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

1B  2D  3B