D 31 Paragraph E 32 Paragraph F The meaning and power of smell The sense of smell or olfaction is powerful. Odours affect us on a physical psychological and social level. For the most part however we breathe in the aromas which surround us without being consciously aware of their importance to us. It is 5 only when the faculty of smell is impaired for some reason that we begin to realise the essential role the sense of smell plays in our sense of well-being. ZIM ACADEMY Room 2501 Ocean Group Building 19 Nguyen Trai Thanh Xuan Dist Hanoi A A survey conducted by Anthony Synott at Montreal s Concordia University asked participants to comment on how important smell was to them in their lives. It became apparent that smell can evoke strong emotional responses. A scent associated with a good experience can bring a rush of joy while a foul odour or one associated with a bad memory may make us grimace with disgust. Respondents to the survey noted that many of their olfactory likes and dislikes were based on emotional associations. Such associations can be powerful enough so that odours that we would generally label unpleasant become agreeable and those that we would generally consider fragrant become disagreeable for particular individuals. The