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课时作业
课时作业(十四)
必修第三册
Unit 3 Diverse Cultures
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between communities,"said Dr.Inger Leemans,a
A
professor of cultural history at Vrije University
Flowing through winding streets of London
Amsterdam.He said that introducing smells into
were smells,so common during the Great Plague
museums or classrooms leads people to open up in
of the 17th century that they almost meant
discussions in ways they do not always do when
the plague itself,historians said.For hundreds of
discussing other issues of national identity."It is
years,people believed that disease was spread not
such an open topic and what we want to do is think
through tiny drops or insect bites,but through
about how we can bring history to the nose."
taking in unpleasant smells.To purify the air
1.What does the writer intend to do by Paragraph 1?
around them,they would burn rosemary and
A.Introduce the topic.
hot tar.
B.Put forward his argument.
Now,as the world faces another widespread
C.Voice his opinion.
outbreak,a team of historians and scientists from
D.Offer detailed information.
six European countries is seeking to identify and
2.Why does the team carry out the project?
categorize the most common smells of daily life
A.To study the effects of smells
across Europe from the 16th century to the early
B.To develop a cure for plagues.
20th century and to study what changes in smells
C.To find out the causes of disease.
over time reveal about society.
D.To help us learn about the past.
The project will search through more than
3.What does the underlined word "incorporate"in
250,000 images and thousands of texts,including
Paragraph 3 probably mean?
medical textbooks,novels and magazines in seven
A.Include.
B.Break.
languages.Researchers will use machine learning
C.Change.
D.Create.
and Al to analyze references to smells.Once they
4.What's Dr.Inger Leemans'attitude towards the
are cataloged,researchers,working with chemists
project?
and perfumers,will recreate roughly 120 smells
A.Sceptical.
B.Ambiguous.
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