Question

 Every person uses his/ her own special word to show his/ her 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 U-nited States. It seemed as if everyone used it at the time.

Beef,of course,is the meat from a cow,and no 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 ham?burgers 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 ham?burgers. 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 ham?burger restaurants was a success. As we said,it seemed everyone began using the expression "Where's the beef?".

1. started McDonalds resta'urant.     

   A. Ray   B. McDonald

   C. Wendy   D. Three old women

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

3. The Wendy's Company 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. at the McDonald's restaurant

4. We can learn from the passage that the expression "Where's the beef?"       .

   A. means the beef in hamburgers is not as much as it is said to be

   B. means the hamburgers are not as good as they are said to be

   C. is used when something is not as good as it is said to be

   D. means Wendy's is the biggest

Answer 1

1. A2. D3. B4. C