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2022-2023年内蒙古自治区包头市大学英语6级大学英语六级模拟考试(含答案) 学校:________ 班级:________ 姓名:________ 考号:________  一、2.Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(20题) 1.Vioxx showed no connection to heart problems in its clinical trial.A.Y B.N C.NG?2.Obesity EpidemicAsk anyone why there is an obesity epidemic and they will say that its all down to eating too much and burning too few calories. That is undoubtedly true. But its also true that we live in an obesogenic (肥胖基因的) environment: calorific food is plentiful and cheap and our lifestyles are increasingly sedentary.Now, obesity researchers are increasingly dissatisfied with such explanations. They believe that something else must have changed in our environment to cause such dramatic rises in obesity over the past 40 years or so. Nobody is saying that the big two -- reduced physical activity and increased availability of food -- are not important contributors to the epidemic. But they cannot explain it all.Earlier this year a review paper by 20 obesity experts set out the 9 most plausible alternative explanations for the epidemic. Here they are.Not Enough SleepIt is widely believed that sleep is for the brain, not the body. Could a shortage of shut-eye also be helping to make us fat?Several large epidemiological studies suggest there may be a link. People who sleep less than 7 hours a night tend to have a higher body mass index (BMI) than people who sleep more, according to data gathered by the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Similarly, the US Nurses Health Study found that those who slept an average of 5 hours a night gained more weight during the study period than those who slept 6 hours, who in turn gained more than those who slept 7.Its well known that obesity impairs sleep, so perhaps people get fat first and sleep less afterwards. But the nurses study suggests that it can work in the other direction too: sleep loss may cause weight gain. One factor that could be at work here is the way sleep depr