摘要：(A) Every people uses its own special words to show their feeling. Some of these expressions are commonly used for many years. Others are popular for just a short time. One American expression is "Where's the beef?" .It's used when something isn't as good 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 everyone was using it at the time. Beef, of course, is the meat for a cow, and no food is more popular in American than a hamburger made from beef. In the l960s a businessman named Ray Kroc began building a small restaurant that sold hamburgers at a low price. Kroc called his restaurant "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 called "Wendy' s" said its hamburgers are bigger than those sold by McDonald's or anyone else. The Wendy’s company begin 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 there 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 begin using the expression "Where’s the beef?" 51.Were the hamburgers in Ray Kroc’s small restaurant cheap in the 1960s? A.No,they weren’t. her cheap nor expensive. C.Yes,they were. D.The passage didn’t tell us. 52.How did Ray Kroc become one of the richest businessmen in America? A.By selling small restaurants. B.By selling hamburgers. C.By buying hamburgers. D.By making advertisements. 53. Why did other people want to open hamburger restaurants? A. Because hamburgers were very delicious. B. Because people liked Kroc. C. Because they could sell beef. D. Because people wanted to copy Kroc. 54. What does "Where's the beef?" mean according to the passage? A. They want to find the beef. B. Something isn’t good as one said. C. They want to buy the beef. D. It is very good. 55. Why did the expression become popular? A. Every people liked it. B. It’s so good. C. The advertisement helped it. D. Wendy helped it.

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