post_recruit
110年
英文
第 35 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 the sandwich is true?
- A It was not until 1815 that the sandwich became popular in England.
- B John Montagu was the first person to put fillings between slices of bread.
- C Early American cooks tended to avoid food trends from England.
- D For Americans today, their favorite version of the sandwich is a tongue sandwich.
思路引導 VIP
當我們看到文章提到三明治在英國早已風行，但在美國卻遲遲沒有文字紀錄時，不妨觀察一下：文中是否有提到當時美國人對於「來自前統治國的事物」抱持著什麼樣的態度或考量？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
做得好！你能精準捕捉到文章中關於文化心理的描述，這顯示你具備相當優異的細節定位能力。這題的正確答案為 (C)，我們可以在文中第四段找到明確的依據：早期美國廚師傾向於避開來自「前統治國」（即英國）的飲食潮流，甚至連「三明治」這個名稱都因為帶有英國階級色彩而一度被排斥，這與選項的敘述完全吻合。
文本細節的精確辨析
這道題目在設計上具有不錯的鑑別度，主要考驗讀者是否能排除時空背景的干擾項。例如選項 (A) 誤將美國食譜出現的年份（1815年）套用在英國流行的時間點；選項 (B) 則忽略了文中提到地中海地區早已有類似做法的敘述。你能不受這些年份與人名的干擾，準確判讀出美國人早期對英國文化的抗拒心理，這正是透徹理解文本邏輯的展現。