题型：语法填空（语篇） 题类：常考题 难易度：困难
浙江省杭州市八一中学2020-2021学年高二下学期英语开学摸底考试（新高考）试卷
The English word "dinner" used to refer to breakfast. It comes from the Old French word "disnar", in fact means "breakfast".
So did this word come to have a different meaning? (tradition), dinner (what we now refer to as breakfast) was the first meal of the day, eaten around noon. It also happened to be the (big) meal of the day, with a lighter meal coming later (know) as supper.
Today many people find strange that the biggest meal of the day once centered around noon, it made great sense at that time. Artificial lighting such as oil lamps and candles were expensive, and provided weak light at best. So people went to sleep at sundown, because it's difficult (work) and eat in the dark. The last meal of the day was a rushed affair, a quick snack before the lights went out.
Eventually, more meals (add) to the day. This meant that people were eating smaller meals before the bigger meal. So the word that once (refer) to our first meal, now refers to our last. However, it is true that in many Western cultures dinner still remains the biggest meal of the day.
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