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1、(1)Everypeopleusesitsownspecialwordtoshowitsideasandfeelings.Someoftheseexpressionsarecommonlyusedformanyyears.Othersarepopularforjustashorttime.OnesuchAmericanexpressionis“Where’sthebeef?”Itisusedwhensomethingisnotasgoodasitissaidtobe.Intheearly1980s“Where’sthebeef?”

2、wasoneofthemostpopularexpressionsintheUnitedStates.Itseemedasifeveryoneusingitatthetime.Beef,ofcourse,isthemeatfromacow,andfoodismorepopularinAmericathanahamburgermadefrombeef.Inthe1960sabusinessmannamedRaybeganbuildingsmallrestaurantsthatsoldhamburgersatalowprice.Ray

3、calledthis“McDonald’s”.RaybecameoneoftherichestbusinessmenatlastinAmerica.Otherbusinesspeoplewatchedhissuccess.Someofthemopenedtheirownhamburgerrestaurants.Onecompanycalled“Wendy’s”saiditshamburgerswerebiggerthanthosesoldbyMcDonald’soranyoneelse.TheWendy’sCompanybegan

4、tousetheexpression“Where’sthebeef?”tomakepeopleknowthatWendy’shamburgerswerethebiggest.TheWendy’stelevisionadvertisementshowedthreeoldwomeneatinghamburgers.Thebreadthatcoveredthemeatwasverybig,butinsidetherewasonlyabitofmeat.Oneofthewomensaidshewouldnoteatahamburgerwi

5、thsuchalittlepieceofbeef.“Where’sthebeef?”sheshoutedinafunnyway.TheadvertisementforWendy’shamburgerrestaurantswassuccess.Aswesaid,itseemedeveryonebeganusingtheexpression“Where’sthebeef?”.1._______startedMcDonald’srestaurant.A.RayB.McDonaldC.WendyD.Threeoldwomen2.Other

6、peoplewantedtoopenhamburgerrestaurantsbecausetheythought_______.A.theycouldsellhamburgersatalowpriceB.hamburgerswereeasytomakeC.beefwasverypopularinAmericaD.theycouldmakealotofmoney3.Wendy’smadetheexpressionknowntoeverybody_______.A.withmanyoldwomeneatinghamburgers第9页

7、共9页B.byatelevisionadvertisementC.whilesellingbreadwithabitofmeatinitD.attheMcDonald’srestaurant4.Wecanlearnfromthepassagethattheexpression“Where’sthebeef?”means_______.A.ThebeefinhamburgersisnotasmuchasitissaidtobeB.ThehamburgersarenotasgoodastheyaresaidtobeC.Itisused

8、whensomethingisnotasgoodasitissaidtobeD.Wendy’sisthebiggest【答案与解析】本文主要讲述‘‘Where’sthebeef?’’这一表达语是如何产生并流行于美国大众的。1.A。细节题。根据短文内