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We have known that snacking late at night could contribute to weight gain. A new study shows other five reasons why you should avoid eating late at night.
1. It can affect your memory. According to American researchers, snacking late at night could negatively affect your memory. It had the potential to impact cognitive functions.
2. It makes you have weird dreams. People's bad eating habits can have a negative effect on sleep patterns and dreaming. 
3.It increases the risk of a heart attack. Experts have found that eating dinner after 7 pm could increase the risk of suffering a heart attack.
4. They found that eating dinner late at night had the most important impact on overnight blood pressure. Eating before two hours of going to sleep did more damage than indulging in a high salt content diet.
5. It makes you hungrier the next day. Eating late at night can make you feel hungrier than usual when you wake up the next morning. 

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1.What had the potential to impact cognitive functions?

A Eating junk food.

B Eating in the morning.

C Snacking late at night.

D Eating and drinking all day.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第二段中的According to American researchers, snacking late at night could negatively affect your memory. It had the potential to impact cognitive functions.可知吃夜宵可能会对认知功能产生影响，故选C。

2.What do people's bad eating habits have a negative effect on?

A Sleep patterns.

B Dreaming.

C both A & B.

D Appearance.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句People's eating habits can have a negative effect on sleep patterns and dreaming. 可知饮食习惯会对人类的睡眠模式和梦境产生负面影响，故选C。

3.Experts have found that eating dinner after 7 pm could increase the risk of suffering _____.

A depression

B unemployment

C a heart attack

D health problems

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句Experts have found that eating dinner after 7 pm could increase the risk of suffering a heart attack.可知专家发现，晚上7点后进食可能会增加患心脏病的风险，故选C。

4.Eating before two hours of going to sleep did _____ damage than indulging in a high salt content diet.

A less

B more

C nothing

D /

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第五段第二句Eating before two hours of going to sleep did more damage than indulging in a high salt content diet.可知睡前两小时进食比高盐饮食的危害更大，故选B。

5.Will eating late at night make you hungrier the next day?

A Yes, it will.

B No, it won’t.

C Maybe, it won’t.

D We don’t know.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据最后一段It makes you hungrier the next day. Eating late at night can make you feel hungrier than usual when you wake up the next morning.可知深夜进食会让你第二天更饿，故选A。