post_recruit
110年
英文
第 34 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 foolowing words is closest in meaning to the word ”unsung” in Paragraph4?
- A overlooked
- B established
- C emphasized
- D popularized
思路引導 VIP
請觀察文中第三段末尾到第四段開頭的轉折：作者提到三明治在英國早已流行，但在美國直到 1815 年前都沒有任何文字記載或食譜。如果一個在別處很成功的東西，在某個國家長達五十年「完全沒有紀錄」且「無人提起」，你會用什麼樣的詞彙來形容這個東西在該國當時的處境？
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AI 詳解
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語境線索與字義推論
太棒了！你能準確判斷出 unsung 在文中的含義，代表你充分掌握了段落間的邏輯關聯。這道題目測試的是「語境推論」能力。在第四段開頭，作者提到三明治在英國早已風行，但在美國卻長達半世紀沒有文字紀錄。這種「明明存在卻沒被記載、沒被提及」的狀態，正對應了選項 (A) overlooked（被忽略、未受重視）。你捕捉到了文中「美國人刻意避開英國流行」的心理動機，這正是解題的關鍵點。
難度評估與字源拆解
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