单项选择题

第二节 短文理解2
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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.
People began to eat the food "sandwich" from ______.

A. today
B. the eighteenth century
C. America