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阅读短文，从各题所给的桑格选项中选出最佳答案。

Sandwich was an Englishman. He lived in the 18th century. Sandwich was rich, but he liked to play cards for money. He often played for twenty-four 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.

单选题 Sandwich was ______.

A、

[A] an Englishman
B、

[B] an American
C、

[C] a Frenchman

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 根据第一段第一句Sandwich was an Englishman．可知三明治是一个英国人。所以应选A。

单选题 Sandwich made the food "sandwich" because he ______.

A、

[A] liked eating
B、

[B] liked to make food
C、

[C] wanted play cards while eating

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 根据第一段可知三明治发明这种食物是为了方便他玩牌。所以应选C。

单选题 People began to eat the food "sandwich" from ______.

A、

[A] today
B、

[B] the eighteenth century
C、

[C] America

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 文章第一段第二句告诉我们三明治是18世纪的人，他发明了三明治之后，人们便开始效仿他，也就是人们是从18世纪开始吃三明治的。所以应选B。