13. But Horsfield stresses that that's different from a proof of Turin's idea. "So far things look plausible, but we need proper experimental verification. We're beginning to think about what experiments could be performed."</p> 14. Meanwhile, Turin is pressing ahead with his hypothesis. "At Flexitral we have been designing odorants exclusively on the basis of their computed vibrations," he says. "Our success rate at odorant discovery is two orders of magnitude better than the competition." At the very least, he is putting his money where his nose is.
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Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage? Please write
/ V' g/ m1 Y0 k. ^ l5 X; ]. d! `- f9 b TRUE if the statement agrees with the writer
3 X. h6 J: e" o) ?: l# o FALSE if the statement does not agree with the writer+ \' x: z; k H: a8 `
NOT GIVEN if there is no information about this in the passage4 [' b! K- w* w/ V
1. The result of the study at UCL agrees with Turin‘s theory.
% Z, g! d O8 X) U! n 2. The study at UCL could conclusively prove what Luca Turin has hypothesized.
+ D8 p$ a; F" d7 X% ^# [) a: i9 _ 3. Turin left his post at UCL and started his own business because his theory was ignored.2 o/ B; z8 K, M1 f
4. The molecules of alcohols and those of thiols look alike.
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Complete the sentences below with words from the passage. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
5 V5 Z6 m7 |4 \- g 5. The hypothesis that we smell by sensing the molecular vibration was made by ______.1 b, j* v4 c# `; F- }
6. Turin‘s company is based in ______.
6 n2 r4 I' \9 T6 y 7. Most scientists believed that our nose works in the same way as our ______.: z( ~8 |) `% _& s# T
8. Different isotopes can smell different when ______ weigh differently.+ k' G& {& f) D. B4 Z* P5 |& C
9. According to Audrew Horsfield, it is still to be proved that ______ could really occur in human nose.
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' G. X6 @6 q/ c# W7 f Answer the questions below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.% [7 _& ~6 Q$ Z( F
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