Question

    Everyone uses his or her own special words to show his or her ideas and feelings. Some of these expressions are ________ used for many years. ________ are popular for just a short time. Such an American expression is “Where is the beef?” It is used when something is not as good as it ________ to be. In the early 1980s. “Where is the beef?” was one of ________ expressions in the United States. It seemed as if everyone was using it at that time.

We all know “McDonald’s” was famous for a hamburger made ________ beef. ________ some businessmen saw it, they opened their own hamburger restaurants. One company called “Wendy’s” said its hamburgers were bigger than the ones sold by McDonald’s or ________. The company began to use the expression “Where is the beef?” to make people ________ that Wendy’s hamburgers were the biggest. The television showed three old women eating hamburgers. The bread ________ 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 is the beef?” She shouted in a funny way. The idea for Wendy’s hamburger restaurant was a ________. As we said, it seemed everyone began using the expression “Where is the beef?”

1.A.common B.commonly C.in common D.commons

2.A.Other B.The other C.Others D.Another

3.A.says B.said C.saying D.is said

4.A.popular B.more popular C.most popular D.the most popular

5.A.of B.from C.by D.in

6.A.Though B.Before C.When D.Because

7.A.someone else B.someone else’s C.anyone else D.anyone else’s

8.A.know B.knows C.knowing D.knew

9.A.who B.whose C.which D.why

10.A.succeed B.success C.successful D.successfully

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.B

【解析】

每个人都用自己的特殊词汇来表达自己的想法和感受。有一个表达是“Where is the beef?”，作者由此介绍了温蒂汉堡店的成功故事。

1.句意：这些表达中有一些是多年来常用的。

common常用的，形容词；commonly常用地，副词；in common有共同之处；commons平民百姓。分析句子可知，此处用于句中修饰动词，所以用其副词形式。故选B。

2.句意：其他的只是在短时间内流行。

Other其他的；The other另一个；Others其他人；Another另一个。根据“Some of these expressions are commonly used for many years.”可知，此处构成“some…others…”短语，翻译为“一些……另一些……”。故选C。

3.句意：当某事不像人们说的那么好时，就用这个短语。

says一般现在时的动词三单；said一般过去时；saying现在分词；is said一般现在时的被动语态。分析句子可知，此处构成“it is said to do sth”结构，翻译为“据说做某事”。故选D。

4.句意：“牛肉在哪儿？”是美国最流行的表达之一。

popular形容词原级；more popular形容词比较级；most popular形容词最高级；the most popular是the+形容词最高级。分析句子可知，此处构成“one of+ the+形容词最高级”结果，所以用the+形容词最高级形式。故选D。

5.句意：我们都知道“麦当劳”以牛肉汉堡包而闻名。

of……的；from从……；by通过；in在……里。分析句子可知，此处构成“be made of”短语，翻译为“由……制成”。故选A。

6.句意：当一些商人看到它时，他们开了自己的汉堡包店。

Though虽然，尽管；Before在……之前；When当……时；Because因为。分析语境可知，此处表示“当……时”，用于句中引导时间状语从句。故选C。

7.句意：一家名为“温蒂汉堡”的公司称，他们的汉堡比麦当劳或其他任何公司的都要大。

someone else其他人；someone else’s其他人的；anyone else其他任何人；anyone else’s其他任何人的。分析语境可知，此处表示“其他任何人的（公司）”的含义，所以用表示“任何”的所有格形式。故选D。

8.句意：“牛肉在哪儿？”让人们知道温迪的汉堡是最大的。

know一般现在时的动词原形；knows一般现在时的动词三单；knowing现在分词；knew一般过去时。分析句子可知，此处用于“make sb do sth”结构中，所以用其动词原形即可。故选A。

9.句意：盖在肉上的面包很大，但里面只有一点点肉。

who指人，作主语或宾语；whose指人或物，作定语；which指物，作主语或宾语；why指原因，作状语。分析句子可知，本句是定语从句，先行词The bread指物，在其后的定语从句中作主语。故选C。

10.句意：温迪汉堡店的想法是成功的。

succeed动词；success名词；successful形容词；successfully副词。分析句子可知，此处用于句中作表语，又因为其前有不定冠词a修饰，所以用其名词形式。故选B。