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People usually use their own special words to show their thoughts and feelings. Some of these expressions
are commonly (普遍地) used for
1 . Others are
2 for just a short time. One such American expression
is "Where is the beef?" lt's used when something isn't as
3 as it's said to be. In the early 1980s, "Where
is the beef?" was one of the most popular expressions in the United States. It seemed as if
4 was using
it at the time.
Beef, of course, is the meat for a
5 , and no food is more popu lar in America than a hamburger
made from
6 . In the 1960s, a businessman named Ray Kroc began building small
7 that sold
hamburgers at a
8 price. Kroc called his restaurant "McDonald's". Ray Kroc became one of the
9
businessmen in America.
Other business people watched his success. Some of them opened their hamburger restaurants. One
company called Wendy's said its hamburgers were
10 than those sold by McDonald's or anyone else.
The Wendy's company
11 to use the expression "Where is the beef?" to make people know that
Wendy's
12 were the biggest. The Wendy's television advertisement
13 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 wouldn't eat a hamburger with
14 piece of beef. "Where is the beef?" she
shouted in a
15 way. The advertisement for Wendy's hamburger restaurants was a success. As we
said, it seemed everyone began using the expression "Where is the beef?"
( )1. A. a few years
( )2. A. popular
( )3. A. big
( )4. A. all
( )5. A. sheep
( )6. A. beef
( )7. A. shops
( )8. A. cheap
( )9. A. cleverest
( )10. A. bigger
( )11. A. practiced
( )12. A. dishes
( )13. A. said
( )14. A. such a little
( )15. A. magical |
B. many years
B. excellent
B. enjoyable
B. everyone
B. fish
B. pork
B. palaces
B. dear
B. richest
B. more famous
B. kept
B. chips
B. showed
B. such a big
B. angry |
C. a few months
C. worth
C. good
C. no one
C. pig
C. sugar
C. restaurants
C. high
C. poorest
C. heavier
C stopped
C. hamburgers
C. explored
C. so good a
C. exciting |
D. several years
D. lively
D. pretty
D. little
D. cow
D. seafood
D. factories
D. low
D. busiest
D. prettier
D. began
D. cakes
D. reviewed
D. so bad a
D. funny |