Every people uses its own special word to show its ideas and feelings. Some of these expressions are commonly used for many years. Others are popular for just a short time. One such American expression is “Where’s the beef? ”It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be. In the early 1980s“Where’s the beef? ”was one of the most popular expressions in the United States. It seemed as if everyone using it at the time.

Beef, of course, is the meat from a cow, and this kind of food is more popular in America than a hamburger made from beef. In the 1960s a businessman named Ray began building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a low price. Ray called this “McDonald’s”. Ray became one of the richest businessmen at last in America.
Other business people watched his success. Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants. One company called “Wendy’s” said its hamburgers were bigger than those sold by McDonald’s or anyone else. The Wendy’s Company began to use the expression “Where’s the beef ? ”to make people know that Wendy’s hamburgers were the biggest. The Wendy’s television advertisement showed three old women eating hamburgers. The bread that covered the meat was very big, but inside there was only a bit of meat. One of the women said she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef. “Where’s the beef? ”she shouted in a funny way. The advertisement for Wendy’s hamburger restaurants was success. As we said, it seemed everyone began using the expression “Where’s the beef? ”.
【小題1】　　　　started McDonald’s restaurant.

A．RayB．McDonald
C．WendyD．Three old women
【小題2】 Other people wanted to open hamburger restaurants because they thought
　　　　.
A．they could sell hamburgers at a low price
B．hamburgers were easy to make
C．beef was very popular in America
D．they could make a lot of money
【小題3】Wendy’s made the expression known to everybody　　　　.
A．with many old women eating hamburgers
B．by a television advertisement
C．while selling bread with a bit of meat in it
D．a(chǎn)t McDonald’s restaurant
【小題4】 We can learn from the passage that the expression “Where’s the beef ? ” means　　　　.
A．The beef in hamburgers is not as much as it is said to be
B．The hamburgers are not as good as they are said to be
C．It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be
D．Wendy’s is the biggest


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解析【文章大意】本文主要講述“Where’s the beef? ”這一表達(dá)語是如何產(chǎn)生并流行于美國大眾的。
【小題1】選A。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段內(nèi)容Ray called this“McDonald’s”, 即McDonald’s(麥當(dāng)勞)restaurant是由美國商人Ray創(chuàng)辦的。
【小題2】選D。推理判斷題。由于Ray的成功, 他成了富豪, 其他商家也看到了商機(jī), 所以他們也開辦快餐店(hamburger restaurants), 因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)為能賺大錢。
【小題3】選B。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容The Wendy’s television advertisement showed. . . 可知the expression “Where’s the beef? ”是Wendy通過電視廣告使大眾感知的。
【小題4】選C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章的第一段中It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be. 意為某種東西不如介紹的那么好, 因此選C。

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