Every people(民族)uses its own special(特殊的)words to show its ideas and feelings. Some 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 was using it at the time.

Beef, of course,is the meat form a cow, and no food is more popular in America than a hamburger(汉堡包)made from beef. In the 1960s a businessman named Ray Kroc began building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a low price. Kroc called his restaurants“McDonald’ s”.Ray Kroc became one of the richest businessmen in America.

Other business people watched his success. Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants. One company(公司)called“Wendy’s”said its hamburgers were bigger than those sold by McDonald’s or anyone else’s .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(广告)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 a success .As we said, it seemed everyone began using the expression“Where’s the beef?”

53._______started Mc Donald’s restaurant.

A.Ray Kroc  B.McDonald     C.Wendy      D.Three old women

54.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

55.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.at the McDonald’s restaurant

56.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.something is not so good as one says     

D.Wendy’s is the biggest

 

At Harton College-an English boarding school(寄宿制学校)for boys-there are many rules.Fifteen-year-old Bob Sanders often breaks them.

The boys can go into the town in the afternoon after class. But they must return to the school at six o’clock. One afternoon Bob walked to the town. He looked at the shops and then went to the cinema. After the film, he looked at his watch. It was after eight o’clock. He was a little worried . He walked back to Harton College as fast as possible.

When he arrived, he ran quickly to the main entrance(主要入口).It was locked. He went round the school buiding to another door. That one was locked too. He looked up at the window of his dormitory(宿舍).It was on the third floor. The window was open. But it was quite dark and he could not climb up the wall easily. Then he saw another open window on the ground floor. It was the window of the headmaster’s study(书房).

He looked into the room-no one was there. Bob quickly climbed on to the window and jumped into the room. Just then he heard a noise. Then someone turned on a light in the corridor(走郎).Bob looked around and then hid under the sofa. One minute later, Mr Mannering the headmaster, came in. He turned on the light on his desk, and sat down on the sofa(沙发).Then he opened a book and began to read.

Bob lay under the sofa as quietly as possible. He couldn’t move. The floor was cold and uncomfortable. He looked at the headmaster’s shoes and socks for an hour.

“Why doesn’t he get up and go to bed?”Bob thought.

Mr. Mannering read his book for another hour.Finally, the headmaster closed his book and stood up. He put the book on a shelf and walked towards the door.

“Thank God he didn’t find me under the sofa,”thought Bob.

Then Mr. Mannering stopped and spoke towards the sofa.

“Would you turn off the light when you leave?”

He said, and left the study.

57.Bob returned to the school more than two hours late because_______.

A.he enjoyed himself too much  B.he did not catch the bus

C.he hated the rules     D.he ran into an old friend

58.The main entrance was_______.

A.too high   B.open  C.shut   D.slightly open

59.Bob didn’t go to his dormitory because_______.

A.the gate was locked  B.the window was shut

C.it was quite dark      D.the wall was too high for him to climb up

60.Bob actually went into the headmaster’s_______.

A.dormitory        B.private(私人的)office

C.kitchen            D.bedroom

 

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