单选题   We are what we eat, and now researchers are saying that our diet affects how we sleep. A study, published in the journal Appetite, found differences in the diets of people who slept for seven to eight hours a night compared with those snoozing for five. Since less sleep is associated with high blood pressure, poorer blood-glucose control (increasing the risk of diabetes) and obesity (as is more sleep in some studies), shouldn't we eat the foods that are most likely to help us sleep a healthy amount? And does anyone know what foods these are?
    The study in Appetite used data from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and found that those who slept the standard seven to eight hours ate the greatest variety of foods. Those who slept the least (less than five hours) drank less water, took in less vitamin C, had less selenium (硒) (found in nuts, meat and shellfish) but ate more green, leafy vegetables. Longer sleep was associated with more carbohydrates, alcohol and less choline (胆碱) (found in eggs and fatty meats) and less theorbomine (茶碱) (found in chocolate and tea). The researchers took into account other factors such as obesity, physical activity and income, and still found these differences in diet.
    They concluded that both long (nine hours-plus) and short sleep are associated with less varied diets but say they don't know if changing diet would affect how long we sleep for. The study shows only an association, although the link with short and long sleep both being 'unhealthy' holds true with a 2011 review of evidence about the length of sleep and risk of heart disease.
    The evidence on what diet would help us sleep best isn't clear. It is also not evident how much individual preferences for sleep—some like to sleep longer than others—affect these results. But there is more research on the relationship between sleep and weight, with studies showing the shorter the amount of sleep a person has, the hungrier they feel.
    A German study presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive (摄食的) Behaviour last year showed that after just one night of sleep disruption the volunteers in the study were less energetic (so used up fewer calories) but hungrier. The researchers said their volunteers also had raised blood levels of ghrelin (胃饥饿素), a hormone linked to the feeling of hunger. A commentary a few months later in the Journal of the Canadian Medical Association backed this association, saying that while encouraging a weight-loss regime of eating less, moving more and sleeping more might be too simplistic, diets were helped by good amounts of high quality sleep.
    So while no one knows what foods will stop you waking up at 5 am, you won't go wrong with a more varied diet and a sensible bedtime.
单选题     What can we learn from the first paragraph?
 
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】由the first paragraph定位到第一段。 推理判断题。由定位段第二、三句可知,饮食差异影响我们的睡眠时间,而睡眠时间又与某些疾病相关;文章第一句指出,吃什么,像什么,即我们的饮食直接影响我们的健康。因此,答案为A。
单选题     What can we learn from the second paragraph?
 
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】由the second paragraph定位到第二段。 细节辨认题。由定位段第一句可知,那些每天睡眠时间为标准的7至8小时的人所吃食物的种类最丰富。因此,答案为A。
单选题     What does the 2011 review indicate?
 
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】由the 2011 review定位到第三段最后一句。 推理判断题。定位句指出,2011年的一项关于睡眠时间与患心脏疾病的风险的关系的调查证实了睡眠时间过短与睡眠时间过长都是“不健康”的。因此,答案为C。
单选题     According to the fourth paragraph, it is clear that ______.
 
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】由选项中的individual preferences for sleep定位到第四段。 推理判断题。由定位段最后一句可知,很多关于睡眠与体重关系的研究表明,一个人睡得越少,就越觉得饿。由此推断,睡得少可能会让人摄入更多的食品,故答案为D。
单选题     What does the German study find?
 
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】根据the German study定位到倒数第二段。 推理判断题。定位段第一、二句指出,德国的一项研究表明,经过一个晚上的睡眠干扰之后,志愿者感觉更饿,这是因为他们血液中的胃饥饿素水平升高了。因此,答案为B。