The word Sandwich（三明治）is an English word. Sandwich was an Englishman. He lived about two hundred years ago. Sandwich had lots of money. He was very rich. But he liked to play cards for money. He often played all day and all night. One time， he played twenty-four hours without stopping. He did not leave the card table to eat. He asked his servant（仆人）to bring him some meat and some bread. He did not want to stop playing while he ate. He put the meat between two pieces of bread. In this way he could go on playing cards. From the name of this man, Sandwich, we have the word“Sandwich”today.

(1)The word Sandwich is from ________.

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A．the name of a Frenchman	B．the name of an Englishman
C．the name of an Englishwoman	D．the USA

(2)Which of the following is true?

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A．Sandwich was poor but he liked playing cards for money.

B．Sandwich was rich but he didn't like playing cards at all.

C．Sandwich usually liked playing cards in the morning.

D．Sandwich often played cards from morning till night.

(3)In order to（为了）save more time for playing cards ________.

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A．he played all day and all night without eating

B．he asked his friend to eat something

C．he once put meat between two pieces of bread and ate it

D．he decided to eat nothing

(4)Which of the following is not mentioned（提到）?

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A．Sandwich is easy to make.

B．The people in America like Sandwich.

C．Sandwich has two pieces of bread.

D．From then on, people called this kind of bread Sandwich.

　　阅读理解

　　In every language there are words that have some interesting stories behind them. The word “sandwich（三明治，夹肉面包）”, for example, is very common in English. If we want to know the story behind it, we must know something about an English nobleman named Sandwich who 　　lived in the 18th century.

　　　　Sandwich was rich, but he liked to play cards for money. He often played for 24 hours, and did not even stop to have his meals. He ordered his servants to bring him some meat and bread and he played while eating. He put the meat between two pieces of bread and he held the food in his left hand, while he played with his right hand. People liked Sandwich's idea and began to eat bread and meat in his way.

　　From the name Sandwich, we have the word 　　“sandwich” today.

　　判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示。

　　1. Sandwiches were very common before the 18th century.

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　　2. The word “sandwich” comes from the man by the name of 　　　　　　 Sandwich.

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　　3. Sandwich played cards day and night and so he did not eat his meals.

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　　4. A sandwich means a piece of bread between two pieces of meat.

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　　5. Later, people ate bread and meat in the same way as Sandwich did.

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阅读下面的背景材料，并回答问题。

　　Ann likes fish and chips. What is your favourite meal at home? Have you eaten from another country? Here is some information about some kinds of foods you might eat.

　　Dumplings are eaten in different ways around the world. Chinese jaozi, Italian ravioli(菜卷) Jewish kreplach (犹太人的方形肉包) and Polish pierogi(馅饼) are kinds of dumplings filled with meat, cheese or vegetables.

　　Pizza, an international favourite came from the city of Naples, Italy about 700 years ago. Pizza is the Italian word for pie, so you don't need to say pizza pie.

　　Hamburger was first called Hamburg steak. Later, people just called them hamburgers. The hamburger was named after the city of Hamburg, Germany.

　　Frankfurters were named after the city of Frankfurt, Germany. About 1900, an American selling cooked frankfurters called them hot dogs because they looked like a kind of small dog.

　　Ice-cream cones were first sold at the World's Fair (博览会) in St. Louis Missouri, in the USA, in 1904. A scoop (圆勺) of ice cream was put into a cone(圆锥形之物). You eat the ice cream, then you eat the cone-nothing left to throw away.

　　Sandwiches were named after the Earl of Sandwich, a rich man in England in the 1705. While he was playing cards, he asked a servant(佣人) to bring him two piece of bread with a piece of meat between them. This was the first sandwich.

(1)What are often filled with in Dumplings?

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(2)When and where did pizza come from?

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(3)Why did people call Hamburg steak Hamberger?

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(4)Why did the American call Frankfurters hot dogs?

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(5)When and where were Ice-cream cones first sold? Is it right for you to eat the ice cream only and throw away the cone?

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(6)How were Sandwiches named?

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Do you like eating sandwiches? Do you know the story of sandwich?
Many years ago, in England, the rich people liked playing cards, the Earl(伯爵) of Sandwich liked playing cards, too. He liked to play for money. He was one of the greatest players at that time. He often played all day and all night.
Once (曾经) he played for twenty-four hours without stopping. He didn’t leave the table even to eat. His servants (佣人) had to bring food to him. They brought him some meat and some bread. But he didn’t want to stop playing when he ate. He put the meat between two pieces of bread and ate. In this way he could go on playing cards. Later, people called this kind of food sandwich after his name.
根据短文内容判断句子正(T), 误(F).
【小题1】 The world “sandwich” comes from England.
【小题2】 The Earl of Sandwich liked playing cards for money.
【小题3】 His servants asked him to go home.
【小题4】 He went on playing cards without eating, so he could get a lot of money.
【小题5】 Servants found a way to make sandwiches.