[简答题]{{B}}Section D{{/B}}
In this section, there is one passage
followed by five questions. Read the passage carefully, and then answer the
questions in a maximum of 10 words. Remember to write the answers on the answer
sheet.
Some of the senses that we and other terrestrial mammals take
for granted are either reduced or absent in cetaceans or fail to function well
in water. For example, it appears from their brain structure that toothed
species are unable to smell. Baleen species, on the other hand, appear to have
some related brain structures but it is not known whether these are functional.
It has been speculated that, as the blowholes evolved and migrated to the top of
the head, the neural pathways serving sense of smell may have been nearly all
sacrificed. Similarly, although at least some cetaceans have taste buds, the
nerves serving these have degenerated or are rudimentary.
The
sense of touch has sometimes been described as