2．One day，a patient came to see me．He worked as a waiter in a restaurant and his problem was acid reflux （胃酸倒流），a disease that influences as many as 40 percent of Americans，a marked increase in recent years．Reflux can lead to esophageal （食道的） cancer，which has increased by about 500percent since the 1970s．The drugs we use to treat reflux don't always work and may even increase the risk of developing cancer when used long term．
What is responsible for these worrying developments？For one，our poor diet，with its huge increases in the intake of sugar，fat，soft drinks，and unhealthy foods．But another important fact has been overlooked：dinnertime．Over the past twenty years，the time of my patients'evening meals has become later and later．Dinner--already pushed back by longer work hours--is often further delayed （推遲） by activities such as shopping and exercise．
In my experience，the single most important treatment for reflux is to avoid late eating．A patient with reflux came to see me because her father and uncle died of esophageal cancer，and she was afraid of getting it too．Her nightly routine （常規(guī)） included a 9p．m．dinner with at least two bottles of red wine．The reflux was serious，and changes were needed．
She listened，then did not come back to see me for a year．"For the first two months，I just hated you，"she told me，"and for the next two months，I was having some trouble eating．I guessed I was going to die of esophageal cancer．"Then she added，"You know，we're the reason that it's not so easy to get 6p．m．reservations （預(yù)約） at the good restaurants anymore．"
To stop the increase in reflux disease，we have to stop eating at least three hours before bed．As for my waiter patient？I told him to eat dinner before 7p．m．Within six weeks，his reflux was gone．
39．The disease the waiter caught isA．
A．on the rise
B．easy to control
C．unusual in America
D．the most dangerous cancer
40．What does the underlined word"overlooked"in Paragraph 2 mean？B
A．Talked about a lot．
B．Paid no attention to．
C．Carefully looked into．
D．Taken into consideration．
41．Why did the woman patient hate the author？B
A．He spoke of her dead father and uncle．
B．He asked her to change her eating habits．
C．He couldn't find a way to deal with her problem．
D．He couldn't make her healthy again within a year．
42．The author writes the text to tell usD．
A．not to work late at night
B．to avoid eating at restaurants
C．unhealthy foods cause cancer
D．the danger of eating late at night．
分析 本文是一篇議論文．文章主要討論了吃晚飯吃得太晚的危害，否則會(huì)導(dǎo)致疾病，甚至?xí){生命．
解答 39．A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段中的a disease that influences as many as 40 percent of Americans，a marked increase in recent years可知，患胃酸倒流病的人數(shù)正在逐年增加．故選A．
40．B 詞義猜測(cè)題．根據(jù)該句中的But以及下文介紹晚飯吃得太晚的弊端可知，晚飯時(shí)間是一個(gè)被人們忽視了的問(wèn)題．故選B．
41．B 推理判斷題．根據(jù)第三段中的The reflux was serious，and changes were needed．和第四段可知，作者讓這位女病人將自己的晚飯時(shí)間提前，然而女病人很難做到，因此恨作者．故選B．
42．D 寫(xiě)作目的題．作者以一個(gè)病人的案例引出晚上吃飯時(shí)間太晚容易得胃酸倒流病，并且給出自己的建議，然后再以一個(gè)女病人的病例對(duì)此加以證明，最后得出結(jié)論．由此可知，作者寫(xiě)作此文的目的在于告誠(chéng)大家晚飯時(shí)間很關(guān)鍵，不能吃得太晚，否則會(huì)導(dǎo)致疾病，甚至?xí){生命．故選D．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一個(gè)人物故事類閱讀，題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題，做題時(shí)結(jié)合原文和題目有針對(duì)性的找出相關(guān)語(yǔ)句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測(cè)，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．
