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【题目】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(神经疗法)in the brain governing sleep and fatness appear to overlap(部分重叠)，”he said.

“Fatness has been rising dramatically in developed countries and reached epidemic(流行病)levels in the United States，”it added，“leading 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】本文研究睡眠不足与肥胖之间的关系。

【1】在第一段提到这个研究已经成为公众所知。故答案为published 。

【2】在第二段第一句说到人们以前把研究肥胖原因的重点放在饮食和锻炼上。可知填Emphasis 。

【3】以前研究的重点是饮食和锻炼，现在是研究睡眠。可知填exercise。

【4】这里的covered与第三段第一句话里的一样，意为“采访”。可知填covered。

【5】an average of“以……的平均数”，on average“平均为”。可知填average。

【6】本文研究的就是睡眠不足与肥胖之间的关系。可知填insufficient。

【7】根据文中的“investigations indicating success in weight loss via extensions of sleep would help greatly to set up such a relationship”可知，减肥在一定程度上印证了这个观点。可知填relationship/connection。

【8】睡眠不足使得某种荷尔蒙减少。可知填reduce/decline 。

【9】根据最后一段可知在发展中国家，这个问题很突出，可以猜测出dramatically这个副词是个程度副词，意为“极度地，明显地”。可知填high。

【10】在美国这个问题几乎到了流行病的程度，说明这已是普遍现象。可知填common。