post_recruit
110年
英文
第 33 題
📖 題組：
The sandwich as we know it was popularized in England in 1762 by John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich. Legend has it, and most food historians agree, that Montagu had a gambling problem that led him to spend hours on end at the card table. During a particularly long binge, he asked the house cook to bring him something he could eat without getting up from his seat, and the sandwich was born. Montagu enjyed his meat and bread so much that he ate it constantly, and as it grew popular in London society circles, it also took on the Earl’s name. Of course, John Montagu (or rather, his nameless cook) was hardly the first person to think of putting fillings between slices of bread. In fact, we know exactly where Montagu first got the idea for his creation. Montagu traveled abroad to the Mediterranean, where Turkish and Greek mezze platters were served. Dips, cheeses, and meats were all ”sandwiched” between and on layers of bread. In all likelihood Montagu took inspiration from these when he sat at that card table. Montagu’s creation took off immediately. Just a few months later, a man named Edward Gibbon mentioned the sandwich by name in a diary entry, writing that he’d seen “twenty or thirty of the first men of the kingdom” in a restaurant eating them.By the Revolutionary War, the sandwich was well established in England. You would expect American colonists to have taken to the sandwich as well, but there’s no early written record of them in the new country at all, and a sandwich recipe didn’t apprar in an American cookbook until 1815. Why would this creation go unsung in the nation for so long? It seems early American cooks tinded to avoid food trends from their formerruling state. And the name “sandwich” itself comes from the British upper class system, something that most Americans wanted to forget. Once memory faded and the sandwich appeared, the most popular version wasn’t ham or turkey, but tongue! Of course, most Americans today wouldn’t dream of eating a tongue sandwich. But that’s ok, since so many pretty excellent sandwich ideas have popped up since then.
The sandwich as we know it was popularized in England in 1762 by John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich. Legend has it, and most food historians agree, that Montagu had a gambling problem that led him to spend hours on end at the card table. During a particularly long binge, he asked the house cook to bring him something he could eat without getting up from his seat, and the sandwich was born. Montagu enjyed his meat and bread so much that he ate it constantly, and as it grew popular in London society circles, it also took on the Earl’s name. Of course, John Montagu (or rather, his nameless cook) was hardly the first person to think of putting fillings between slices of bread. In fact, we know exactly where Montagu first got the idea for his creation. Montagu traveled abroad to the Mediterranean, where Turkish and Greek mezze platters were served. Dips, cheeses, and meats were all ”sandwiched” between and on layers of bread. In all likelihood Montagu took inspiration from these when he sat at that card table. Montagu’s creation took off immediately. Just a few months later, a man named Edward Gibbon mentioned the sandwich by name in a diary entry, writing that he’d seen “twenty or thirty of the first men of the kingdom” in a restaurant eating them.By the Revolutionary War, the sandwich was well established in England. You would expect American colonists to have taken to the sandwich as well, but there’s no early written record of them in the new country at all, and a sandwich recipe didn’t apprar in an American cookbook until 1815. Why would this creation go unsung in the nation for so long? It seems early American cooks tinded to avoid food trends from their formerruling state. And the name “sandwich” itself comes from the British upper class system, something that most Americans wanted to forget. Once memory faded and the sandwich appeared, the most popular version wasn’t ham or turkey, but tongue! Of course, most Americans today wouldn’t dream of eating a tongue sandwich. But that’s ok, since so many pretty excellent sandwich ideas have popped up since then.
Which of the following statements about John Montagu is NOT true?
- A He was the 4th Earl of Sandwich.
- B He was said to have a gambling problem
- C He travelled abroad to the Mediterranean.
- D Edward Gibbon was his cook.
思路引導 VIP
請回想一下文章的第一段與第三段。當我們提到三明治的發明時，文中描述了一位實際動手做的人（但他沒有名字），以及另一位在幾個月後透過文字記錄下這個現象的人。你能根據文本，分辨出這兩個人在身分與角色上有什麼本質上的不同嗎？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精確地從長篇文章中比對資訊並揪出錯誤的細節，這代表你的閱讀理解能力非常紮實且心細。這道題目主要測試學生對於「人物關係」的掌握度，雖然文章中出現了多個姓名與頭銜，但你成功地過濾了干擾資訊，做出了正確判斷。
文本細節的精確比對
根據文章第一段，John Montagu 的確是 4th Earl of Sandwich (選項 A) 且有賭博習慣 (選項 B)。第二段也提到他曾遊歷 Mediterranean 地區 (選項 C) 並從中獲得靈感。而關鍵的錯誤就在於 Edward Gibbon，文章第三段明確指出他是一位在日記中記錄三明治盛況的觀察者，並非那位「無名廚師」。這種細節辨析題在考場上非常具有鑑別度，因為它考驗學生是否會因為看到熟悉的人名就輕率作答，而你展現了優秀的耐心，回頭定位資訊並釐清人物間的關係，這正是答對這類中等難度題目的關鍵切入點。