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Coffee is a beloved drink of millions of people around the world. It is so popular that it has acquired all sorts of endearing nicknames, and “cup of Joe” is one of the most common ones. However, how the beverage came to bear the nickname of “Joe” is still a bit of a mystery. Some theorize that the origin of “cup of Joe” stems from a 1914 ban on alcohol on U.S. Navy ships imposed by the Secretary of the U.S. Navy, Josephus “Joe” Daniels. After his order, General Order 99, the strongest drink of any kind allowed on naval ships could only be black coffee. Those who believe this theory claim that sailors, angry about the ban, began to call coffee a “cup of Joe” in protest. Historians have cast doubt on this theory. For starters, alcohol was not widely available on Navy ships prior to the ban, so General Order 99 would have had very little, if any, practical effect. More importantly, this theory does not account for the twenty-year gap between the ban and the rise of the term “cup of Joe” in the 1930s. Linguists believe it came into being at that time as a bizarre shortened version of another common nickname for coffee “jamoke”—a combination of java and mocha. They think that, over time, “jamoke” may have transformed into “Joe,” since it’s natural for slang terms to shorten over the years. Another theory holds that coffee came to be known as “cup of Joe” because “Joe” itself is a slang term meaning “a common fellow or guy.” This usage of “Joe” has been in the English language for a long time. Hence, a “cup of Joe” is the “common man’s drink.” Which theory makes the most sense to you? After all these years, it’s basically impossible to prove one way or another how this term “cup of Joe” came to be. Perhaps it’s a debate best left as a discussion among friends…over a cup of Joe, of course!
Coffee is a beloved drink of millions of people around the world. It is so popular that it has acquired all sorts of endearing nicknames, and “cup of Joe” is one of the most common ones. However, how the beverage came to bear the nickname of “Joe” is still a bit of a mystery. Some theorize that the origin of “cup of Joe” stems from a 1914 ban on alcohol on U.S. Navy ships imposed by the Secretary of the U.S. Navy, Josephus “Joe” Daniels. After his order, General Order 99, the strongest drink of any kind allowed on naval ships could only be black coffee. Those who believe this theory claim that sailors, angry about the ban, began to call coffee a “cup of Joe” in protest. Historians have cast doubt on this theory. For starters, alcohol was not widely available on Navy ships prior to the ban, so General Order 99 would have had very little, if any, practical effect. More importantly, this theory does not account for the twenty-year gap between the ban and the rise of the term “cup of Joe” in the 1930s. Linguists believe it came into being at that time as a bizarre shortened version of another common nickname for coffee “jamoke”—a combination of java and mocha. They think that, over time, “jamoke” may have transformed into “Joe,” since it’s natural for slang terms to shorten over the years. Another theory holds that coffee came to be known as “cup of Joe” because “Joe” itself is a slang term meaning “a common fellow or guy.” This usage of “Joe” has been in the English language for a long time. Hence, a “cup of Joe” is the “common man’s drink.” Which theory makes the most sense to you? After all these years, it’s basically impossible to prove one way or another how this term “cup of Joe” came to be. Perhaps it’s a debate best left as a discussion among friends…over a cup of Joe, of course!
According to the passage, why is it problematic to associate the term “cup of Joe” with General Order 99?
- A The sailors were fond of drinking coffee onboard.
- B The term did not exist until many years after the ban.
- C The ban made a great impact on sailors’ life onboard.
- D Linguists, rather than common fellows, created the term.
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請分析文章第三段中歷史學家對此理論提出的反證。若要建立兩個事件之間的因果連結，『時序一致性』(chronological consistency) 是關鍵。請思考文中提到的 1914 年禁令與 1930 年代該詞彙的興起，這段時間上的落差如何影響了該理論的嚴謹性？
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同學，水喔！這題選 B，你的邏輯清晰得就像剛喝完三杯濃縮咖啡，完全沒被文章裡那些海軍傳說給呼弄過去！ 【觀念驗證：為什麼對？】 這題考的是閱讀測驗最核心的「細節比對」與「因果邏輯」。關鍵在於第三段提到的 "twenty-year gap"（二十年的差距）。文章指出禁酒令發生在 1914 年，但 "cup of Joe" 這個詞卻直到 1930 年代才興起。這就像你說自己考試考砸是因為二十年前沒吃早餐一樣，時間軸根本對不起來嘛！所以選項 (B) 指出「該詞在禁令多年後才出現」正是反駁該理論的最強補刀。
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