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1、第十四天（文化类）(1)Everypeopleusesitsownspecialwordtoshowitsideasandfeelings.Someoftheseexpressionsarecommonlyusedformanyyears.Othersarepopularforjustashorttime.OnesuchAmericanexpressionis“Where’sthebeef?”Itisusedwhensomethingisnotasgoodasitissaidtobe.Inthe

2、early1980s“Where’sthebeef?”wasoneofthemostpopularexpressionsintheUnitedStates.Itseemedasifeveryoneusingitatthetime.Beef,ofcourse,isthemeatfromacow,andfoodismorepopularinAmericathanahamburgermadefrombeef.Inthe1960sabusinessmannamedRaybeganbuildingsmal

3、lrestaurantsthatsoldhamburgersatalowprice.Raycalledthis“McDonald’s”.RaybecameoneoftherichestbusinessmenatlastinAmerica.Otherbusinesspeoplewatchedhissuccess.Someofthemopenedtheirownhamburgerrestaurants.Onecompanycalled“Wendy’s”saiditshamburgerswerebig

4、gerthanthosesoldbyMcDonald’soranyoneelse.TheWendy’sCompanybegantousetheexpression“Where’sthebeef?”tomakepeopleknowthatWendy’shamburgerswerethebiggest.TheWendy’stelevisionadvertisementshowedthreeoldwomeneatinghamburgers.Thebreadthatcoveredthemeatwasve

5、rybig,butinsidetherewasonlyabitofmeat.Oneofthewomensaidshewouldnoteatahamburgerwithsuchalittlepieceofbeef.“Where’sthebeef?”sheshoutedinafunnyway.TheadvertisementforWendy’shamburgerrestaurantswassuccess.Aswesaid,itseemedeveryonebeganusingtheexpression

6、“Where’sthebeef?”.1._______startedMcDonald’srestaurant.A.RayB.McDonaldC.WendyD.Threeoldwomen2.Otherpeoplewantedtoopenhamburgerrestaurantsbecausetheythought_______.A.theycouldsellhamburgersatalowpriceB.hamburgerswereeasytomakeC.beefwasverypopularinAme

7、ricaD.theycouldmakealotofmoney3.Wendy’smadetheexpressionknowntoeverybody_______.A.withmanyoldwomeneatinghamburgersB.byatelevisionadvertisement3用心爱心专心C.whilesellingbreadwithabitofmeatinitD.attheMcDonald’srestaurant4.Wecanlearnfromthepassagethattheexpr

8、ession“Where’sthebeef?”means_______.A.ThebeefinhamburgersisnotasmuchasitissaidtobeB.ThehamburgersarenotasgoodastheyaresaidtobeC.ItisusedwhensomethingisnotasgoodasitissaidtobeD.Wendy’sisthebiggest(2)TheyearlyAcademyAwardsceremonywasonceaprivateaffair.