Question

Sandwich was an Englishman. He lived in the 18^th century(世纪). Sandwich was rich, but he liked to play cards (纸牌) for money. He often played for 24 hours, and didn't even stop to have his meals. He ordered(命令) his servants (仆人) to bring him some meat and bread. He put the meat between the two pieces of bread and held the food in his left hand while he played cards with his right hand. People liked Sandwich’s idea, and from then on they ate bread and meat as Sandwich did.

From the name of the man, Sandwich, we have the word of the food “sandwich” today.

1.Sandwich was the _________.

A. name of a servant

B. name of a man with a lot of money

C. poor man who lived on playing cards

D. name of food which was liked by the rich

2.People liked Sandwich’s idea because_________.

A. bread, together with meat was cheap

B. he always won when he played cards

C. they liked Sandwich himself

D. when they ate with one of their hands they could do something with the other.

3. Today, “sandwich” is __________  .

A. also a name of a rich man

B. two pieces of bread with meat in between

C. not interested in playing cards

D. not liked by most of the people

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

【解析】

试题分析：你知道三明治的由来吗？你知道Sandwich一开始指的是一个人，而不是一种食物吗？这篇短文给我们介绍了三明治这种食物的由来，它是18世纪的一个叫Sandwich的英国人发明的。

1.B 细节理解题。根据短文的开头Sandwich was an Englishman. He lived in the 18th century(世纪). Sandwich was rich,可知，Sandwich是一个英国人，他生活在18世纪，非常富有。故应选B。

2.D 推理判断题。根据短文中He put the meat between the two pieces of bread and held the food in his left hand while he played cards with his right hand.可知，Sandwich想出了一个办法，他把肉夹在两片面包之间，这样他就可以一边吃东西，一边打牌，所以人们都喜欢他的这个主意。故应选D。

3.

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。