在2016考研英语的备考中，真题具有权威性、趋向性，能有效帮助考生了解命题方向，探析解题思路，其重要性不言而喻。想要玩转2016考研英语，有一关是考生不得不攻克的，那就是长难句，完型、阅读、新题型、翻译乃至作文，所用之处比比皆是。下面就带各位考生在真题段落中学习一下长难句。

　　PART 1

　　Our noses arecapable of detecting human smells even when these are 8 to far below one part in one million.Strangely , some people find that they can smell one type of flower but not another , whereas others are sensitive to the smells of both flowers. This may be because some people do not have the genes necessary to generate particular smell receptors in the nose. These receptors are the cells which sense smells and send messages to the brain. However , it has been found that even people insensitive to a certain smell at first can suddenly become sensitive to it when exposed to it often enough.

　　●真题段落中有哪些闪光词汇?

　　生成特定气味接收器：generate particular smell receptors

　　发送信息给大脑：send messages to the brain

　　接触X足够长的时间：expose to X often enough

　　察觉到人的气味：detect human smells

　　稀释到远低于百万分之一：be diluted to far below one part in one million

　　●COME ON!来练练手!

　　However , it has been found that even people (insensitive to a certain smell at first ) can suddenly become sensitive to it when exposed to it often enough.

　　【翻译】

　　然而，人们发现了，即使是那些最初对某种气味不敏感的人，只要接触这种气味足够长时间，也会突然对这种气味敏感起来。