填空题 Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
Not getting enough sleep doesn't just make you tired. It also makes you fat because of {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}food-eating, according to researchers in America.
The researchers {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}a study which included eight men and eight women, and found that participants who lacked sleep for a week gained almost two pounds.
To establish a standard, participants spent the first three nights sleeping up to nine hours a night, and {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}only as many calories as they burned each day. Their daily amount of food and oxygen, and production of carbon dioxide were {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}.
Then participants {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}two groups, with one limited to sleeping five hours a night, while the other continued to be allowed nine hours. After five nights, the groups {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}. During this part of the {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}, participants were allowed to eat as much as they wanted.
The researchers found that participants burned about 5 percent more calories when their sleep was limited to five hours, but they consumed about 6 percent more calories, {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}when they were allowed nine hours.
Although the participants ate less at breakfast when they had five hours of sleep, they ate more over the rest of the day; they {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}consumed an increased number of calories after the dinner and finally gained weight. When they shifted to {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}sleep patterns they lose the pounds.