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【題目】A study published Monday found that people who sleep less tend to be fat，and experts said it’s time to find out if more sleep will fight fatness.

“We’ve put so much emphasis on diet and exercise that we’ve failed to recognize the value of good sleep，”said Fred Turek，a physician at Northwestern University.

Monday’s study from Eastern Virgnia Medical School in Norfolk covered 1,000 people and found that total sleep time decreased as body mass index－a measure of weight based on height increased.

“Men slept an average of 27 minutes less than women and overweight and fat patients slept less than patients with normal weights，”it said.In general the fatter subjects slept about 1.8 hours a week less than those with normal weights.

“Americans experience insufficient sleep and fat bodies.Clinicians are aware of the burden of fatness on patients，”the study said.

“Our findings suggest that major extensions of sleep time may not be necessary，as an extra 20 minutes of sleep per night seems to be associated with a lower body mass index，”it added.

“We caution that this study does not set up a causeandeffect relationship between restricted sleep and fatness，but investigations indicating success in weight loss via extensions of sleep would help greatly to set up such a relationship.”

The study was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine along with an editorial by Turek and Northwestern colleague Joseph Bass commenting on it and related research.

Inan interview，Turek said some studies have shown the lack of sleep causes declines in an appetiteholding back protein hormone，and increases in another hormone that cause a longing for food.“In addition neuropathies(神經(jīng)療法)in the brain governing sleep and fatness appear to overlap(部分重疊)，”he said.

“Fatness has been rising dramatically in developed countries and reached epidemic(流行病)levels in the United States，”it added，“l(fā)eading to a variety of health problems.”

A new study having been 【1】
【2】	in the past	diet and 【3】
	this time	sleep
A study from Eastern Virginia Medical School	People	1,000 were 【4】
	difference	Men slept 27ms less than women on 【5】
	Americans' problem	【6】 sleep and fat bodies
	conclusion	Weight loss set up 【7】 between sleep & fatness.
	Reason	Less sleep causes protein hormone to 【8】
	concern	developing countries	rising with 【9】speed
		in the USA	quite 【10】

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】published

【2】Emphasis

【3】exercise

【4】covered

【5】average

【6】insufficient

【7】relationship/connection

【8】reduce/decline

【9】high

【10】common

【解析】本文研究睡眠不足與肥胖之間的關(guān)系。

【1】在第一段提到這個(gè)研究已經(jīng)成為公眾所知。故答案為published 。

【2】在第二段第一句說到人們以前把研究肥胖原因的重點(diǎn)放在飲食和鍛煉上�？芍�填Emphasis 。

【3】以前研究的重點(diǎn)是飲食和鍛煉，現(xiàn)在是研究睡眠�？芍�填exercise。

【4】這里的covered與第三段第一句話里的一樣，意為“采訪”。可知填covered。

【5】an average of“以……的平均數(shù)”，on average“平均為”。可知填average。

【6】本文研究的就是睡眠不足與肥胖之間的關(guān)系�？芍�填insufficient。

【7】根據(jù)文中的“investigations indicating success in weight loss via extensions of sleep would help greatly to set up such a relationship”可知，減肥在一定程度上印證了這個(gè)觀點(diǎn)。可知填relationship/connection。

【8】睡眠不足使得某種荷爾蒙減少�？芍�填reduce/decline 。

【9】根據(jù)最后一段可知在發(fā)展中國家，這個(gè)問題很突出，可以猜測出dramatically這個(gè)副詞是個(gè)程度副詞，意為“極度地，明顯地”。可知填high。

【10】在美國這個(gè)問題幾乎到了流行病的程度，說明這已是普遍現(xiàn)象�？芍�填common。